Every background below is a real AI-generated motion background from Scrollytelling — 549 were generated on the platform in the last 30 days. Preview them right here in your browser, copy an embed code, or remix one into your own — free, no signup.
This isn’t a screen recording. It’s a real generated motion background, served exactly the way the 549 are — scrubbing frame-by-frame as you scroll inside the frame, the same way it behaves on a published page. Tweak the colors, then copy the embed code or download a self-contained HTML file.
Rendered by the same engine as a published story. Scroll-driven widgets scroll inside the frame.
Real AI-generated backgrounds, grouped by mood. Hover or tap a tile to play it, Preview for a full-size look, Copy loop embed to copy a ready-to-paste looping MP4 snippet, or Remix to make it yours in the free maker.
The default mood of the AI era. In the last 30 days on Scrollytelling, 52.5% of real prompts are dark-mood vs 8.2% explicitly light — a 6.4:1 dark bias.
The rare ones — only 8.2% of prompts ask for an explicitly light or bright scene, which is exactly why these stand out on a page.
Floating matter is the signature texture of a premium background — dust and particles each appear in 50.3% of prompts.
Light beams you can almost touch: “volumetric” shows up in 82.7% of prompts, and “light” itself in 83.1%.
This gallery is refreshed monthly from real generation data — the clips and counts update with each refresh.
We looked at the prompts behind all 549 backgrounds generated on Scrollytelling in the last 30 days. The recipe is remarkably consistent — a handful of words does almost all the work:
| Prompt word | Share of 549 prompts |
|---|---|
| slow | 96.7% |
| dolly | 96.5% |
| light | 83.1% |
| volumetric | 82.7% |
| drift | 68.5% |
One camera move rules them all: dolly-in appears in 94.5% of prompts. A slow push into a softly lit scene, with something drifting through the frame — that’s the house style of the AI era. Read the full study for the complete vocabulary, mood split and render-time data.
Browse the gallery above and preview any clip full-size — no account needed.
Hit Copy loop embed on a card for a paste-ready looping MP4 snippet, or remix it in the free maker first.
Build a full scroll story around it in the editor — hero, sections, publish to your own domain.
Format note: Copy loop embed on a card copies a simple muted looping MP4 snippet. Backgrounds exported from the free maker or the editor ship differently — as up to 350 WebP frames on a CDN, scrubbed on scroll, so nothing autoplays. Prefer a classic looping video widget? That’s the video background widget; the scrub effect is the scroll video widget.
Yes — previewing, embedding and remixing any background on this page is free, including for commercial projects. Generating brand-new backgrounds with AI happens in the editor and uses credits.
Hit Copy loop embed on any card for a paste-ready snippet that plays the hosted MP4 loop, or open one in the free motion background maker to download a self-contained HTML file built from scroll-scrubbed frames. We don't do .zip wallpaper packs — these are made to live on web pages, not to re-edit.
These are built as web page backgrounds, so there's no wallpaper download here. If you're after an animated desktop, a wallpaper app like Wallpaper Engine is the right tool for that job.
Every one is a two-step AI render: a still image from black-forest-labs/flux-1.1-pro (or flux-1.1-pro-ultra for product heroes), animated into a clip by prunaai/p-video — the video model behind all 549 backgrounds generated on Scrollytelling in the last 30 days (549/549).
Yes — the free motion background maker runs in your browser with no signup: upload a clip or remix any background on this page, then copy the embed code. For a fully original AI background, generate one in the editor.
It depends which embed you use. The Copy loop embed button on each card copies a simple muted looping MP4 snippet — one small looping video, no sound, no controls. Backgrounds exported from the free motion background maker or the editor ship differently: up to 350 WebP frames (quality 90, max width 1200 px) on a CDN, scrubbed as the visitor scrolls — nothing autoplays, buffers or drains batteries in the background.
Remix any background above in the free maker, or generate a fully original one and build a whole scroll story around it.
Open the free maker → Create in the editor →