Rescroll

Free timer video maker

Set a time, pick a style and download a countdown timer as a 1080p MP4: for a stream, a slide, a classroom or the corner of your video. Free, no sign-up, no watermark.

How it works

How to make a timer video.

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

  1. 1

    Set the time

    Type the minutes and seconds, anything from 1 second to 60 minutes. Choose whether it counts down like a timer or up like a stopwatch, and whether it reads as 1:30 or as 90.

  2. 2

    Choose a style

    Ring puts the time inside a circle that empties as it runs out; Bar puts a bar under it; Digits shows the time alone. Add a label, and a word to show when the time is up.

  3. 3

    Pick the look

    Six looks and four typefaces, or set the digits and the background to any color: green or black if you'll lay the timer over other footage. Four frame shapes: 9:16, 16:9, 1:1 and 4:5.

  4. 4

    Download the MP4

    Press Download. The timer is rendered in your browser at 1080p and saved to your device. A short timer takes seconds; a long one takes a few minutes. 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.

Stopwatch video

Counts up from zero with tenths of a second, in a monospaced face. For speed runs, challenges and “how long it took”.

Circular countdown timer

Ten seconds inside a ring that empties as they run out, in white on black. For quizzes, ads and “skip in 5” moments.

Pomodoro timer video

25:00 down to 00:00 inside a ring, labelled Focus, ending on “Break”. For study-with-me videos and focus streams.

Timers by length

When a timer isn’t enough

The free timer is the starting point.

Here you get a clean timer on a background. In Rescroll you describe the graphic you actually want — “a 30-second timer in the corner while I do the challenge, then a results card with my time” — and it's designed from scratch on your own video. Attach your logo or a screenshot and it matches them. Not right yet? Ask for the change in the chat.

Free timer

Rescroll

One timer, in your colors

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

A clip you overlay and position 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.

Payout reveal. The number rolls as he says it.
Checklist. Each rule ticks as he finishes it.

Both built in Rescroll from a description.

The basics

What is a timer video?

A timer video is a clip of a clock counting down to zero: 5:00 to 0:00, 30 seconds to 0, an hour to nothing. Because it's a video file rather than an app, it plays anywhere a video does: on a stream's “starting soon” screen, on a slide, in a classroom, or in the corner of a longer video.

This maker builds one for any length from one second to 60 minutes. The time can stand alone, or sit inside a ring or above a bar that empties as it runs out. When it reaches zero the digits can blink, or be replaced by a word of your own, such as “Time’s up” or “Go”.

Set Counts to Up and it becomes a stopwatch instead, with tenths of a second if you want them.

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
Length
1 second to 60 minutes, plus up to 10 seconds on the final frame
Counts
Down (timer) or up (stopwatch), with optional tenths of a second
Styles
Ring, bar or digits alone, with a label and an end message
Colors
Six looks, or any digit 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 timer on your video.

An MP4 has no transparent background, so the timer 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 timer in CapCut

Download the timer 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 timer in Premiere Pro

Put the timer 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 timer in DaVinci Resolve

Place the timer 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 timer in Final Cut Pro

Connect the timer 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

Timer video: your questions, answered.

How do I make a countdown timer video?

Type the time into Minutes and Seconds in the timer maker at the top of this page, choose Ring, Bar or Digits, pick a look and press Download. You get a 1080p MP4 made in your browser, with no sign-up and no watermark.

How long can the timer be?

From 1 second to 60 minutes. The longer the timer, the longer it takes to render, because every frame is drawn on your own device: a 5-minute timer is 9,000 frames at 30 fps, a 60-minute one is 108,000.

Does the timer video have sound?

No. The MP4 is video only. Add an alarm, a tick or music in your editor, or in the app you play it from.

Can I make a stopwatch that counts up?

Yes. Set Counts to Up. Turn on Show tenths for a stopwatch that reads 0:00.0, 0:00.1 and so on, and export at 60 fps so the tenths stay smooth.

Can I put the timer in the corner of my video?

Yes. Download it on a green background, put it on the track above your video in your editor, remove the green with chroma key, then scale it down and move it to a corner.

Can I use a timer video in PowerPoint, Google Slides or OBS?

Yes. It's a standard MP4, so it works wherever a video does: insert it on a slide, add it as a media source in OBS, or put it on a timeline in any editor.

Can it show a message when the time runs out?

Yes. Type up to 14 characters into “When time is up, show”, such as Time’s up, Go or Break, and it replaces the digits at zero. Leave it empty and the digits rest on the final time, blinking if you leave that on.

What's the difference between Ring, Bar and Digits?

Ring puts the time inside a circle that empties as the time runs out. Bar puts a horizontal bar under the time that empties the same way. Digits shows the time with nothing around it, which is the simplest to lay over other footage.

Why does the timer default to 30 fps?

A timer changes once a second, so 30 frames a second looks the same as 60 and renders in half the time with a smaller file. Switch to 60 fps for a stopwatch with tenths, or for the smoothest ring.

Is there a timer for a specific length, like 5 or 10 minutes?

Yes. There's a page for every length from 1 to 60 minutes, and for common lengths in seconds, each opening on that timer ready to download. They're linked under “Timers by length” on this page.

Is the timer 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 timer with a transparent background?

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

Is my video uploaded anywhere?

No. The timer 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 timer 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.

Number counter

Any two numbers, counting up or down, with a prefix, suffix and label of your own.

Progress bar

A bar, a ring or a row of blocks filling to any percentage, with the number counting beside it.

Calendar animation

A desk calendar flipping from Friday the 13th to Monday the 16th, then “3 days later” as the last page lands.

Clock animation

An analog clock racing from 7:10 to 10:10 with its hands sweeping, then “3 hours later”. Digital and flip styles too.

Film countdown

The black-and-white film leader: 5 down to 1 inside two circles and a crosshair, with a clock wipe sweeping round each number.

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.

Keep reading

Where to go next.

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