How do I make a photo talk? (Avatar)

Avatar takes a still photo and a script, and gives you back a video of that face saying it. Useful for an explainer, an intro or a voiceover when filming isn't practical.

1. 1Open Avatar from the dashboard.
2. 2Upload a portrait — head-on, whole face visible, nothing across it.
3. 3Give it the words. Type a script and choose a voice, or upload audio you already have and let the mouth follow that.
4. 4Press Start render.
5. 5Download it, or pick it up later in My Projects.

• Skip sunglasses, hats and heavy filters. Whatever's in the photo is in the video.
• Match the voice to the face. An accent or an apparent age that doesn't fit is the thing viewers notice, even when they can't say why.
• Keep scripts under about 1,500 words. Longer than that and the pacing starts to flatten.

Render didn't finish? Here's what to do.