How do I create my Personal Avatar? | Synthesia Knowledge Base

📌 Avatar Allowances by Plan

If you would like to upgrade your plan, use our upgrade guide here.

How to Create a Personal Avatar:

Click Avatars in the left-hand menu.
Select Create Avatar under the Personal Avatar section.
Instructions on how to create the Avatar will be displayed on screen. When you have read these, click Next.
Select the option you'd like to use to create your avatar:

Select the correct camera and microphone and click Next
Choose your preferred language
Click Start Recording and follow the on-screen script and prompts.
After recording, click Submit recording.
1. Review your footage to ensure it meets the creation guidelines.
2. If needed, click Record again to re-record.
Toggle on the Remove background toggle to remove your background.
Tick the checkbox to confirm your recording meets the guidelines and click Next.
Click Start Recording and record your consent using the on-screen script.
Check the biometric consent box and click Submit recording.

👤 Your avatar will process in about 1 business day and appear in your Avatars section, ready to use in videos.

Choose the file you wish to upload. Footage should be:
1. A single, continuous take
2. Between 1 and 5 minutes in length
3. Only one person should be in the foreground of the video.
Review the footage and click the checkbox to confirm the footage meets the guidelines and click Next.
Click Start Recording and record your consent using the script onscreen.
Once finished, check the biometric consent prompt and click Submit recording.
Once your Avatar has finished generating, access in the Avatars section.

💡Want your avatar to look its best? Check out our Personal Avatar Tips & Tricks Guide

You can delete your Personal Avatar at any time:

✍️ Deleting your avatar will reallocate the avatar credit back to your account.

To learn more about the deletion process, check out the Avatar delection time frame article.

You can upload:

No, background removal isn’t available for Personal Avatars created from pre-recorded videos.

Yes, your voice is cloned automatically during the avatar creation process

Avatar processing usually takes around 1 business day.

Yes! Annual plan users can purchase add-ons by contacting our Support Team.

Pricing (ex-VAT):

Add-ons appear in your Billing section under Account Settings.

No, consent footage must be recorded live and must include the on-screen passcode.

The person represented by the avatar must record their own consent video.

You can send Personal Avatar Requests to individuals without Synthesia accounts.
Check out the article: How do I send a personal avatar request?

📚 To learn more, check out the Feature Fridays: Personal Avatars recording.