Rescroll

Free animated background maker

Pick a style and colors and download a looping motion background as a 1080p MP4, to sit behind titles, slides, streams or a talking head. Free, no sign-up, no watermark.

How it works

How to make an animated background.

Four steps, about a minute, and nothing to install.

  1. 1

    Pick a style

    Gradient, Aurora, Particles, Grid, Bokeh or Waves. Detail sets how much there is of it, Glow how much light it gives off.

  2. 2

    Choose the colors

    Tap one of 11 color sets, or set Main, Highlight and Shadow yourself and the darkest tone with Background under Look.

  3. 3

    Set the motion

    Choose the speed and a length from 5 to 30 seconds. Leave Loop on for a clip that repeats without a jump, and turn on Fade in and out if it opens or closes your video.

  4. 4

    Download the MP4

    Press Download. The background is rendered in your browser at 1080p and saved to your device, with no account and no watermark.

Ready-made versions

Start from the one you came for.

Each one opens its own maker with the settings filled in. Change anything, then download.

Gradient background video

Violet, pink and orange drifting through each other on a deep plum base, looping every 10 seconds.

Particles background

Cyan, blue and violet motes of light rising through a dark space at three depths, soft and out of focus up close.

Backgrounds by color

When an animated background isn’t enough

The free animated background is the starting point.

Here you get a looping background in your colors. In Rescroll you describe the graphic you actually want, for example “a slow navy gradient behind me, then my three tips appear beside me as I say them”, and it's designed from scratch on your own video, placed around you and timed to the exact word you say. Attach your logo or a screenshot of your brand and it matches them. Want a change? Ask for it in the chat.

Free animated background

Rescroll

A looping background in six styles

Any graphic you can describe, matched to your logo, fonts or a screenshot

A clip you put behind your footage yourself

Built on your own video, placed around you

You line it up in your editor

Timed to the exact word you say

Change it with the settings here

Change anything by asking in the chat

Make it yours in RescrollSee AI motion graphics

Part of the Pro, Ultimate and Scale plans.

Your site, live. Scrolls and zooms to pricing on cue.
Sponsor read. Brand, code and sticker, on the words.

Both built in Rescroll from a description.

The basics

What is an animated background?

An animated background is a video of slow, continuous motion, such as drifting color, floating light or a moving grid, that sits behind something else: a title, a slide, a product shot or a person talking. It gives a still frame some life without pulling attention from what's in front of it.

This maker draws six styles: a fluid gradient, aurora curtains, particles at three depths, a perspective grid flying toward the horizon, soft bokeh and layered waves. Each one takes three colors of your own on a background color, or one of 11 color sets, and runs 5 to 30 seconds.

With Loop on, every motion makes whole turns over the clip, so the last frame leads straight back into the first. Set your editor or player to repeat it and it runs as long as you need without a visible jump.

What you download

Price
Free. No sign-up, no email, no watermark.
Format
MP4 (H.264), no audio
Resolution
1080p: 1080×1920, 1920×1080, 1080×1080 or 1080×1350
Frame rate
30 or 60 fps
Length
5 to 30 seconds, looping or not
Styles
Gradient, aurora, particles, perspective grid, bokeh or waves
Motion
Speed from 0.25× to 2×, with an optional 1-second fade in and out
Colors
11 color sets, or any three colors on any background color
Where it runs
In your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

Questions

Animated background: your questions, answered.

How do I make an animated background video?

Pick a style in the maker at the top of this page, tap a color set or set your own colors, choose a length and press Download. You get a 1080p MP4 made in your browser, with no sign-up and no watermark.

Does the animated background loop without a jump?

Yes, with Loop on, which is the default. Every motion is fitted to make whole turns over the clip, so the last frame leads straight back into the first. The speed may shift a little to fit; turn Loop off to keep it exact.

How long can the background video be?

From 5 to 30 seconds. Because it loops, you can repeat it in your editor or player to fill any length.

