How To Create Your Custom Avatar?

A Custom Avatar is a digital version of a person created based on a realistic photo. Models are built based on real footage and trained using HeyGen AI advanced algorithms. With HeyGen, you can create a Custom Avatar to use in your professional videos.

HeyGen Avatar Pro requires footage to be recorded in front of a green screen. Our team will handle the studio-level video matting for you. As a result, you will have a premium quality avatar that you can use with whatever background you choose.

With HeyGen Avatar Lite, recording is much easier. However, once the model has been built, you can't change the background. Your future videos will have the same background. Once you've created your avatar, you can use it on the fixed background or cropped to just show its face.

In most cases, custom avatars can be created in a short filming session lasting about 20 minutes. Our team creates your custom AI avatar within 5 business days of receiving the footage.

No. Your Custom Avatar will not be accessible to anyone other than your own account.

No. A custom avatar requires the actor's explicit consent. Along with the footage, a signed consent statement from the actor must be included.

Yes! You can easily drive the Custom Avatar with your own voice by uploading audio recordings. And to make the process even faster, you can choose the voice cloning feature as well. More details can be found here.

Using a Custom Avatar requires a HeyGen Essential, Pro or Enterprise subscription.