Avatar

Synthesia offers a diverse range of avatars—see all available avatars in the Synthesia Avatars page.

Adding an avatar to a scene

To add an Avatar to a scene:

1. Click the Avatar button in the toolbar at the top of the editor.
2. Browse through or search for avatars that are included in your plan.
3. Click on the avatar to add it to the scene.

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Avatars can be copy and pasted into other scenes:

1. Right-click on the avatar and select Copy from the context menu.
   Alternatively, use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + c (⌘ + c on Mac).
2. Navigate to the other scene, right-click on the canvas, then select Paste from the context menu.
   Alternatively, use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + v (⌘ + v on Mac).

Avatar settings

Click on an avatar you've added to the canvas to select it and access its settings in the inspector panel.

Appearance

The appearance settings control the framing of the avatar:

• Fullscreen: Set the avatar's bounding box to the dimensions of the canvas and center it vertically and horizontally with the canvas.
• Circle: Contain the avatar in a circle.
• Box: Reset the avatar's bounding box to its default boundaries.

The Fullscreen and box options both allow you to crop the avatar as needed. All types of avatars (Selfie, Studio, and Personal) can be cropped.

Avatar

From the Avatar section in the inspector panel, you can either replace the selected avatar with a different one, or add a variable to it.

Adding a variable

Adding a variable to the avatar allows you to specify a different avatar to use in its place when you create a video via Synthesia's API.

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Note:

Variables allow you to use Synthesia's API to control the content of your videos. See the Guide: Create a video from template page to discover how to leverage this feature.

You can also use variables to automate video creation by using Synthesia's Zapier integration. See the Guide: Synthesia <> Zapier integration to get started.

Replacing an avatar

To replace an avatar:

1. Click on the avatar in the canvas to select it.
2. In the Avatar section of the inspector panel, click on the selected avatar.
3. Browse through or search for avatars that are included in your plan.
4. Click on an avatar to select it as the replacement.
5. Optional: Change the avatar that you replaced in all of your scenes by clicking Change all in the toast notification that pops up at the bottom of the editor when you replace an avatar.

Space

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Note:

Spaces can only be added to avatars that do not have a background.

Spaces are animated environments where your avatar is seamlessly placed to look like it’s part of a real camera shot. Spaces include a depth-of-field effect, making the scene even more realistic.

Click Add space to set either an environment, solid color, or gradient as the avatar's environment.

Spaces can be set for any of the avatar framings selected in the Appearance section of the inspector panel. No matter which type of space or avatar framing you select, you'll be able to adjust the opacity.

When the appearance is set to either box or fullscreen, you can adjust the border radius of the avatar's bounding box.

Hiding an avatar

To hide your avatar but keep using its voice to deliver lines in the script, click on the speaker pill in the script box, then click on the little eye icon to toggle its visibility. You can toggle the visibility back on to restore the avatar to the canvas from the speaker pill.

Alternatively, you can select the avatar and delete it from the canvas. The avatar will remain as the speaker for its lines in the script. If there are two or more avatars in the scene, the lines will not automatically be given to the remaining visible avatars in the scene when you delete an avatar from the canvas.

Exporting avatars

Avatars are designed for use within Synthesia projects and cannot be exported with a transparent background.