Rescroll

Free calendar animation maker

Pick two dates and watch a desk calendar flip its pages from one to the other, with a label such as “3 days later” as it lands. Download it as a 1080p MP4. Free, no sign-up, no watermark.

How it works

How to make a calendar animation.

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

  1. 1

    Enter the two dates

    Pick a month and type the day and the year for where it starts and where it ends, anywhere from 1900 to 2100. The weekdays are filled in for you.

  2. 2

    Choose Flip or Month

    Flip is a desk calendar turning its pages. Month is a month grid crossing off the days with a slash, a cross or a fill, and circling the last one.

  3. 3

    Add a label and set the timing

    Type a label such as “3 days later” to show as the last date lands. Set how long it takes to get there, 1 to 20 seconds, and how long it rests on the last date.

  4. 4

    Download the MP4

    Press Download. The video is rendered in your browser at 1080p and saved to your device. No account, 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.

Month calendar animation

March 2026 with 21 days crossed off one by one, then March 23 circled. For challenges, countdowns and streaks.

When a calendar animation isn’t enough

The free calendar animation is the starting point.

Here you get a calendar on a background. In Rescroll you describe the graphic you want, such as “as I say it's been two weeks, flip a calendar from June 1 to June 15 beside me in our brand colors”, 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 style, and ask for changes in the chat.

Free calendar animation

Rescroll

One calendar, in your colors

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

A clip you overlay and key out yourself

Built on your own video, placed around you

You line it up in your editor

The date lands on 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.

Travel plans. A departures board flips in each city.
Checklist. Each rule ticks as he finishes it.

Both built in Rescroll from a description.

The basics

What is a calendar animation?

A calendar animation is a short clip of a date changing on screen, usually a calendar whose pages flip to show that time has passed. Editors use it as a transition in vlogs, stories and short films (“3 days later”, “one month later”), and to count toward a launch, a trip or a deadline.

This maker draws a desk calendar with a colored band for the month, a big day number and the weekday under it. Enter any two dates between 1900 and 2100 and the pages flip from the first to the second. A few days turn one at a time; a long span speeds up into a blur of pages and slows down again onto the last date. Weekdays, month lengths and leap years are worked out for you.

Switch Style to Month for a month grid instead, with the days crossed off one after another and the last date circled. If the second date is earlier than the first, either style runs backwards.

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
Dates
Any two dates from 1900 to 2100, forwards or backwards
Styles
A flipping desk calendar, or a month grid that crosses off the days
Timing
1 to 20 seconds to the last date, then 0.5 to 6 seconds resting on it
Text
A label of up to 28 characters, shown as the last date lands
Colors
Six looks, or any text color on any background color
Overlay
Green background for chroma key
Where it runs
In your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

In your editor

Put the calendar animation on your video.

An MP4 has no transparent background, so the calendar animation comes ready to key. Set the background to green and remove it with chroma key.

How to add a calendar animation in CapCut

Download the calendar animation on a green background. In CapCut, drag it onto the track above your video so it sits on top as an overlay. Select it, open Video → Remove BG → Chroma key, pick the green with the color picker and raise Strength until the background is gone. Menu names move a little between CapCut versions; look for Chroma key.

How to add a calendar animation in Premiere Pro

Put the calendar animation on a video track above your footage. From the Effects panel, drag Ultra Key onto it and click the Key Color eyedropper on the green.

How to add a calendar animation in DaVinci Resolve

Place the calendar animation on the track above your footage. On the Edit page, open Effects → Open FX, find 3D Keyer under Resolve FX Key and drag it onto the clip, then sample the green in the viewer with the Open FX overlay switched on.

How to add a calendar animation in Final Cut Pro

Connect the calendar animation above your footage in the timeline. From the Effects browser, drag the Keyer effect onto it; it finds and removes the green by itself.

Questions

Calendar animation: your questions, answered.

How do I make a calendar animation?

In the calendar animation maker at the top of this page, enter the first and the last date, choose Flip or Month, add a label if you want one and press Download. You get a 1080p MP4 made in your browser, with no sign-up and no watermark.

How do I get a calendar animation on a green screen?

Open the Look panel and choose the Green screen look, or set the background color to green. The calendar stays solid, with nothing faded or glowing, and the background becomes flat green, ready to remove with chroma key in your editor.

How do I make a calendar flipping animation for “3 days later”?

This page opens on exactly that: three pages flipping from Friday the 13th to Monday the 16th, with “3 days later” appearing as the last page lands. Change the dates and the label to match your own story.

Can the calendar flip through months or years?

Yes. Enter dates as far apart as you like between 1900 and 2100. A long span starts slowly, speeds up into a blur of pages and slows down again so the last few days are readable. Turn on Show the year when the span crosses a new year.

Can the calendar go backwards?

Yes. Make the second date earlier than the first. In Flip the pages fall back onto the calendar one by one, and in Month the days are crossed off in reverse.

Are the weekdays correct for any date?

Yes. The weekday and the length of each month are calculated from the date with the Gregorian calendar, leap years included, so February 29 only exists in a leap year and every date shows its real weekday.

How long does the calendar animation last?

Getting from the first date to the last takes 1 to 20 seconds, as you set it, and the calendar then rests on the last date for 0.5 to 6 seconds. There's a short moment at the start where it appears on the first date.

Can I change the color of the calendar?

Yes. Calendar color sets the band at the top of each page and the marks on the month grid. Leave it alone and it follows the look you chose. Date color in the Look panel changes the big date and the label.

Can I put a calendar animation in my vlog as a time skip?

Yes. Download it on a green background, place it over your footage where the story jumps ahead and remove the green with chroma key in your editor. Or keep the full background and use it as a short title card between scenes.

Is the calendar animation 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.

Can I get the calendar animation with a transparent background?

MP4 can't store transparency, so the calendar animation comes ready to key instead. Set the background to green and remove it with chroma key in your editor. Only the calendar animation is left over your footage.

Is my video uploaded anywhere?

No. The calendar animation 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 calendar animation 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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