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Video Production

You can use the Video production function on the home page of the MetaStudio console to create a virtual avatar video.

Preparations

If the preset virtual avatar images do not meet requirements, customize a virtual avatar image in advance by referring to Image Modeling.

Constraints

  • The preset virtual avatar images on the MetaStudio console are valid for three years (till the the middle of 2027). The notice of bringing a preset image offline will be released on the live network three months in advance.
  • See Constraints on virtual avatar video production.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the MetaStudio console.
  1. Choose Workbench in the left navigation pane. Click Create under Video production.

    The video production page is displayed, as shown in Figure 1. The operations are as follows:

    • In the video material area, in addition to preset materials, roles can be a customized virtual avatar, and backgrounds, PowerPoint files, stickers, videos, and music can be imported from the local PC.
    • PowerPoint files, stickers, videos, and virtual avatars added from the video material area to the image layout area can be managed layer by layer, for example, moving up (), moving down (), pinning to top (), pinning to bottom (), applying globally (), and deleting (). You can also set the size and drag these materials to change their positions.
    • You can click in the upper part of the image layout area to switch the video aspect ratio to 16:9 in landscape mode or 9:16 in portrait mode.

  2. Create an audio file.

    You can create an audio file in either of the following ways. Select only one way for each scenario:

    • Text control

      Enter text in the text box to generate an audio file, as shown in Figure 1.

      Example: Today is September 26, Tuesday. The weather is agreeable. Welcome all of you. The site is well decorated with various types of plants and flowers, and is spacious and bright for all of you to talk with each other comfortably.

      Figure 1 Text control

      Table 1 describes the operations of text control.

      Table 1 Operations

      Operation

      Description

      Insert Pause

      Move the cursor to the right of the text to be paused and click Insert Pause. In the displayed dialog box, select Changes in Breathing or the pause duration.

      Continuous reading

      Select the text to be read continuously and click Continuous reading.

      Multi-pronunciation Word

      Select a multi-pronunciation word in the text and click Multi-pronunciation Word. In the dialog box displayed, select the correct pronunciation or customize one.

      Alias

      Select the text to be read in a different way and click Alias. Then set the reading method for the selected text.

      Digit/Letter

      For example, the number 1024 can be read as follows:

      • Digit: One zero two four
      • Value: One thousand and twenty-four
      • Date: October twenty-fourth
      • Phone number: One zero two four

      For example, the word API can be read as follows:

      • Letter: A P I (read one by one)
      • Word: api

      Phonetic

      Select an English word and enter its appropriate phonetic.

      Local Speaking Speed

      Select the text that requires adjustment to speaking speed.

      The value ranges from 0.5x to 2x:

      • 0.5x: read at the 0.5x speed
      • 2x: read at the 2x speed

      Global Speaking Speed

      Set the global speaking speed.

      The value ranges from 0.5x to 2x:

      • 0.5x: read at the 0.5x speed
      • 2x: read at the 2x speed

      Timbre selection

      Click the name of a timbre. In the displayed window, select the desired voice.

      • Preset voices that are not marked can be used free of charge.
      • Voices marked with Third-party can be used only after being purchased and activated. For details, see Purchasing a DupDub Voice Package.

      Audition

      Click Audition to listen to the voice.

      You can click to zoom in the Text Control tab.

      Click OK to return to the original page.

      Click this icon to adjust the volume of text reading.

      You can click the icon to enable subtitling and set the font, size, and position of the subtitles in the Subtitle Settings area on the left.

      For audio control, subtitling can be enabled only in Mandarin Chinese.

      Shows the aspect ratio of the video.

      When you click this icon for the first time, the Text Control and Video Control areas will be hidden. When you click this icon again, the hidden areas will be displayed.
    • Audio control

      Upload a recorded audio file from the local PC. The audio file must be in WAV, MP3, or M4A format and the file size cannot exceed 100 MB.

      You can click Import to upload an audio file or drag a local audio file to the prompt area. Click on the left to listen to the audio. If the quality is below expectations, click Import to upload a new audio file.

      Figure 2 Audio control

  3. After the audio file is created, you can click the volume icon to adjust the audio volume.

    After the preceding operations are complete, the video content of the first scene has been created.

  4. If you need to create more scenes, click the + icon under the Scenes tab to add a scene. The scene creation process is the same.

    If you want to present a PowerPoint file in the video, click the PowerPoints tab, import the PowerPoint file from the local PC, and insert the PowerPoint slides to present. See PowerPoints. A scene will be generated for each slide. Set all scenes in sequence.

  5. After all scenes are set, click Composite Video in the upper right corner of the page. The Compositing Settings dialog box is displayed.

    Configure the following parameters:

    • Resolution: Select a video resolution.
    • Exported File Name: Enter the name of the file to export.
    • Image Enhancement: (Optional) After this function is enabled, the video definition is improved but more time is needed for video compositing.

  6. Click OK. The Video Production Task Center dialog box is displayed.

    You can check the progress of the video compositing task.

  7. When the task status becomes Composited, click on the right of Composited. The video details page is displayed, as shown in Figure 3.

    Click Preview to watch the composited video. During the preview, you can play the video in full screen or download the video.
    Figure 3 Video details

  1. If you are not satisfied with the composited video, perform the following steps to edit the video and composite it again.

    1. In the navigation pane, choose Workbench.
    2. In the Recent Projects area, click the Video Projects tab and click Video Drafts on the right to view the video draft list, as shown in Figure 4.
      Figure 4 Video projects
    3. Move the cursor to the text description area of the card and click Edit Video, as shown in Figure 5.
      On the video editing page, update the video content and composite the video again.
      Figure 5 My videos

Parent topic: Video Production