diff --git a/app/dts/bindings/animations/animation_base.yaml b/app/dts/bindings/animations/animation_base.yaml
index a8f10655..342ee894 100644
--- a/app/dts/bindings/animations/animation_base.yaml
+++ b/app/dts/bindings/animations/animation_base.yaml
@@ -9,15 +9,14 @@ properties:
       Pixel positions to which the animation should apply.
 
   blending-mode:
-    type: int
-    required: false
+    type: string
     enum:
-      - 0
-      - 1
-      - 2
-      - 3
-      - 4
-      - 5
-    default: 0
+      - "normal"
+      - "multiply"
+      - "lighten"
+      - "darken"
+      - "screen"
+      - "subtract"
+    default: "normal"
     description: |
       Blending mode for the animation to use during render.
diff --git a/app/dts/bindings/animations/zmk,animation-control.yaml b/app/dts/bindings/animations/zmk,animation-control.yaml
index 7549f044..82f049b1 100644
--- a/app/dts/bindings/animations/zmk,animation-control.yaml
+++ b/app/dts/bindings/animations/zmk,animation-control.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ properties:
 
   brightness-steps:
     type: int
-    required: false
     default: 5
     description: |
       How many brightness steps should be supported.
diff --git a/app/dts/bindings/animations/zmk,animation-ripple.yaml b/app/dts/bindings/animations/zmk,animation-ripple.yaml
index 88f5416c..df1a7eea 100644
--- a/app/dts/bindings/animations/zmk,animation-ripple.yaml
+++ b/app/dts/bindings/animations/zmk,animation-ripple.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ include: animation_base.yaml
 properties:
   duration:
     type: int
-    required: false
     default: 1000
     description: |
       Approximate ripple travel time in milliseconds.
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ properties:
     type: int
     required: true
     description: |
-      Ripple color.
+      Ripple color in HSL format.
 
   buffer-size:
     type: int
diff --git a/app/dts/bindings/animations/zmk,animation-solid.yaml b/app/dts/bindings/animations/zmk,animation-solid.yaml
index b4247885..5cca9f27 100644
--- a/app/dts/bindings/animations/zmk,animation-solid.yaml
+++ b/app/dts/bindings/animations/zmk,animation-solid.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ include: animation_base.yaml
 properties:
   duration:
     type: int
-    required: false
     default: 5
     description: |
       Animation duration in seconds.
@@ -22,4 +21,4 @@ properties:
     type: array
     required: true
     description: |
-      The colors to cycle through during the animation.
+      The colors to cycle through during the animation in HSL format.
diff --git a/app/dts/bindings/zmk,animation.yaml b/app/dts/bindings/zmk,animation.yaml
index 32b90395..1f82f7b4 100644
--- a/app/dts/bindings/zmk,animation.yaml
+++ b/app/dts/bindings/zmk,animation.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ properties:
     required: true
     description: |
       This array should contain all driver devices responsible for illuminating animated LEDs.
-      The devices must implement Zephyr's LED Strip Interface and expose a chain-lenght devicetree property.
+      The devices must implement Zephyr's LED Strip Interface.
+
+  chain-lengths:
+    type: array
+    required: true
+    description: |
+      This field contains the number of LEDs controlled by each driver device.
 
   pixels:
     type: phandle-array
@@ -23,7 +29,6 @@ properties:
 
   key-pixels:
     type: array
-    required: false
     description: |
       Use this field to specify the pixel index corresponding to each key
       following the order used in your keymap.
diff --git a/app/src/animation/animation.c b/app/src/animation/animation.c
index 53a2f5f8..ad3b1500 100644
--- a/app/src/animation/animation.c
+++ b/app/src/animation/animation.c
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ LOG_MODULE_DECLARE(zmk, CONFIG_ZMK_LOG_LEVEL);
 
 #define PHANDLE_TO_DEVICE(node_id, prop, idx) DEVICE_DT_GET(DT_PHANDLE_BY_IDX(node_id, prop, idx)),
 
-#define PHANDLE_TO_CHAIN_LENGTH(node_id, prop, idx)                                                \
-    DT_PROP_BY_PHANDLE_IDX(node_id, prop, idx, chain_length),
-
 #define PHANDLE_TO_PIXEL(node_id, prop, idx)                                                       \
     {                                                                                              \
         .position_x = DT_PHA_BY_IDX(node_id, prop, idx, position_x),                               \
@@ -47,8 +44,7 @@ static const size_t drivers_size = DT_INST_PROP_LEN(0, drivers);
 /**
  * Array containing the number of LEDs handled by each device.
  */
-static const uint8_t pixels_per_driver[] = {
-    DT_INST_FOREACH_PROP_ELEM(0, drivers, PHANDLE_TO_CHAIN_LENGTH)};
+static const uint8_t pixels_per_driver[] = DT_INST_PROP(0, chain_lengths);
 
 /**
  * Pointer to the root animation
diff --git a/app/src/animation/animation_ripple.c b/app/src/animation/animation_ripple.c
index 80cae740..aa1b2966 100644
--- a/app/src/animation/animation_ripple.c
+++ b/app/src/animation/animation_ripple.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static const struct animation_api animation_ripple_api = {
         .pixel_map = &animation_ripple_##idx##_pixel_map[0],                                       \
         .pixel_map_size = DT_INST_PROP_LEN(idx, pixels),                                           \
         .event_buffer_size = DT_INST_PROP(idx, buffer_size),                                       \
-        .blending_mode = DT_INST_PROP(idx, blending_mode),                                         \
+        .blending_mode = DT_INST_ENUM_IDX(idx, blending_mode),                                     \
         .distance_per_frame =                                                                      \
             (255 * 1000 / DT_INST_PROP(idx, duration)) / CONFIG_ZMK_ANIMATION_FPS,                 \
         .ripple_width = DT_INST_PROP(idx, ripple_width) / 2,                                       \