Liquid Glass generator
A pane of liquid glass over a gradient or your own picture: it bends what is behind it at the rim, splits the light into color at the edge and frosts the middle. Set it up, then download it as a picture or a loop — free, no watermark, no account.
How to make it
- Choose a shape — a card, a pill or a circle — and how it moves: round the words, across the frame, or held still.
- Pick a background, or drop in your own picture; type the words the glass passes over.
- Turn the dials until the glass looks the way you want. The preview is the export, frame for frame.
- Download a PNG, an MP4 to post, or a transparent WebM to lay over your own video. Or open it in Paraplex and keep going: add text, a 3D model, a camera move.
The dials
- Refraction
- how far the rim bends what is behind it. Below zero it bends outward and pulls in what lies just beside the pane.
- Dispersion
- how much the colors part where the light bends — the rainbow fringe at the edge.
- Frost
- how much the middle of the pane blurs what it covers.
- Magnify
- how much the middle enlarges what is behind it, like a lens; past about 2.9 the picture turns over, as in a crystal ball.
- Light
- the light along the rim, where a real pane catches it.
- Glint
- a thin bright line on the rounded edge, where it catches the light.
- Rim
- how wide the band of bending is.
- Tint
- how much of the glass's own color shows.
Questions
What is liquid glass?
Apple's name for the translucent material in iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe: a pane that refracts what is behind it, bends it most at its rounded edge and catches light along the rim, rather than simply blurring it.
Is it free?
Yes. The generator and its downloads are free, without a watermark or an account. Paraplex's free plan includes the editor the Open in Paraplex button takes you to.
What sizes does it export?
16:9, square, 4:5 and 9:16. A PNG is 2× the frame (3840 × 2160 for 16:9); the MP4 and the WebM are the frame's own size, an eight-second seamless loop.
How does the transparent WebM work?
It keeps the glass, its rim light and the words, and leaves out the background, so the pane can sit over a web page or your own footage. Browsers play its transparency; before relying on it in a video editor, check that the editor reads transparency in WebM.
Is my picture uploaded?
No. A picture you drop in stays in your browser: the glass is drawn and the file is made on your computer.