Creating a Talking Avatar Video

What Is It?

Tired of complex video production? Workroom simplifies it. You can effortlessly create talking AI avatar videos in just a few steps, bypassing traditional filming, casting, and post-production. The process is straightforward: create an image, animate it, add a voiceover, and watch Workroom seamlessly assemble your final video. It’s an end-to-end AI solution, all in one place.

How It Works

1. Create Your Avatar.
   Open Picture Lab and click the Consistency Tools button above the prompt field.
   Select the Clone Identity tool and upload 10–15 photos for reference, following the recommendations.
   Click Start Cloning — in just a couple of minutes, your personalized AI avatar will be ready.It will automatically save to your Avatar Library and be available for all future interactions.
2. Generate an Image with Your Avatar.
   In Picture Lab, select your newly created avatar. Then, set up your scene: customize the location, angle, and aspect ratio — or describe it using a text prompt.
   Click Generate.Once the results appear, hover over the desired image and click Create Video to proceed to animation.
3. The image will automatically appear in your Starter Shot
   Select a generation model (e.g., Hailuo for stable motion or Runway for realistic facial expressions).
   Add a text prompt to define the scene, adjust settings (like duration and camera movement), and click Generate.
   Your video will save to History and My Assets.
4. Generate Your Voiceover in Voice Studio.
   Open Voice Studio.
   Choose a voice from the library or upload your own for cloning.
   Enter your text (up to 125 characters — ideal for a 10-second video) and click Generate.
   The voiceover will automatically save to History and My Assets.
5. Combine Video and Voice in Lip Sync.
   Go to Lip Sync.
   Select your video and voiceover from My Assets, then click Generate.
   Your completed video will appear in History and My Assets — from there, you can download, save, or share it via a link.

Key Features

Clone Identity — Trains a personalized AI avatar based on your photos. This tool is essential for maintaining your character’s consistent appearance across all images and videos.

Picture Lab — An image generation tool offering precise control over style, composition, expression, angle, and avatar appearance (including your custom avatars).

Cinema Motion — Bring your images to life. This feature allows you to add custom camera movements, animate facial expressions, and set the overall scene’s dynamics — all while letting you pick the best generation model for your creative vision.

Voice Studio — Create perfect voiceovers by converting your text scripts into high-quality audio. Use your own cloned voice or select from our library of diverse voices.

Lip Sync — Seamlessly merge your video and voiceover. This tool synchronizes your avatar’s facial expressions with the audio, creating a natural-looking talking avatar video.

Best Practices

1. For your avatar, choose photos with clear, evenly lit faces.
   This significantly improves accuracy and stability when creating your avatar. Using images with various angles and plain, light backgrounds will enhance facial recognition.
2. Achieve Realistic Animation with Hailuo, VEO3, or Seedance.
   These models are excellent at conveying subtle facial expressions and maintaining face quality in close-up shots. Specifically, Seedance and VEO3 offer superior quality in both consistency and visual style.
   💡 Pro-Tip: Generate your videos in short segments to simplify editing and adjustments.
3. Want your avatar to speak in your voice?
   Simply clone your voice in Voice Studio — it will then become available in your personal library. Remember to build in natural pauses within your text to make the speech sound more lifelike.
4. Use short and natural-sounding phrases.
   They synthesize more effectively, resulting in speech that sounds more authentic and is easier to synchronize with lip movements. Avoid overly long phrases, as these can sometimes cause lip-sync glitches.
5. Ensure your voiceover duration matches your video length.
   As a general guideline, aim for approximately 125 characters of text for every 10 seconds of video.
   ⚠️ If the text is longer, the final voiceover may be cut off in Lip Sync.
6. Avatar Lip Sync (Audio-to-Lip Synchronization). 
   If your avatar has a closed mouth in the frame and isn’t moving its lips, use Lip Sync Labs for more accurate synchronization.
   If the lips are already moving in the video, use the regular Sync, for a more natural result.
7. Creating a Talking Avatar from an Image.
   For high-quality results with minimal steps, Multitalk is your go-to tool. Here, you simply provide an avatar image and a voiceover.
   Pros: More natural and realistic lip-syncing.
   Cons: No control over the avatar’s gestures and in-frame movements.

Use Cases

1. Website Welcome Video — Introduce your product or company with a compelling character.
2. Announcements and Updates — Deliver timely news and updates to your team or subscribers.
3. Tutorials — Explain instructions, concepts, or processes in an engaging way.
4. Pitch Videos and Presentations — Сreate concise, first-person videos to deliver your message.
5. Social Media Content — Engage your audience with a talking avatar.