Rescroll

Free snow overlay maker

Set how much snow falls, how fast and which way the wind blows, then download it as a 1080p MP4 on black that loops. Lay it over your footage with a Screen blend. Free, no sign-up, no watermark.

How it works

How to make a snow overlay.

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

  1. 1

    Choose the snow

    Set the amount from Flurries to Blizzard, and pick soft dots or six-armed crystals for the nearest flakes, in a small, medium or large size.

  2. 2

    Set how it falls

    Pick the fall speed, add wind from the left or the right, make it gusty, and choose how much each flake sways on the way down.

  3. 3

    Pick the length and background

    Choose a length from 4 to 30 seconds. Keep the black background for a Screen blend, switch to green for chroma key, and set the snow color if you want it other than white.

  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.

Ready-made versions

Start from the one you came for.

Each one opens its own maker with the settings filled in. Change anything, then download.

Snow green screen

White snowflake crystals and snow falling on pure green, drifting right in gusts. Solid flakes that key out cleanly.

When a snow overlay isn’t enough

The free snow overlay is the starting point.

Here you get snow to lay over your shot. In Rescroll you describe the graphic you want, like “start the snow the moment I say it's finally winter, and keep it behind me, not over my face”, and it's designed from scratch on your own video, placed around you and timed to the word. Want it heavier? Ask in the chat.

Free snow overlay

Rescroll

Snow on black or green, in your settings

Any graphic you can describe in plain English

A clip you blend or 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.

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Flight map. The pin drops as she says the city.

Both built in Rescroll from a description.

The basics

What is a snow overlay?

A snow overlay is a video of falling snow on a plain background, made to be laid over other footage so it looks like it's snowing in the shot. Editors use it for winter scenes, holiday videos, Christmas intros and moody b-roll filmed on a day with no snow.

This maker draws the snow in four depths. Distant flakes are tiny, dim and slow, the middle ones are crisp, and the nearest are large, fast and softly out of focus, the way a camera sees real snow. Every flake sways a little as it falls, and wind can push the whole snowfall sideways, steadily or in gusts.

The snow is already falling on the first frame, and the clip loops: its last frame leads straight into its first. Make it 4 to 30 seconds long and repeat it under footage of any length.

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
Snow
Amount from 1 (flurries) to 10 (blizzard), in four depths
Flakes
Soft dots or six-armed crystals, in three sizes, with the nearest flakes blurred or sharp
Motion
Fall speed 1 to 10, wind up to 10 either way, optional gusts and sway
Length
4 to 30 seconds, looping: the last frame leads into the first
Colors
Six looks, or any snow 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.

In your editor

Put the snow overlay on your video.

An MP4 has no transparent background, so the snow overlay comes ready to key. Set the background to green and remove it with chroma key, or to black and use a Screen blend.

How to add a snow overlay in CapCut

Download the snow overlay on a green background. In CapCut, drag it onto the track above your video so it sits on top as an overlay. Select it, open Video → Remove BG → Chroma key, pick the green with the color picker and raise Strength until the background is gone. Menu names move a little between CapCut versions; look for Chroma key. If you made it on black instead, set the clip's blend mode to Screen.

How to add a snow overlay in Premiere Pro

Put the snow overlay on a video track above your footage. From the Effects panel, drag Ultra Key onto it and click the Key Color eyedropper on the green. For a version on black, skip the key: in Effect Controls, set Opacity → Blend Mode to Screen.

How to add a snow overlay in DaVinci Resolve

Place the snow overlay on the track above your footage. On the Edit page, open Effects → Open FX, find 3D Keyer under Resolve FX Key and drag it onto the clip, then sample the green in the viewer with the Open FX overlay switched on. For a version on black, set Composite Mode to Screen in the Inspector instead.

How to add a snow overlay in Final Cut Pro

Connect the snow overlay above your footage in the timeline. From the Effects browser, drag the Keyer effect onto it; it finds and removes the green by itself. For a version on black, set Blend Mode to Screen in the Video inspector.

Questions

Snow overlay: your questions, answered.

How do I make a snow overlay?

Use the snow overlay maker at the top of this page: set the amount, the fall speed and the wind, pick soft dots or crystals, and press Download. You get a 1080p MP4 of snow on black, made in your browser, with no sign-up and no watermark.

How do I add falling snow to my video?

Download the snow, put it on the track above your footage in your editor and set its blend mode to Screen. The black disappears and only the snow is left over your shot. If your editor has no blend modes, make the snow on green and use chroma key instead.

Does the snow overlay loop?

Yes. The last frame leads straight into the first, so you can place copies end to end with no jump. Each clip is 4 to 30 seconds long, and the snow is already falling on the first frame.

How do I make the snow look realistic?

Keep Soft dots, leave “Blur the nearest flakes” on and use the black background with a Screen blend. Then match your footage: a low amount and a slow fall for a calm evening, more snow and some wind for a storm.

Can the snow blow sideways?

Yes. Wind pushes the snow to the left or the right, up to 10 either way, with near flakes moving across faster than far ones. Turn on Gusty and the wind rises and falls instead of blowing steadily.

How do I make a blizzard effect?

Set Amount to 9 or 10, which reads Blizzard, raise Fall speed to Storm, add strong wind and turn on Gusty. At high speeds the flakes streak a little, as they would on camera.

Can I use snowflake shapes instead of dots?

Yes. Choose Crystals under Flakes. The nearest flakes become six-armed snowflakes in three shapes that spin and tumble as they fall, while the distant snow stays as small dots.

Why is the snow on a black background?

So you can use a Screen blend, which keeps the soft edges, the blur and the faint distant flakes. Screen makes black disappear and leaves anything lighter, so white snow on black sits over your footage as if it were filmed there.

Can I change the color of the snow?

Yes. Use Snow color in the Look panel. Each of the six looks also pairs the snow with a backdrop of its own; Midnight is pure white snow on pure black.

How long can the snow overlay be?

From 4 to 30 seconds. Because the clip loops, you can repeat it in your editor to cover a video of any length.

Can I make two different snowfalls with the same settings?

Yes. Variation has 12 settings, and each moves every flake somewhere else while keeping the amount, speed and wind. Use two to layer snow without the same flakes lining up.

Is the snow overlay 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 snow overlay with a transparent background?

MP4 can't store transparency, so the snow overlay 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 snow overlay is left over your footage.

Is my video uploaded anywhere?

No. The snow overlay 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.

Which browsers does it work in?

It needs a browser that can encode video with the WebCodecs API: current versions of Chrome, Edge and Safari, and Firefox on a computer. If your browser can't, the page tells you before you start.

Can I use the snow overlay 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.

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Drop it in. Say what should appear. Read the plan, press Build, and export the finished video — no After Effects, no editor, no template.

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