BEFORE YOU START
Before you start
Open the project you want to work on. If you are new, start with the first-video guide before exploring these controls.
Screenshots show actual sample projects. Your interface may vary with your plan and updates. Instructions describe desktop browser operation; this guide can also be read on a phone.
Select the avatar clip
Select the avatar clip and verify that Properties identifies an avatar clip. Selecting its speech clip shows voice settings instead.
- Check Presenter replacement and placement. Scroll down for more settings.
- Start / end / duration
- Sets when the presenter appears. Ensure it covers the end of the speech.
- Change avatar
- Opens presenter selection. Effects reset to the replacement avatar’s defaults, so review the appearance again.
Adjust position and size
Drag the presenter in the preview and resize using its selection handles. Use numeric placement fields for precise alignment.
- Check Presenter replacement and placement. Scroll down for more settings.
- Position X / Y
- The center is zero; positive X moves right and positive Y moves down.
- Scale
- Changes size relative to 1.0. Check for unintended cropping of the face, head or feet.
- Copy / paste placement
- Reuses placement across clips. Check the target presenter and frame dimensions after pasting.
- Animation
- Configures changes in position or scale. Review the middle and end of the motion, not only its starting frame.
Face direction, expression and head motion
Check the intended presenter before adding motion or expression from the toolbar. These controls do not freely change the original photograph’s body pose.
- Action Choose an expression, then adjust its type and strength.
- Face direction
- Opens horizontal, vertical and tilt adjustments. Review naturalness in the generated video.
- Head motion
- Adds head movement. Check its position and duration on the timeline.
- Base expression
- Sets the expression type and intensity. Start subtly and match the message.
- Emote
- Adds combined expression/movement effects at appropriate moments.
- Create from a selfie
- Opens a workflow for importing selfie video or audio and applying voice, head movement and expression to an avatar. Follow Input → Import → Choose → Place, choosing the parts to use and the target avatar. Work in the source language, then generate and play the placed result.
Visual effects and fades
Scroll down in avatar Properties for effects and fades. Enlarge the preview when needed rather than judging small details only at thumbnail size.
- Check Presenter replacement and placement. Scroll down for more settings.
- Effects
- Includes background, cropping, border, brightness, contrast, saturation and blur. Application order matters.
- Circular wipe
- Places the presenter inside a circular window. Keep the face readable and clear of captions.
- Fade in / out
- Controls the entrance/exit of this clip, separately from whole-video fades in File → Export settings.
- Breathing, sway and twist
- Adjusts supported body movement. Regenerate and review after changes.
BEFORE YOU FINISH
One final check.
After editing, check the intended presenter, clip and display language. Generate and play changes that require rendering, then check the saved status.