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Create a short avatar-led highlights video from an existing recording.
Avatar Studio analyzes the source video and automatically generates a draft project with narration, scenes, and highlighted clips from the original recording.
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.
- Only captioned videos can be used as source videos.
Create a new highlights 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 Create session highlights.
The 'Create session highlights' window opens.
Add a source video
- Click Choose source.
- Only captioned video entries are displayed in the source selector.
- For best results, choose a recording with clear audio.
- Find the desired video and click Select.
- Click Next.
The 'Select source' window opens.
The selected video is added as the source for the highlights project.
To choose a different source video, click Replace source.
Add instructions
Use the instructions field to guide the highlights video.
For example, you can specify:
- the intended audience
- the purpose of the video
- topics to emphasize
Set the video duration
Select one of 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 recording and automatically generates:
- a draft narration script
- suggested scenes
- highlighted clips from the source video
- an avatar
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
- source video clips extracted from the original recording
- 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.
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