Retro synthwave grid backgrounds

Retro Grid draws the 1980s synthwave scene: a neon grid scrolling toward the horizon, a striped sun and a sky that fades into your background color.

The first color is the top of the sun, the second its bottom, the third the glow along the horizon and the last one the grid lines. Set Sun Size to zero for a grid on its own.

Start from a preset

Each one opens in the editor, ready to change. No account needed.

Where it works

  • ·Gaming and esports graphics
  • ·Music and podcast artwork
  • ·Event screens and countdowns

What you can change

Grid densitySpeedHorizonGlowSun size

Every style also takes your own colors, up to 16 per layer, and up to 8 layers with blend modes.

Export it

Free: a PNG up to 2x, CSS, an MP4 up to 5 seconds at 720p with a small watermark, and an HTML embed that keeps animating on your site, with a small credit link. Pro removes the watermark and the link, makes video up to 30 seconds in 4K, and adds 4x PNG and GLSL shader code. See pricing.

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