Articles

How to smooth traced logo outlines in Illustrator
Clean up bumpy, over-pointed logo paths from Image Trace or a scanned print in Adobe Illustrator using trace settings, Simplify, the Smooth Tool and manual anchor editing, then check the result.
October 31, 2026
Pixel Brush in Photoshop: Setting Up Hard-Edged Strokes for Favicon Pixel Work
How to set up a pixel brush in Photoshop for crisp, aliased strokes on favicon grids, which settings to check first, and how this raster work relates to a vector logo master.
October 31, 2026
Vector logo
What a vector logo is, how it differs from raster files, and what redrawing a logo from a low-resolution image involves.
October 31, 2026
8.5 x 11 Paper Mockup: What to Check Before You Choose One for Logo Previews
How to judge an 8.5 x 11 (US Letter) paper mockup for logo and stationery previews: true proportions, editable layers, vector placement, resolution and license terms.
October 31, 2026
Set SVG fill and path colors
How SVG path colors work: fill and stroke, CSS precedence, inheritance, currentColor, favicon-specific limits, and when recoloring a logo file won't work.
October 31, 2026
Bag Mockup Online: Previewing a Vector Logo on Packaging
What an online bag mockup does for a vector logo, how it differs from print-ready artwork, and what to check before using a preview to make packaging decisions.
October 31, 2026
Nike's New Logo: What Can Be Confirmed About the Redesign
Is there a new Nike logo? What the available evidence supports, how to verify a real redesign, and what to check before using any Swoosh file.
October 31, 2026
A5 Envelope Mockups
What an A5 envelope mockup shows, how to confirm the size, file and editability checks for previewing a vector logo, and which license terms to read before buying.
October 31, 2026
Window Display Mockups
What a window display mockup PSD is, how a vector logo behaves inside its smart objects, why the exported preview is raster, and what to check before using one.
October 31, 2026
Pixel Art to SVG
How to convert pixel art into a clean SVG for a logo or favicon: keep the pixel grid exact, avoid auto-trace smoothing, set the viewBox, and verify the result.
October 31, 2026
Favicon Light and Dark Mode: How to Make Your Icon Adapt to Either Theme
How to make a favicon switch between light and dark mode with an SVG favicon and a prefers-color-scheme media query, plus how to prepare the logo artwork, add fallbacks and test the result.
October 31, 2026
Black Flag Font Identification
How to identify the lettering in a Black Flag logo: which brand you mean, custom versus retail type, official vector art versus recreations, and usage permissions.
October 31, 2026

Before / After · demo work

Redraws you can scrub through

Drag the handle, tap anywhere on the picture or use the arrow keys. Every pair is a fictional demo brand drawn in code for this site, not a client project.

Demo Fernhill Bakery is a fictional brand. Before: clip-art, four fonts, outlines everywhere. After: one geometric mark, one serif and a calm palette.

Logo Lab

Seven honest tools for checking a logo

Try a logo in mockups, pull its palette, test contrast, export sizes and favicons or sketch a quick idea. Every tool works on your device.

Runs in your browser: files are not uploaded or stored
No AI redraws and no automatic vectorization
Real exports: PNG, WebP, SVG, ICO, palettes and HTML

Find a tool

Mockup PreviewCard, sign and screen scenes
Palette ExtractorHEX, RGB, HSL and exports
Contrast CheckerWCAG AA and AAA
Resize & ConvertPNG ↔ WebP, size sets as ZIP
Favicon GeneratorPNG 16–512, ICO and HTML
Shape & Text EditorLayers, undo, SVG and PNG

Mockup Preview

Place a PNG or SVG logo on a business card, a hanging sign or a screen, on a light or dark background, and export the preview.

Does: shows your file as it is on drawn scenes and exports a PNG preview.
Doesn’t: redraw, clean up or vectorize the logo, or print anything.

Choose file
Settings
Result
Export

1. Choose a file

Choose a PNG or SVG logo (up to 5 MB)

Choosing a file only opens it in this browser tab. Nothing is uploaded or sent to a server.

2. Settings

Logo size

3. Result

Drag with a mouse or finger. With the keyboard: arrows move, Shift moves faster, + and − resize.

4. Export

1600 × 1000 px PNG of the current scene.

Palette Extractor

Find the dominant colors of an image and copy them as HEX, RGB or HSL.

Does: counts the pixels of your image and groups similar colors.
Doesn’t: name brand colors, guess Pantone values or judge which palette is “right”.

Choose file
Settings
Result
Export

1. Choose a file

Choose a PNG, SVG, JPEG or WebP image (up to 10 MB)

The image is read in this browser tab only and never uploaded.

2. Settings

Number of colors

3. Result

Text color Background

4. Export

Contrast Checker

Type or pick two colors to get the WCAG 2 contrast ratio with AA and AAA marks.

Does: applies the WCAG relative-luminance formula to two solid colors.
Doesn’t: check gradients, images or thin strokes inside a logo.

Text color Pick text color

Background Pick background color

Contrast ratio —

AA normal text —
AA large text —
AAA normal text —
AAA large text —

Normal text: the quick brown fox redraws the logo.

Large text 24 px

Resize & Convert

Extends the site’s image tools: convert PNG ↔ WebP and export a whole set of sizes as one ZIP, keeping proportions.

Does: rescales pixels with the browser canvas and re-encodes them as PNG or WebP.
Doesn’t: add detail when enlarging or turn a raster image into vectors.

Choose file
Settings
Result
Export

1. Choose a file

Choose a PNG, WebP, JPEG or SVG image (up to 10 MB)

Conversion happens in this browser tab. Nothing is uploaded.

3. Result

4. Export

Favicon Generator

Turn a square-ish PNG or SVG into PNG icons from 16 to 512 px, an apple-touch-icon, a favicon.ico and the HTML to link them.

Does: scales your image into the standard icon sizes and packs 16, 32 and 48 px into one ICO.
Doesn’t: simplify a detailed logo for tiny sizes: check the 16 px preview yourself.

Choose file
Settings
Result
Export

1. Choose a file

Choose a PNG or SVG (up to 5 MB)

Icons are drawn in this browser tab. Nothing is uploaded.

2. Settings

Solid backgroundBackground color Padding

3. Result

HTML for your <head>

4. Export

Shape & Text Editor

Sketch a simple mark with text, rectangles, circles, lines and polygons, then export SVG or PNG.

Does: edit basic shapes and text in layers, with undo, alignment and grid snapping.
Doesn’t: trace an uploaded logo or replace a full vector editor.

Selected layer Fill Stroke Text Font Size

Snap to 10 px grid

Layers

How files are handled

Logo Lab opens the files you choose only inside your browser tab. Images are not uploaded, sent to a server or stored by this site, and no AI service is called. Closing or reloading the page discards them.

Limits keep the page responsive: up to 5 MB for logos and 10 MB for other images, up to 4096 px per side. SVG files are treated as untrusted: scripts, event handlers, embedded pages and external references are removed, and the result is only shown as an image.

Embedding in articles: put a paragraph containing only [lab:palette], [lab:contrast], [lab:before-after] or [lab:editor] into an article and the matching tool appears in its place.