# Make Aero

> Free online tools for creating authentic Frutiger Aero (Windows 7 Aero) styles — glossy buttons, shiny orbs, glass window frames, dreamy wallpapers, and profile pictures. All tools generate ready-to-use CSS/HTML or downloadable images with a live preview.

Make Aero is a collection of free, browser-based CSS generators inspired by the Frutiger Aero design aesthetic — the glossy, translucent, nature-infused visual style popularised by Windows Vista and Windows 7 (roughly 2004–2013). No login required. No installation. Copy generated CSS directly into your project.

## Tools

- [Frutiger Aero Button Generator](https://makeaero.com/button): Generate glossy pill-shaped buttons using the OKLCH color system. Customise color hue, saturation, size, and bottom glow intensity. Outputs plain CSS with hover and active states.

- [Glossy Orb Generator](https://makeaero.com/orb): Create glossy sphere / orb effects either as pure CSS or as a downloadable PNG image with your own logo embedded inside. Customise size, color, and gloss intensity.

- [Windows 7 Aero Glass Window Generator](https://makeaero.com/window-glass): Generate authentic Windows 7 Aero glass window frames with a translucent title bar, minimize/maximize/close controls, optional menu bar, and a flat content area. Outputs CSS and HTML.

- [Aero Wallpaper Generator](https://makeaero.com/wallpaper): Generate the iconic Frutiger Aero wallpaper across multiple scenes — day sky, underwater with descending god-rays, and aurora night — with glowing gradients, iridescent bubbles, drifting clouds, bokeh/stars, light rays, vignette, and film grain. Download as a high-res PNG or copy an approximate CSS background.

- [Aero PFP Generator](https://makeaero.com/pfp): Create a glossy Frutiger Aero profile picture / avatar. Place your photo, initials, or an emoji on an Aero scene background (sky, meadow, underwater, sunset, aurora, or a solid glossy color), in a circle or rounded-square shape, finished with a glossy sheen and an optional iridescent bubble rim. Download a transparent PNG at 256, 512, or 1024 px.

## About

Made by [Visnalize](https://visnalize.com). The project is a tribute to the Frutiger Aero era of UI design.

## Key concepts

- **Frutiger Aero**: A design aesthetic combining Frutiger typeface sensibilities with Windows Aero glass effects — characterised by glossy surfaces, translucency, gradients, and nature imagery.
- **Windows 7 Aero**: Microsoft's glass-effect window chrome introduced in Vista and refined in Windows 7, featuring translucent title bars with backdrop blur and coloured glass tinting.
- **OKLCH**: A perceptually uniform CSS color space used by the button generator for accurate, vibrant color control.