What styles of animated background can I make?

Six. Gradient drifts soft fields of color through each other; Aurora ripples curtains of light over a night sky; Particles float motes of light at three depths; Grid flies a glowing floor toward the horizon; Bokeh drifts out-of-focus circles of light; Waves rolls layered waves with lit crests.

Can I make an animated background in my brand colors?

Yes. Set Main, Highlight and Shadow under Colors to your brand's hex codes, and the darkest tone with Background under Look. Every style draws with those four colors.

Can I use it behind a talking head or green screen footage?

Yes. Put the background on the track below your footage in your editor. If you filmed on a green screen, key out the green from your footage first and the background shows through behind you.

Can I use it as an overlay on my own footage?

Particles, bokeh and grid can be. Set Background under Look to black and use the Screen blend mode in your editor, so the black drops out and the light stays. Or set it to green: those styles, and waves, are then drawn as solid shapes with no glow, ready for chroma key.

Can I use it as a background for a stream or a slide?

Yes. It's a standard MP4, so it plays wherever a video does: as a looping media source in streaming software, on a slide set to loop, or on a timeline in any editor.

Why doesn't the gradient look banded?

A faint, fixed grain is drawn over every frame. It breaks up the steps a smooth, dark gradient would otherwise show once it's compressed to 8-bit video. Turn on Film grain for a stronger grain that moves.

Should I export at 30 or 60 fps?

30 fps is the default and suits most backgrounds: the motion is slow and soft, so 60 looks much the same and takes about twice as long to render. Choose 60 fps for a fast grid or particles at a high speed.

Is there a page for my color?

Yes. There's a page for each color and style, such as a blue gradient, purple particles or a black grid, each opening on that background ready to download. They're linked under “Backgrounds by color” on this page.

Is the animated background maker free?

Yes. It's free to use and free to download, with no account, no email address and no watermark on the video. There's no limit on how many you make.

What format and resolution is the video?

An MP4 with H.264 video, at 1080p in the shape you choose: 1080×1920 (9:16) for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, 1920×1080 (16:9) for YouTube, 1080×1080 (1:1), or 1080×1350 (4:5) for the Instagram feed. You can export at 30 or 60 frames per second.

Is my video uploaded anywhere?

No. The animated background is drawn and encoded on your own device, using your browser's built-in video encoder. Nothing is sent to a server and there's no render queue.

Which browsers does it work in?

It needs a browser that can encode video with the WebCodecs API: current versions of Chrome, Edge and Safari, and Firefox on a computer. If your browser can't, the page tells you before you start.

Can I use the animated background in client work, ads or monetized videos?

Yes. The video you download is yours to use in personal and commercial projects, with no attribution needed.

Can I match my brand, add my logo or change the design?

Not in the free maker, which is deliberately simple. That's what Rescroll's AI motion graphics are for: describe the graphic you want in plain English, attach your logo, fonts or a screenshot of your style, and it's designed from scratch on your own video, placed around you and timed to the word you say. Ask for any change in the chat. It's part of the Pro, Ultimate and Scale plans.

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Arrow animation

A hand-drawn red arrow that sweeps in, flicks its head and taps at the spot, with a handwritten label.

Confetti overlay

Rainbow confetti fired from two cannons in the bottom corners, tumbling as it falls, on black.

Fireworks overlay

Ten multicolor bursts on pure black, rising, opening and sparkling out over an 8-second loop. Ready for a Screen blend.

Money rain

Banknotes and gold coins falling at different depths, notes fluttering and coins spinning. Any currency sign, any note color.

Snow overlay

Soft falling snow in four depths on pure black, with the nearest flakes out of focus. Loops, ready for a Screen blend.

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Your next video,
edited like the top 1%.

Drop it in. Say what should appear. Read the plan, press Build, and export the finished video — no After Effects, no editor, no template.

Make your first graphic

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