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SVG Wave Generator

Create stunning wave section dividers for your landing pages.

SVG wave generation

Create editable SVG wave dividers and backgrounds.

Design smooth, sharp or layered wave shapes for hero sections, section dividers, footers and decorative backgrounds, then generate clean, editable SVG you can drop straight into your project. Every wave is generated locally in your browser. Nothing is uploaded and no external assets are referenced.

Local only Section dividers Layered waves Editable SVG
Settings

Wave settings

Adjust the controls and click Generate Wave. Randomize fills in a safe combination; Reset restores the defaults.

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Preview

Live wave preview

Click Generate Wave to preview the result.

Generated locally Editable SVG Wave divider Transparent background: off No upload No external assets
Output

SVG markup

The generated SVG appears here. It is editable, dependency-free markup — copy it into your project or download it as a file.

How It Works

SVG Wave Generator creates editable SVG wave shapes entirely in your browser. Unlike the Edit and Manipulate tools, it does not take an existing SVG as input — instead it builds brand new SVG markup from the settings you choose. Pick a wave position (Bottom, Top or Full background), a wave style (Smooth, Sharp, Soft layered or Deep curve), set the canvas width and height, wave count, amplitude and layer count, choose base, secondary and background colors, opacity and optional horizontal or vertical flip, then click Generate Wave. The tool builds each wave as a filled path using cubic Bezier curves (or straight segments for the Sharp style), closes the shape against the relevant canvas edge, and stacks multiple layers with decreasing opacity to create depth. A bottom wave fills the lower edge as a section divider, a top wave fills the upper edge, and a full background wave spreads layered hills across the whole canvas as a decorative backdrop. The output appears as clean, readable SVG markup you can copy or download. Everything is deterministic: the same settings always produce the same SVG. There is no upload, no API, no AI and no external assets — the markup is self-contained and stays editable.

Use Cases

  • Adding a smooth wave divider between two sections of a landing page so the colored hero flows into the next block without a hard horizontal edge
  • Creating a layered wave footer that sits above the page footer for a polished, modern marketing site without shipping a raster image
  • Generating a full-background layered wave to use as a hero or app-header backdrop that scales crisply on every screen and pixel density
  • Producing a top wave divider to cap a call-to-action band, flipped vertically or horizontally to match the flow of the surrounding layout
  • Prototyping color and depth options quickly with Randomize, then exporting the editable SVG to fine-tune the path coordinates or colors by hand in your own project

FAQ

Does SVG Wave Generator need an SVG file as input?

No. This is a generator, not an editor. It does not take an existing SVG and does not show a source input box. You choose the wave settings and the tool produces brand new SVG markup from scratch. The only SVG you will see is the generated output, which you can copy or download.

What is the difference between bottom, top and full background waves?

A bottom wave fills the lower edge of the canvas and is closed against the bottom, making it ideal as a section divider beneath a hero block. A top wave fills the upper edge instead, useful for capping a section from above. A full background wave spreads several layered wave bands across the entire canvas so the result reads as a decorative background rather than a single divider.

How does the layered wave system work?

When you set a layer count greater than one, the tool generates several wave paths in the same viewBox. The front layer uses your base color at the chosen opacity, and each layer behind it alternates between the secondary and base colors with progressively lower opacity and a slightly different baseline and amplitude. Painting them back to front creates a layered, three-dimensional look while keeping every layer inside the canvas.

How does the transparent background option work?

When Transparent background is enabled, the generated SVG does not include the solid background rectangle at all — only the wave layers are drawn. The output is therefore truly transparent and will show whatever sits behind it when placed on a page. In the preview you can toggle a checkerboard backdrop to see the transparency clearly; that checkerboard is only a preview aid and is never written into the SVG.

Can I edit the generated SVG afterwards?

Absolutely. The output is plain, readable SVG markup with one path element per wave layer and standard fill and opacity attributes. You can change colors, adjust the path coordinates, remove layers or drop the markup into a larger document. Generated SVG waves are deterministic from the selected settings, so you can copy, edit, and reuse the markup in your own projects.

Is anything uploaded to a server?

No. SVGTrim generates SVG waves locally in your browser. No files are uploaded, and the output remains editable SVG markup. There is no API call, no AI involved and no external asset is referenced by the generated file.