Rescroll

Free cyberpunk text animation maker

Neon text with scanlines that decodes letter by letter, then scrambles and glitches in pink and blue. Type your own words and download it as a 1080p MP4. Free, no sign-up, no watermark.

The basics

What is a cyberpunk text animation?

A cyberpunk text animation is on-screen text styled like a display in a neon-lit science fiction city: glowing letters, scanlines, a monospaced or condensed typeface, and glitches that scramble the words as if they were being hacked or decoded.

This one sets SYSTEM BREACH in cyan with a glow, cuts scanlines through the letters and uses the Scramble style. The words arrive as random characters and resolve from left to right, then letters flip to other characters in short bursts. The color split is Pink & blue, which shows as a neon fringe whenever the picture jumps.

The glow belongs to the dark background the page opens with. To lay the text over footage, set the background to black and use the Screen blend mode in your editor. The letters, the scanlines and the color fringes stay and the glow is dropped, so nothing soft is left around the text when the black is removed.

To put it on your video, see how to add a glitch text 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
Text
One or two lines of up to 22 characters, plus a small line of up to 36
Glitch
Digital, Analog or Scramble, at 10 intensities, in 12 patterns
Length
2 to 20 seconds of glitching, plus up to 5 seconds resting clean
Colors
Six looks, or any text color on any background color, with three color splits or none
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 cyberpunk text animation.

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

  1. 1

    Type your text

    Up to 22 characters a line, on one line or two. Add a small line of up to 36 characters under them if you want one, such as a subtitle or an episode number.

  2. 2

    Choose the glitch

    Digital slices the letters sideways, Analog wobbles and tears them like a worn tape, and Scramble swaps letters for other characters. Set the intensity, how often it bursts and the color split.

  3. 3

    Set the timing and the look

    Glitch for 2 to 20 seconds, then rest clean for up to 5. Pick one of six looks and four typefaces, or your own text and background colors: black or green if the text is going over footage.

  4. 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.

Glitch text

Your words in bursts of color split, sideways slices and flicker, with calm between them and a clean hold at the end.

Glitch title

LEVEL UP in a tall condensed typeface on a warm glow, wobbling and tearing like a worn tape, in a 16:9 frame.

When a glitch text animation isn’t enough

The free glitch text is the starting point.

Here you get your words glitching on a background. In Rescroll you describe the graphic you actually want, such as “glitch the series title in as I say it, then show the episode number under it in our font”, and it's designed from scratch on your own video. Attach your logo, your fonts or a screenshot and it matches them. Not right yet? Ask for the change in the chat.

Free glitch text

Rescroll

Your words, in one of three glitch styles

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

Hits 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.

The whole edit. Cuts, punch-in, color, export, on his words.
Sponsor read. Brand, code and sticker, on the words.

Both built in Rescroll from a description.

Questions

Cyberpunk text animation: your questions, answered.

How do I make cyberpunk text for a video?

This page opens on one: neon cyan text with scanlines that decodes and then glitches. Type your own words into Text and Second line and press Download for a 1080p MP4 with no watermark.

Can I change the neon color?

Yes. Text color under Look sets the letters and their glow. Color split sets the two fringe colors: Pink & blue, Red & cyan, Green & purple, or None.

What font does the cyberpunk text use?

A heavy monospaced typeface. Every letter is the same width, so the characters that scramble in fit their places exactly. The Look panel also has a sans, a serif and a tall condensed typeface.

Can I turn the scanlines off?

Yes. Scanlines is a switch in the Glitch panel. Turn it off and the letters are solid.

Is the glitch text 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 glitch text with a transparent background?

MP4 can't store transparency, so the glitch text comes ready to key instead. Set the background to green and remove it with chroma key in your editor. If the graphic is light, you can also set the background to black and use the Screen blend mode. Either way only the glitch text is left over your footage.

Is my video uploaded anywhere?

No. The glitch text 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.

Can I use the glitch text 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.

More free tools

Other graphics you can make here.

All free, all made in your browser, all without a watermark. See every free tool.

Lower third

A name and a title in five animated styles: a bar, a line, a card, a name tag or an @handle pill, placed along the bottom of the frame.

Title animation

A title and subtitle revealed seven ways: words rising out of a mask, popping, sliding, tracking in, wiped or fading up.

Typewriter text

Your words typing themselves behind a cursor, in a human rhythm. The text alone for an overlay, or inside a terminal window.

Text highlight animation

A sentence rises in word by word, then a highlighter sweeps behind the words that matter. Underline, circle, box or strike them instead.

Neon text

“Good vibes only” in pink handwritten neon that flickers on line by line, then glows steady on black.

Quote video

A quote set line by line under a large opening mark, with one phrase highlighted and the author’s name after it.

Keep reading

Where to go next.

Glitch text

Back to the glitch text maker, with everything it can do.

AI motion graphics

Counters, charts, app screens and maps designed from a description, on your own video and timed to your words.

AI video editor

The whole edit from a sentence: silences and bad takes cut, captions, color, zooms and graphics.

Rescroll vs After Effects

When to keyframe a graphic yourself, and when to describe it instead.

Rescroll vs CapCut

Preset text animations against graphics designed for each moment. Often used together.

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

Part of Pro, Ultimate and Scale · Export is free · Failed builds are refunded