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title: "A loader from your logo"
description: "Lesson 12.2 of Creator Terminal's lesson films (Use cases): Turn your app's mark into a loading animation that loops without a seam, watch it as the app will, and export it."
canonical: "https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/a-loader-from-your-logo/"
last_updated: 2026-11-04
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# A loader from your logo

> Lesson 12.2 of Creator Terminal's lesson films (Use cases): Turn your app's mark into a loading animation that loops without a seam, watch it as the app will, and export it.

- The film (1:22): https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/media/12.2-a-loader-from-your-logo/596048914e62/12.2-a-loader-from-your-logo.mp4
- Vertical cut: https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/media/12.2-a-loader-from-your-logo/18cdd7e0fec7/12.2-a-loader-from-your-logo-vertical.mp4
- Captions: https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/media/12.2-a-loader-from-your-logo/7b3184555cfa/12.2-a-loader-from-your-logo.vtt
- The page: https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/a-loader-from-your-logo/

## In this lesson

### A square for the loader (0:07)

Here's our mark again, on its own. A loader sits in a square, so the artboard is five hundred and twelve pixels each way, one to one. Nothing moves yet.

### Ask for a loop (0:19)

A loader never ends, so it has to loop without a seam. Press slash, and ask for just that: the sun bobs above the waves as they roll, looping seamlessly.

### Watch it work (0:34)

Send it. It reads the waves' paths first, because their roll has to come from their own curves. Working out the shapes takes a moment. Then the waves roll, the sun bobs with them, and it checks the seam, frame by frame. When it's done, the loop plays.

### Watch it as the app will (0:51)

Close the copilot, and press escape. The loop is one point six seconds now. Press the backtick key for Preview. It fills the screen, as the app will show it. The waves never stop, and you can't see where the loop joins. Press escape to come back.

### Export it for the app (1:07)

Our app plays Lottie, so we'll export a dotLottie. Click export, then dotLottie, then Export file. Just two kilobytes.