Rescroll

Free digital clock video generator

A digital clock that races from 10:30 PM to 6:45 AM, its digits rolling over, then rests with the colon blinking. Set your own times, 12- or 24-hour, and download a 1080p MP4. Free, no sign-up, no watermark.

The basics

What is a digital clock video?

A digital clock video is a clip of a clock reading hours and minutes in digits, HH:MM, with a colon between them that blinks once a second. Run as a time-lapse it shows hours passing in seconds, which is a quick way to cut from night to morning, or from the start of a workday to its end.

This one runs overnight, from 10:30 PM to 6:45 AM in five seconds. Each digit rolls up to the next; when the time races the fast digits blur, then everything settles on the end time and the colon starts to blink. AM and PM sit small beside the digits, or switch to 24-hour time and they go.

Each digit sits in a cell of its own width, so the readout doesn't wobble as it changes. To lay it over footage, set the background to green and key it out, or set it to black and use the Screen blend mode.

To put it on your video, see how to add a clock 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
Times
Any start and end time, up to 24 hours apart, through midnight
Length
1 to 20 seconds of time-lapse, plus 0.5 to 5 seconds resting on the end time
Styles
Analog dial, digital readout or split-flap flip clock, 12- or 24-hour
Colors
Six looks, or any hand and digit color, face color and 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 digital clock video.

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

  1. 1

    Set the times

    Pick a start time and an end time, any minute of the day. An end earlier than the start runs on past midnight. Choose how long the time-lapse takes, from 1 to 20 seconds, and how it eases.

  2. 2

    Choose a clock

    Analog for a dial with sweeping hands, Digital for rolling digits and a blinking colon, Flip for split-flap cards. Set the numbers on the dial, the second hand, 12- or 24-hour time and the face color.

  3. 3

    Add a label and a look

    Type a label such as “3 hours later” and choose whether it arrives as the clock lands. Then pick one of six looks or your own colors, a typeface, and the frame shape.

  4. 4

    Download the MP4

    Press Download. The clip 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.

Clock animation

An analog clock racing from 7:10 to 10:10 with its hands sweeping, then “3 hours later”. Digital and flip styles too.

Flip clock video

Split-flap cards in white on black, flipping from 11:50 PM to midnight, the hours stacked over the minutes in a tall frame.

When a clock animation isn’t enough

The free clock animation is the starting point.

Here you get one clock on a background. In Rescroll you describe the graphic you actually want, such as “a clock in the corner that races from 9 to 5 as I say ‘and that was the whole workday’, then a card with what I got done”, and it's designed from scratch on your own video. Attach your logo or a screenshot and it matches them. Not right yet? Ask for the change in the chat.

Free clock animation

Rescroll

One clock, 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

Starts 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.
Payout reveal. The number rolls as he says it.

Both built in Rescroll from a description.

Questions

Digital clock video: your questions, answered.

How do I make a digital clock video?

This page opens on one: a digital clock running overnight from 10:30 PM to 6:45 AM. Set your own start and end times, choose 12- or 24-hour, and press Download for a 1080p MP4.

Does the colon blink?

Yes. Once the clock lands on the end time, the colon blinks once a second for as long as the clip rests there. While the time is racing it stays lit.

Can the digital clock show seconds?

No. It reads hours and minutes. In a time-lapse the seconds change far too fast to read, so they're left out.

How do I make a digital clock on a green screen?

Set the background to green in the Look panel and download. On green the digits are solid, with no glow and no soft edges, and they rise in through a hard-edged window instead of fading, so chroma key removes the background cleanly in your editor.

Is the clock 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 clock animation with a transparent background?

MP4 can't store transparency, so the clock animation 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 clock animation is left over your footage.

Is my video uploaded anywhere?

No. The clock 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.

Can I use the clock 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.

More free tools

Other graphics you can make here.

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

Number counter

Any two numbers, counting up or down, with a prefix, suffix and label of your own.

Timer video

A countdown from any time up to 60 minutes, with a ring or a bar that empties as it runs out.

Progress bar

A bar, a ring or a row of blocks filling to any percentage, with the number counting beside it.

Calendar animation

A desk calendar flipping from Friday the 13th to Monday the 16th, then “3 days later” as the last page lands.

Film countdown

The black-and-white film leader: 5 down to 1 inside two circles and a crosshair, with a clock wipe sweeping round each number.

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.

Keep reading

Where to go next.

Clock animation

Back to the clock animation 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