Create lifelike avatars with HeyGen Avatar 4

Demo summary
Demonstration of HeyGen's Avatar 4 model, showing how to use text prompts to control character gestures like pointing while lip-syncing.
Step-by-step
- Upload an image of your character
- Upload an audio file for the dialogue
- Enter a text prompt to control character gestures (e.g., 'the man points his finger')
- Select your preferred resolution
- Generate the video
Options
- Choose between 720p or 1080p resolution
Tips
- Add descriptive details to your gesture prompts, like 'in a threatening way', to make the avatar more expressive
Highlights
“it actually does a decent job of following your prompts compared to the other tools”
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