Rescroll

Free flip clock video maker

A split-flap flip clock as a 1080p MP4: each card folds over in two halves as the minutes run from 11:50 PM to 12:00 AM. Set any start and end time, 12- or 24-hour. Free, no sign-up, no watermark.

The basics

What is a flip clock video?

A flip clock video is a clip of a split-flap clock, the kind with hinged cards for the hours and the minutes, flipping over as time passes. Each change folds the top half of the old card down and drops the bottom half of the new one into place, and that two-part fold is what gives the style its look.

This one opens on ten minutes before midnight, in white on black, and lands on 12:00 AM with the word Midnight. In a 9:16 frame the hours card sits over the minutes card; in wider frames they sit side by side. On a 12-hour clock, AM or PM sits in the corner of the hours card.

A flip clock can only turn so fast. When the time races, the cards flip on a steady beat and skip ahead several minutes at a time, the way a real split-flap board does. For a flip on every minute, keep the start and end times close together or make the time-lapse longer.

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
Where it runs
In your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

How it works

How to make a flip 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.

Digital clock video

Mint digits in a monospaced face, rolling overnight from 10:30 PM to 6:45 AM, then “The next morning”.

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

Flip clock video: your questions, answered.

How do I make a flip clock video?

This page opens on one: a flip clock running from 11:50 PM to midnight. Change the start and end times, the label and the colors, then press Download for a 1080p MP4 with no watermark.

Can the flip clock show 24-hour time?

Yes. Set Hours to 24-hour and the cards read 23:50 to 00:00, with no AM or PM in the corner.

Can I use the flip clock for a New Year's Eve video?

Yes. It already ends on midnight. Set the start to 11:59 PM for one last flip to 12:00 AM, and change the label to Happy New Year or anything else up to 28 characters.

Can I change the color of the flip cards?

Yes. Face color under Clock sets the cards, and the digits take the look's text color. If the two would be hard to tell apart, the digits switch to black or white so they stay readable.

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. 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