Free circle highlight animation
A red circle that loops around the spot you choose and overshoots its start like a real pen, on green screen, as a 1080p MP4. Key it out and lay it over your video. Free, no sign-up, no watermark.
The basics
What is a circle highlight animation?
A circle highlight animation is a circle that draws itself around one part of the picture to say “look at this”: a price, a face, a word on a page, a setting in a menu. It's the moving version of circling something in red marker on a screenshot.
This one is drawn like a real pen stroke. It starts near the top, goes round past where it began and spirals slightly outward, so the two ends overlap instead of meeting. The line is thin where the pen lands, full through the middle and tapers as it lifts. Once it's closed it can keep pulsing gently.
Set Goes round to Twice for a scribbled double loop, Shape to Oval for something wide like a line of text, or Style to Clean for a perfect ring that sends out an echo as it closes.
To put it on your video, see how to add a callout animation in CapCut, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and Final Cut Pro.
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
- Callouts
- Arrow (curved or straight), circle (round or oval) or a clicking mouse pointer
- Styles
- Hand-drawn or clean, in three line weights and any color
- Placement
- Nine spots in the frame, eight directions or Auto, 50% to 150% size
- Timing
- Draws in 0.3 to 2.5 seconds, then stays 0.5 to 10 seconds
- Label
- Optional, up to 28 characters, on one or two lines
- Colors
- Six looks, or any background color
- Overlay
- Green background for chroma key, or black for a Screen blend
- Where it runs
- In your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
How it works
How to make a circle highlight animation.
Four steps, about a minute, and nothing to install.
1
Choose the callout
Arrow draws itself toward a spot, Circle loops around it, and Click brings in a mouse pointer that clicks. Pick Hand-drawn or Clean, the shape, the color and the line weight.
2
Point it
Choose one of nine spots in the frame, which way the arrow points (or Auto), and a size from 50% to 150%.
3
Add a label and set the timing
Type a short label of up to 28 characters, or leave it empty. Set how long it takes to draw, from 0.3 to 2.5 seconds, and how long it stays, up to 10 seconds.
4
Download the MP4
Press Download. The video is rendered in your browser at 1080p and saved to your device, usually in a few seconds. No account, no watermark.
More versions
Make a different one.
Each one opens its own maker with the settings filled in. Change anything, then download.
When a callout animation isn’t enough
The free callout animation is the starting point.
Here you get one callout on a background, to line up yourself. In Rescroll you describe what you want in plain English, such as “circle the price on my screen recording when I say it, then draw an arrow to the Buy button”, and it's designed from scratch on your own video, placed around you and timed to the exact word you say. Not right yet? Ask for the change in the chat.
Free callout animation
Rescroll
One arrow, circle or click, in your color
Any graphic you can describe, matched to screenshots, logos or fonts you attach
You key it out and position it yourself
Designed on your own video and placed around you
You line it up with your words in your editor
Timed to the exact word you say
Change it with the settings here
Change anything by asking in the chat
Part of the Pro, Ultimate and Scale plans.
Both built in Rescroll from a description.
Questions
Circle highlight animation: your questions, answered.
How do I make a red circle animation on a green screen?
Can the circle go around twice?
Can I make an oval instead of a circle?
Can I circle something near the edge of the frame?
Is the callout animation maker free?
What format and resolution is the video?
Can I get the callout animation with a transparent background?
Is my video uploaded anywhere?
Can I use the callout animation in client work, ads or monetized videos?
Can I match my brand, add my logo or change the design?
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Where to go next.
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 graphicPart of Pro, Ultimate and Scale · Export is free · Failed builds are refunded