Avatars

All avatars available in your Synthesia account are displayed on the Avatars page. Synthesia stock avatars are created from video footage of real actors who have given their consent.

Some avatars have a purple star logo next to them to signal that they are Synthesia new generation of expressive avatars. Synthesia expressive avatars are more natural with a wider range of movement and the ability to express better sentiment based on the context of the script, allowing for more immersion within your video projects.

To preview your avatar to better understand how it sounds, look in motion, and test different languages (English, German, Spanish, Italian, and French):

1. Hover on the avatar your want to preview.
2. Click Preview

Create a custom avatar

Click on the + Create Avatar in the upper left corner of the page in order to create a custom avatar:

Chose between:

• Customizing an existing Synthesia avatar with the Avatar builder.
• Recording (or uploading a video footage) of yourself with the Personal avatar.
• Creating a custom avatar by uploading a set of Studio level recording.

Avatar builder

After selecting the Avatar builder option, you need to:

• Choose the existing Synthesia avatar you want to customize
• Pick a color for the avatar's clothing
• Add a logo to display on the avatar's clothing

Select Preview to have a short preview of what your avatar may look like and when happy with the results click on Generate Avatar to launch the avatar creation.

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The ability to add a logo to an avatar's clothing is only available on the Enterprise plan.

Personal avatars

Personal Avatars allow you to create Avatars using your own likeness, background and voice. You can then use these in videos on Synthesia for a more personalized experience.

To create a personal avatar, you must be at least 18 years of age and it is not possible to transform the footage of a cartoon character into a personal avatar.

See the Personal Avatars documentation to learn more about how to create one and the best practices when capturing your footage.

Studio avatars

Studio avatars are leveraging our latest avatar rendering technology for an ever better lip sync and emotions rendering.

To create a studio avatar, you must be at least 18 years of age and it is not possible to transform the footage of a cartoon character into a personal avatar.

See the Studio Avatars documentation to learn more about how to create one and the best practices when capturing your footage.

Sharing a custom avatar

After you create a custom avatar, it will only available to you, and only accessible from the account that you were logged into when you created it.

To share your custom avatar with another member of your workspace Synthesia Support team.

Deleting a custom avatar

Use the 3-dot menu on a given custom avatar to delete it:

If the delete option is not available:

1. Copy the avatar ID by selecting the Copy ID option from the 3-dot menu
2. Email [email protected] and provide the avatar ID for the avatar you want to delete