Build Your Video
Make each scene shine with visuals, effects, and avatars
Avatars
Learn everything about avatars in Synthesia — from stock and custom options to creating your own personal avatar. This section covers how to design, share, manage, and customize avatars to bring your videos to life with realistic, on-brand presenters.
What is a Custom Avatar?
What are the main differences between Personal Avatars and Custom Studio Avatars?Understand the differences between Personal Avatars and Custom Studio Avatars.
What is the time frame for complete deletion of an avatar?
Can I create a Custom Avatar of a celebrity?
How long will it take to generate my Personal Avatar?
How do I create my Personal Avatar?Learn how to create and delete your personal avatar.
How do I create a Personal Avatar using pre-recorded footage?
How can I create a great Personal Avatar?Tips for creating high quality Personal Avatars.
Can I remove the background of my Personal Avatar?
How do I send a personal avatar request?With Personal Avatar Requests you can streamline the avatar creation process by sending direct invites to those without Synthesia accounts.
How do I complete a personal avatar request?
What is the Personal Avatar script?Preview the script you will be asked to read when recording a Personal Avatar with your webcam.
Can I film my Personal Avatar from an angle?
Avatar Retirement FAQs
How do I create a Selfie Avatar? [Beta]
How do I use swap shot effects to switch avatar angles or zoom levels?
How do I remove shared access to an avatar or voice?
How do I share avatars and voices with my team?Easily share avatars and voices with your team to improve collaboration and efficiency.
Why is my Avatar not moving?
How do I use the Synthesia Avatar Builder?Learn more about avatar customization with Avatar Builder
How do I use an Avatar in Synthesia?Learn how to add, change, and customize stock or custom avatars in Synthesia, including voice selection and usage guidelines.
How do I check which avatars are available on my plan?This article explains how to check avatar availability directly within your account.
What are expressive avatars in Synthesia?Learn more about our expressive avatars
What are Synthesia Stock Avatars?Learn all about our Stock Avatars.
How do I create a Studio Express-1 Avatar?
Can I create a cartoon Custom Avatar?
Who has access to my Custom Avatar?
Editing & Scene Management
Discover tools and techniques to edit, animate, and enhance your Synthesia videos. Learn how to manage scenes, add interactivity, and create dynamic, professional results.
How do I manage scenes in my Synthesia video?Learn how to manage scenes in your Synthesia videos. Discover how to add transitions, copy scenes between projects, replace layouts, and delete scenes to create professional, seamless videos with ease.
How do I use visual animation effects in Synthesia?Learn how to animate elements in your Synthesia videos using triggers and effects. Control when elements appear and how they behave to create dynamic, engaging scenes.
How can I edit elements at a specific point in time in my video?
How do I add interactivity to a Synthesia video?Interactivity allows you to convert text and shape elements to clickable buttons.
How do I add interactive questions to my Synthesia videos?Learn how to add interactive quiz questions to your Synthesia videos. This guide covers question types, customization, scoring, logic rules, and player behavior—perfect for creating engaging, end-to-end training experiences.
How can I use the Timeline to edit scenes in Synthesia?Learn how to use the Timeline to sync visuals with narration, organize layers, and create precise animation sequences in your scenes.
How do I zoom in on the video canvas?Learn more about the zoom function for when you need to make granular adjustments to video elements.
How can I create dialogue scenes with angled avatars?
Assets & Media
Bring your videos to life with visuals that stand out. Explore how to add and style text, media, shapes, and animations, organize layouts, and use tools like Spaces and the AI Screen Recorder to create polished, dynamic video scenes.
How do I add and manage media in my Synthesia video?Learn how to upload, add, and manage images, videos, and GIFs in Synthesia. This guide covers using stock media, setting backgrounds, managing your media library, and fixing common media display…
How do I edit video asset timing in Synthesia?Learn how to achieve better timing on your projects, by looping, stretching, and trimming your video assets.
How do I change fonts and style text in Synthesia?Learn how to format your text in Synthesia to match your brand, improve readability, or enhance your video's design—from font selection and styling to uploading your own custom fonts.
How do I add and customize shapes in my video?Learn how to add shapes to your scenes in Synthesia and change their colors to match your brand or style.
How do I use Spaces?The Spaces feature allows you to create realistic and professional-looking video scenes by adding dynamic backgrounds.
How can I generate custom video assets in Synthesia?
How do I control element layout in Synthesia?Learn how to select, group, lock, and tidy up elements to keep your video layout clean and organized.
How do I upload Lottie Animations?Learn how to use icons and Lottie animations in Synthesia.
How do I use the AI Screen Recorder?Learn how to use the Synthesia AI Screen Recorder. Install the browser extension, record your screen with or without voiceover, blur sensitive info, and customize shortcuts. Perfect for creating tutorials…
How do I resize text in Synthesia?