About the GUI

Before producing a video, you can familiarize yourself with the Virtual Production page.

See Figure 1. Table 1 describes details of the page.

Videos that you created using virtual avatar images are automatically saved on the Video Projects tab in the Recent Projects area on the MetaStudio console. You can edit these videos as needed.

Figure 1 Video production

**Table 1** About the GUI
No.	Area	Description
1	Video materials	Set the following elements of a video scene by referring to Common Configuration for Video Production. Templates: list of preset video templates, which can be used to produce virtual avatar videos Note: Only the administrator can customize new templates. Roles: The list of preset virtual avatars is automatically displayed. You can use them to produce videos. If the preset virtual avatars do not meet your requirements, click Customize Virtual Avatar. Backgrounds: background image list. You can import an image from your local device, or use a preset image of transparent background or solid color background. PowerPoints: PowerPoint file list. You need to import a PowerPoint file from your local device. Overlays: image overlay list. You can import an image from your local device to overlay it on the video. Videos: silent video list. You can import a video file from your local device and set it as the background video. Music: music file list. You can import an audio file from your local device and set it as the background music. Text: You can overlay text on a video.
2	Video layout	You can create and preview a video.
3	Audio production	You can select one of the following methods to generate an audio: Text Control: Enter text to generate an audio. You can insert pauses and adjust the speaking speed of the text. For a multi-pronunciation word, you can set the correct pronunciation. You can preview the generated audio with different voices, and enable subtitling by referring to Subtitling. Audio Control: Upload an audio file as the voice of the video from your local device. For audio control, subtitling can be enabled only in Mandarin Chinese. You can also set the audio volume and adjust the landscape/portrait display of the image layout.
4	Video scenes	If a video needs to contain multiple scenes, you can add and play these scenes in sequence.
5	File settings	From left to right: Click on the right of the file name to customize the video draft name. Click to save a video production task. Click . In the Video Production Task Center dialog box displayed, you can view the video production task list and the video compositing progress. Click Composite Video to composite a virtual avatar video.