Rescroll

Free scrolling text video maker

Paste a few paragraphs and download them scrolling slowly up the screen as a 1080p MP4, with a title at the top and a closing line at the end. Made in your browser. Free, no sign-up, no watermark.

The basics

What is a scrolling text video?

A scrolling text video is a clip of text moving slowly up the screen so the viewer can read it as it passes: a message to your audience, a short story, a dedication, an announcement or the words of a poem.

This page opens on paragraphs instead of roles and names, in a 9:16 frame for Reels, TikTok and Shorts. The speed is set from how many words fit on a line, so a narrow frame and a wide one both pass at a comfortable reading pace. Make it faster or slower with Scroll speed, which also shows how long the video will be.

Keep paragraphs short. Two or three sentences each, with a blank line between them, read far better on a moving screen than one long block.

To put it on your video, see how to add a credits roll 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
Content
A title, a line under it, up to 30 credit lines and a closing line, or up to 1,200 characters of paragraphs
Styles
Classic, Two columns or Minimal, in three text sizes
Length
Set by your text and the scroll speed (0.5× to 2×), plus up to 5 seconds resting on the last line
Colors
Six looks, or any text color on any 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 scrolling text video.

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

  1. 1

    Add your credits

    Type a title, a line under it if you want one, and each role and name in the Credits table: up to 30 lines. Or switch What scrolls to Paragraphs and paste your own text.

  2. 2

    Choose a style

    Classic puts each role small above its name, Two columns sets roles on the left and names on the right, and Minimal keeps both on one quiet line. Pick Small, Medium or Large text.

  3. 3

    Set the speed and the look

    Scroll speed runs from 0.5× to 2× and shows how long the video will be. Then one of six looks and four typefaces, or your own text and background colors.

  4. 4

    Download the MP4

    Press Download. The video is rendered in your browser at 1080p and saved to your device. 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.

Credits roll

A title, then roles and names scrolling up at a steady pace, ending on “Thank you for watching” in the middle of the frame.

End credits

Two columns of roles and names in a serif face, white on black, with a Cast section and a closing line. For the end of a short film.

When a credits roll isn’t enough

The free credits roll is the starting point.

Here you get a clean credits roll on a background. In Rescroll you describe the graphic you actually want, such as “as I say thanks for watching, roll my crew's names up beside me and end on our logo”, and it's designed from scratch on your own video. Attach your logo, fonts or a screenshot and it matches them. Not right yet? Ask for the change in the chat.

Free credits roll

Rescroll

Credits in one of three styles, 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.

The whole edit. Cuts, punch-in, color, export, on his words.
Your site, live. Scrolls and zooms to pricing on cue.

Both built in Rescroll from a description.

Questions

Scrolling text video: your questions, answered.

How do I make a video of scrolling text?

Paste your text into the Text box on this page, add a title and a closing line if you want them, and press Download. You get the text scrolling up the screen as a 1080p MP4, made in your browser.

How long will my scrolling text video be?

As long as your text needs. The video's length follows the amount of text and the scroll speed, and the line under Scroll speed tells you how many seconds it runs. The Text box takes up to 1,200 characters.

How do I make the text scroll slower?

Move Scroll speed down, as low as 0.5×, which is half the normal pace. The video gets longer to match. Up to 2× makes it faster.

How do I start a new paragraph?

Leave a blank line between paragraphs in the Text box. Each new paragraph starts with a little more space above it than a line break.

Can I left-align the text?

Yes. Under Layout, set Align to Left. The title, the paragraphs and the closing line then share one left edge, in a column centered in the frame.

Is the credits roll 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 credits roll with a transparent background?

MP4 can't store transparency, so the credits roll 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 credits roll is left over your footage.

Is my video uploaded anywhere?

No. The credits roll 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 credits roll 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.

Credits roll

Back to the credits roll 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