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Create an avatar video from a presentation using AI-generated narration.
Avatar Studio analyzes your presentation and automatically generates a draft project with narration based on the slide content and speaker notes.
Each selected slide is converted into a separate scene in the same order as the presentation. An opening scene and closing scene are also created automatically.
Generated avatar videos are saved as media entries in My Media and can be reused like other media in the platform.
This feature requires the Avatarvodstudio module to be enabled.
Create a new project
1. Access Avatar Video Studio from:
- the user menu by selecting My Avatar Videos.
- the +Create menu by selecting Avatar Video.
This option only appears if the site uses the Theming header.
The 'New avatar video' window opens.
2. Select Narrate your presentation.
The 'Narrate your presentation' window opens.
Select a presentation
- Click Select a presentation.
- The source selector displays presentation files (PPT/PPTX) only.
- You can search for a presentation or upload a new one.
- Locate the desired presentation and click Select.
- Select the slides you want to include (up to 18), then click Add presentation.
- Click Next to continue.
The 'Select a presentation' window opens.
The 'Select slides' window opens. All slides are selected by default.
The selected presentation is added to the project.
You can click Replace presentation to choose a different presentation.
Add instructions
Use the instructions field to guide the generated narration.
For example, you can specify:
- the intended audience
- the purpose of the video
- topics to emphasize
Set the video duration
Select the target duration for the generated video from the preset options:
- ~1 min
- ~3 min
- ~5 min
To define a custom duration, click Custom, and enter the required duration in minutes and seconds.
Generate your draft
Click Generate draft at the bottom of the panel.
Avatar Studio analyzes the selected presentation and automatically generates:
- a draft narration script
- one scene for each selected slide, in presentation order
- an opening scene
- a closing scene
- Avatar Studio generates narration using the presentation's speaker notes when they're available. Slide content is used to supplement the narration or generate it when speaker notes aren't available.
- If a slide doesn't contain enough information to generate meaningful narration, the corresponding scene is created without narration.
The generated project opens automatically in the editor.
Review and edit the generated project
The editor is where you edit, preview, and generate your avatar video project.
Overview of the editor
The editor includes:
- a scene panel containing narration for each scene
- a blue indicator beside each scene reflecting the approximate narration duration
- a preview window with playback controls
- a scene timeline
- avatar customization controls
- media controls for managing source media
For more information, see:
Rename the project
- At the top left of the editor, click the pencil icon to open the project name dialog.
- Enter a new name.
- Click Save.
Generate the final video
When the project is ready, click Generate at the top right.
Generating the final video can take several minutes depending on project length.
During generation the project displays a thumbnail in the 'My Avatar Videos' panel with a generating status.
- You can only generate one avatar video at a time.
- Additional generation requests are disabled, and delete and edit actions are unavailable.
After rendering finishes successfully, the thumbnail is updated.
Click the thumbnail to open the generated video. It starts playing automatically.
From the video details view, you can:
- Download the video
- Edit the project
- Open the media page
For more information, see Manage avatar video projects.
Access avatar video projects
To access your avatar video projects later:
Option 1: Select My Avatar Videos from the user menu.
Option 2: Access the video from My Media.
AI-generated content may contain errors or omissions. Please review before use. By using this feature, you confirm that AI tools use complies with your organization's policies.
