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Display your logo in SVG Fractal mode

Import your brand's logo as an SVG and Spiralyst Lab renders it as live, fractalized line art — ideal for branded displays, booths, and event screens. For the cleanest result, use an outline (stroke) version of your logo, not a filled one.

Tutorial video — coming soon
  1. Switch to SVG Fractal mode. In the Visual tab, open the Type menu and choose SVG Fractal. The SVG Fractal controls appear below — Preset, Rule, Iterations, and Import custom SVG.
    The Visual tab with Type set to SVG Fractal, highlighted
    Visual tab → set Type to SVG Fractal.
  2. Import your logo. Click Import custom SVG… and choose your .svg file. Spiralyst Lab renders the vector art and adds it to the Preset list, named after your file — pick it there any time.
    The Import custom SVG button in the SVG Fractal controls, highlighted
    Click Import custom SVG… and choose your file.
    The imported logo appears in the Preset list, named after the file
    Your import shows up as a Preset, named after the file.
  3. Use an outline, not a fill. SVG Fractal grows the fractal along your logo's path edges, so an outline / line-art version works best — clean strokes, ideally one color, with no large filled shapes. In your vector editor, convert text and shapes to outlined paths (strokes) and drop heavy fills before exporting.
    An example outline logo — clean strokes, no fills
    The example logo as an outline (strokes only).
    The same logo opened in a vector editor showing outlined paths
    Prepared as outlined paths in a vector editor.
  4. Tune the Rule and Iterations. With your logo selected as the Preset, pick a Rule — the edge style applied to every line (Koch, Cesàro, Smooth, Lévy-C, Koch-square, Koch-inward, Zigzag) — and raise Iterations to grow the detail (0 = your plain outline; higher = more intricate, but heavier to render).
    The Preset, Rule, and Iterations controls highlighted
    Pick your logo as the Preset, then set Rule + Iterations.
    The Rule menu — Koch, Cesàro, Smooth, Lévy-C, and more
    Rule options — the edge style for every line.
  5. Display it. Your logo now renders live on the canvas. Color it in the Visual tab's color controls, animate it to your audio, send it fullscreen for a gig or booth, or export a still/video.
    The imported Spiralyst Lab logo rendered as fractal line art on the canvas
    The imported logo, rendered live as fractal line art.

Troubleshooting: Imported but it looks like a solid blob, or nothing shows? Your SVG is probably filled shapes — re-export it as outlined strokes. Very detailed logos get heavy at high Iterations — lower them if playback stutters. Remove an imported SVG with the trash button next to Import custom SVG.

Related

Building an on-brand display? See Digital signage and the Branded & event displays tutorial. Need a vector out instead? Export an SVG.

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