Rescroll

Free glowing text animation generator

Type your words and download them glowing as a 1080p MP4: each letter fades up in turn, then holds a soft, steady light. Choose the color and how far the glow spreads. Free, no sign-up, no watermark.

The basics

What is a glowing text animation?

A glowing text animation is text that lights up and gives off a soft halo in its own color, as if the letters were a light source. It suits titles, teasers and announcements that should feel calm and bright rather than loud.

This page opens on “Coming soon” in ice blue over the Aurora look's dark purple. The letters fade up one after another with no flicker, and Glow is set to 4 out of 10, a softer light than the neon default of 6.

Raise Glow for a wide haze around the words, or lower it for crisp letters with a thin halo. If you'd rather it flickered on like a sign, choose Flicker on under Lighting.

To put it on your video, see how to add a neon 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, up to 22 characters each
Neon
Nine tube colors or any color, a second color, solid or outlined letters, glow from 1 to 10
Lighting
Steady, Flicker on or Buzzing, line by line or letter by letter
Length
About 1 to 3.5 seconds to light up, then 1.5 to 10 seconds lit
Colors
Six looks, or any background color
Overlay
Midnight look with the Screen blend mode keeps the glow; a green background gives a solid tube for chroma key
Where it runs
In your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

How it works

How to make a glowing text animation.

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

  1. 1

    Write the sign

    Type up to two lines, each up to 22 characters. Add a box or pill-shaped neon frame around them if you like.

  2. 2

    Choose the neon

    Pick a tube color, and a second color for the second line and the frame. Then solid or outlined letters, a typeface, and how far the glow spreads.

  3. 3

    Set the lighting

    Steady fades up, Flicker on stutters to life, and Buzzing keeps one letter cutting out. Light it line by line or letter by letter, and choose how long it stays lit.

  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.

Neon text

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

Neon sign

An OPEN sign in red outlined tubes over a smaller blue line, inside a pill-shaped frame that flickers on and buzzes.

When a neon text animation isn’t enough

The free neon text animation is the starting point.

Here you get a neon sign on a background. In Rescroll you describe the graphic you want, such as “my channel name in pink neon that flickers on behind me as I say welcome back”, and it's designed from scratch on your own video and placed around you. Attach your logo or a screenshot of your style, and ask for any change in the chat.

Free neon text animation

Rescroll

One neon sign, in your colors

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

A clip you overlay and blend yourself

Built on your own video, placed around you

You line it up in your editor

Lights up 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.

Sponsor read. Brand, code and sticker, on the words.
Before you post. Each setting changes as she names it.

Both built in Rescroll from a description.

Questions

Glowing text animation: your questions, answered.

How do I make text glow in a video?

Type your words here, pick a color and press Download. You get a 1080p MP4 of the text lighting up and glowing, which you can lay over your footage in your editor.

How do I make the glow softer or stronger?

Use the Glow slider, from 1 to 10. Low values keep a thin halo close to the letters; high values spread a wide haze of colored light around them.

Can glowing text fade in letter by letter?

Yes, and this page opens that way. Under Lights up, choose Letter by letter, or Line by line to light each line as one piece.

Can I make glowing text without the flicker?

Yes. Choose Steady under Lighting and the text fades up smoothly, then holds its glow with no stutter.

Is the neon text generator 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 neon text animation with a transparent background?

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

Is my video uploaded anywhere?

No. The neon text 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 neon text 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.

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.

Glitch text

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

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.

Neon text

Back to the neon 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