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The Fourier Epicycle path effect applied to a sample shape
Curves

Fourier Epicycle

Rebuilds any outline you feed it from a stack of rotating circles, so dropping the harmonic count abstracts a logo silhouette in controlled steps.

Open in the editor More curves path effects
FamilyCurves
Parameters2 adjustable
On canvas handlesno, adjust it in the panel
Destructiveno, the original path is kept
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 2 controls

Nothing here is baked in. Every value stays live on the object for as long as the file exists, so you can come back and retune it, reorder it against other effects, or take it off and get your original path back exactly as you drew it.

  1. Harmonics1 to 120, default 12
  2. Samples32 to 1024, default 256

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