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Video Creation

Create a Synthetic video with Synthesia.

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The maximum length of a Synthesia video is 250 minutes.

A Synthesia video can have up to 50 scenes, each up to 5 minutes long.

Create a new video

To create a video in Synthesia, go in the upper-right corner of the Synthesia homepage and click New video.

To create a video in Synthesia, go in the upper right corner of your Synthesia application homepage and click on "New video".

Create a new video flow

Start with a template

Choose a template to get started. You can use the tags on the left panel to find the best template for your use-case.

Synthesia templates allow you to start your video with a stylish and consistent set of layouts for your video.

Start with a template

Start with a template

When you hover over a template, you'll see three options:

Preview : See all of the layout options for the template.

Use template: Using the template to create a new video with it.

Create with AI: Create a video with the AI assistant.

Start from blank

Start from scratch with a blank video canvas.

Import PowerPoint

Import a power point

Import PowerPoint slides into Synthesia. During import, select one or both options:

  • Enable text element editing: Convert every text box into an editable Synthesia Text asset; all other slide content becomes a static background.
  • Convert speaker notes into script: Copy each slide’s speaker notes into the corresponding scene script.

See the full walkthrough in How do I import PowerPoint slides into Synthesia?

Notes:

  • Starter, Creator and Enterprise plans have a limit of 50 slides per import.
  • If you have a legacy personal plan, the limit is 10 slides per import.
  • The maximum size for a file upload is 250MB (supported formats are .ppt, .pptx).
  • Your fonts must be embed in your PowerPoint file to be correctly displayed in Synthesia.

Use the AI Video Assistant

The AI video assistant enables you to transform a long and uninteresting document into an engaging video.

Upload a file, paste a URL, or just write a prompt with your idea in the AI video assistant and create a Synthesia video in just minutes. Pick a template and brand kit, give your outline a review, and create your video.

AI video asssistant

AI video asssistant

To create a video with AI video assistant:

  1. Choose to feed the AI of Synthesia with a Document, a URL, a Prompt, or a Script.

    1. Documents: you are able to upload .ppt, .pptx , .pdf, .doc, .docx or .txt files (50MB max).
    2. URLs: needs to be a publicly available page and have a limit of 4,500 words.
    3. Script : Past your text into the box to be used word-for-word as the video script. Every new paragraph in your text symbolises a new scene in the created video.

  2. Select a template for the video. The template dictates the scene layout of your generated video.

  3. Optionally - Select a brand kit to customize the template with your brand design assets.

  4. Provide the AI video assistant with some guidance:

    1. Objective: The main objective for your video, the goal or call to action for your audience watching the video.
    2. Audience: Describe the expected video audience.
    3. Language: Chose in which language to generate the video (English, French...).
    4. Speaker: Give a background for your avatar speaker that will dictate their speaking style.
    5. Tone: The tone the speaker should use in the video.
      Note: These fields are optional, but will get you off to a better start.

  5. Next, click Create outline to generate the different chapters and key points of your video.

    When the outline is generated you can edit the video: title, description, chapter names and chapter key points.

  6. Optionally - Click between two chapters on Add chapterto add a new chapter.

  7. When happy with the outline, click on Create videofor the AI to start generating the scene layouts and the script for your video.

  8. If you're satisfied with the results, click on Continue in editorto further edit the video content.

  9. If you're not satisfied with the results, click on Edit outline to edit the key information about your video before clicking on Generate Again.

Notes:

  • See How do I create content with AI in Synthesia? guide to see the AI assistant in action.
  • If you are using a custom template with AI assistant and the AI assistant shouldn't replace certain media items when generating a video, edit your custom template accordingly.
  • The AI video assistant is powered by OpenAI, only the prompts are transferred and OpenAI doesn't use this data to train or improve their models.
  • Prompts are retained by Synthesia for abuse and misuse monitoring purposes for a maximum of 30 days and are automatically deleted after this period unless otherwise required by law. See the Synthesia Legal hub to learn more about Synthesia data processing and privacy policies.

Updated 3 days ago

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