How to create Selfie Avatar?

Instructions for selfie avatar 

The quality of your avatar will highly depend on the footage you provide, follow these instructions to make sure you do the best! 

• Duration: 2 different videos 3-4 minutes each.
• Subject: no specific requirements. Using the English language is preferred.

Setup 

• Wipe your camera for a clear image 
• Select a minimum 25, or better 40 FPS in the camera settings 
• Stable camera position 
• Monotonous background (a wall, green screen)

Appearance 

Clothes, hair, and makeup will stay the same on your avatar, we'll replace only the mouth(highlighted part of the face in the image above) with AI-generated, so think in advance about how you want your avatar to look. 

• Clothes do not blend with the background in color.
• Minimize reflections(clothes, teeth, glasses) and shadows(nose, neck), your avatar will inherit it.
• A clear picture of your face. Avoid loose hair, a hat, and a long beard. Reference for the maximum beard size:

Position 

• Stand in the center of the frame during the whole recording and minimize space above the head.
• Maintain direct eye contact with the camera during the whole recording.
• Use gestures, but keep your hands below the chest area.
• Avoid cropping of body parts in the frame.

Speech 

The rule of thumb is to be expressive, engage people to listen to your avatar, and be the best storyteller!?

• Move smoothly within the imagined box 2 head width, and 1.5 height. Follow the first and avoid the second (too much). 
• Use hand gestures to engage people to listen, your avatar will inherit them.
• Make 2-3 seconds pause between paragraphs, up to 4-5 pauses per speech, still position with mouth closed. Check on the good pause example below:
• Clear pronunciation. Your avatar will inherit the accuracy of your speech.
• Don’t open your mouth extremely wide, avoid lips licking, and pursing. It may result in unexpected behavior example.

We operate only on the mouth area of your avatar, choose emotions and movements of the rest of the body according to the purpose of your avatar

Once done

Save the file with high quality. Upload it to Google Drive (preferably) into the "Selfie-Avatar" folder, share a public link with us, and we'll do the rest!

Please see the PDF version of this instruction in the attached files.