Use custom, photo-based avatars in Authoring AI to narrate your slides as video, delivering personalized, on-brand presentations without appearing on camera.

See how it looks

Key features

• Create a photo-based avatar from your own uploaded image
• Choose to keep your avatar private or share it with other authors at your company
• Select from multiple languages and voices when generating avatar narration
• Add video narration to any slide using your custom avatar

You need this to succeed

• Plan: Bigtincan AuthoringAI Pro or Bigtincan AuthoringAI Pro Standalone
• Roles and Privileges: Author or Administrator

Do this step by step

1. Navigate to the Content tab and select My Content.
2. Click Media Library on the top right.
3. Click the Custom avatars tab.
4. Click Create custom avatar.
5. Enter an avatar name.
6. Set Sharing permissions:
   • Private: only you can use this avatar
   • Shared: all authors in your company can use this avatar
7. Drag and drop or click Browse to upload an image. Follow the tip for best results.
8. Confirm your rights and consent to use the image as your avatar.
9. Click Create.
10. To adjust, edit, or delete the avatar, click the three dot menu on the avatar card and select your desired option.

Use a custom avatar in a presentation

1. Navigate to the Content tab and select My Content.
2. Click the three dot menu on the presentation tile and select Edit to open a presentation in edit mode.
3. Select the slide you want to add video narration to.
4. In the Slide Properties panel on the right, click the Notes tab.
5. Add the narration script and click Save.
6. Click Generate narration.
7. Turn on the Video narration toggle.
8. Click Select avatar, then choose an avatar from the collection.
9. Select the language and voice for your selected avatar.
10. Confirm you have the rights to use the generated video.
11. Click Generate and Save.
12. If your slide already has narration, click Replace in the popup to confirm the change.
13. Your avatar appears next to the slide in edit mode. Click the three dot menu on the avatar and select Render video narration.
14. Click Render and Save to confirm.