Free strikethrough text animation maker
Cross out part of a sentence on screen: a hand-drawn line strikes through the words you choose. Download it as a 1080p MP4, on black or green to overlay. Free, no sign-up, no watermark.
The basics
What is a strikethrough text animation?
A strikethrough text animation is a clip of a sentence where a line is drawn through some of its words, crossing them out as you watch. Editors use it for a correction, a myth being busted, a price that dropped, or a sentence that changes its mind halfway through.
This one is white text on pure black, with a red line drawn through “I'll start Monday”. The line rises slightly as it goes, and the struck words dim once it has crossed them, so the rest of the sentence reads first. (On a green or blue screen they keep their full color.)
For a before-and-after, end the sentence with the replacement: “Stop saying I'll start Monday. Start today.” The struck part is still readable, which is the point: the viewer sees what was crossed out.
To put it on your video, see how to add a text highlight 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
- A sentence up to 140 characters, a small line above it up to 32, and up to 80 characters of it marked
- Marks
- Highlight, underline, circle, box or strikethrough, hand-drawn, in three thicknesses
- Timing
- Words rise in or start in place; three mark speeds; up to 5 seconds before the mark and 5 resting after
- Colors
- Six looks, any mark color, or any text and 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 strikethrough text animation.
Four steps, about a minute, and nothing to install.
1
Type the sentence
Write the sentence, up to 140 characters; line breaks you type are kept. Add a small line above it if you like, such as Note to self or Tip #3.
2
Pick the words to mark
Type the words to mark exactly as they appear in the sentence, capitals aside. Then choose how: Highlight, Underline, Circle, Box or Strike, in any color and three thicknesses.
3
Set the timing and the look
Let the words rise in or start with them in place, choose the mark's speed, and wait up to 5 seconds before it starts. Then one of six looks, five typefaces and four frame shapes.
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.
When a text highlight isn’t enough
The free text highlight is the starting point.
Here you get one sentence marked on a background. In Rescroll you describe the graphic you actually want, “highlight ‘three times faster’ in my caption as I say it, in our brand yellow”, 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 text highlight
Rescroll
One sentence, one marked phrase
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
Marks the exact word you say, as you say it
Change it with the settings here
Change anything by asking in the chat
Part of the Pro, Ultimate and Scale plans.
Both built in Rescroll from a description.
Questions
Strikethrough text animation: your questions, answered.
How do I make a strikethrough text animation?
Can I cross out a word and show its replacement?
Can I put the strikethrough over my own video?
Why don't the crossed-out words dim on a green background?
Is the text highlight maker free?
What format and resolution is the video?
Can I get the text highlight with a transparent background?
Is my video uploaded anywhere?
Can I use the text highlight in client work, ads or monetized videos?
Can I match my brand, add my logo or change the design?
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Where to go next.
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 graphicPart of Pro, Ultimate and Scale · Export is free · Failed builds are refunded