Rescroll

Free news ticker maker

Type up to eight lines and download them scrolling along a news ticker strip as a 1080p MP4, with a tag at the front and a LIVE badge at the end. Free, no sign-up, no watermark.

The basics

What is a news ticker?

A news ticker is a thin strip along the bottom of the screen where short lines of text scroll from right to left, one after another, in a loop. TV channels use it for headlines, scores and prices; creators use it for channel news, stream schedules, shout-outs and running jokes.

This page opens on the ticker alone, in the Modern style: a LATEST tag at the front, four lines scrolling through the middle and a LIVE badge with the time at the end, running for ten seconds after it slides in. On a 16:9 frame it all sits in one line; on narrower frames the tag and the badge stand on top of the strip so the lines keep enough room.

Keep each line short enough to read as it passes. Choose Slow under Ticker speed for longer lines, and Fast when there are only a few words in each.

To put it on your video, see how to add a news banner 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
Parts
A tag, a headline bar and a scrolling ticker, or the headline or the ticker alone
Text
Tag up to 24 characters, headline up to 90, 1 to 8 ticker lines of up to 80
Styles
Classic, Modern or Angled, with any tag color, a LIVE badge and a clock
Length
A 1.4-second entrance, then 1 to 30 seconds on screen, with an optional exit
Colors
Six looks, or any text color on any background color
Overlay
Green background for chroma key
Where it runs
In your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

How it works

How to make a news ticker.

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

  1. 1

    Write the story

    Choose what to show: headline and ticker, the headline alone, or the ticker alone. Type a tag of up to 24 characters, a headline of up to 90, and up to 8 lines for the ticker.

  2. 2

    Choose a style

    Classic has square bars and a light headline bar, Modern has rounded cards, Angled has slanted bars. Pick the tag color, and turn the LIVE badge and the clock on or off.

  3. 3

    Set the motion and the look

    Choose whether the tag slams or wipes in, how fast the ticker scrolls, and how long the banner stays on screen. Then one of six looks, or a green background to key it over your footage.

  4. 4

    Download the MP4

    Press Download. The banner 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.

Breaking news banner

A BREAKING NEWS tag that slams in, a headline bar and a ticker scrolling under it, with a LIVE badge and a clock.

News headline animation

A JUST IN tag that slams in over a slanted headline bar, set in capitals. Tag and headline only, no ticker.

When a news banner isn’t enough

The free news banner is the starting point.

Here you get a news banner on a background. In Rescroll you describe the graphic you actually want, such as “a breaking news banner that slams in as I say ‘big announcement’, with our logo in the tag and the launch date in the ticker”, and it's designed from scratch on your own video. Attach your logo, fonts or a screenshot and it matches them, and you change anything by asking in the chat.

Free news banner

Rescroll

One banner, 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

Lands 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.
Posts and chat. Two posts slide in, then the chat answers.

Both built in Rescroll from a description.

Questions

News ticker: your questions, answered.

How do I make a news ticker?

This page opens on one. Replace the lines under Ticker with your own, change the tag, and press Download for a 1080p MP4. The lines scroll right to left and loop for as long as the clip runs.

How many lines can the ticker hold?

From 1 to 8, each up to 80 characters. They scroll in order with a small mark between them, and start again from the first once the last has passed.

Can I change how fast the ticker scrolls?

Yes. Ticker speed has three settings: Slow, Medium and Fast. The speed is steady from the first frame to the last, the way a real ticker moves.

How long can the ticker video be?

Up to 30 seconds after it has slid in, set with Time on screen. The ticker keeps scrolling for the whole clip. Turn on “Animate out at the end” if you want it to leave the frame before the clip ends.

Can I add a headline above the ticker?

Yes. Set Show to “Headline + ticker” and type a headline. It appears in a bar above the strip, with the tag on top of it.

Is the breaking news video 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 news banner with a transparent background?

MP4 can't store transparency, so the news banner comes ready to key instead. Set the background to green and remove it with chroma key in your editor. Only the news banner is left over your footage.

Is my video uploaded anywhere?

No. The news banner 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 news banner 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.

Glitch text

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

Keep reading

Where to go next.

Breaking news banner

Back to the breaking news banner 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