Community Spotlights: Videos of the Month (May 2025)
# Community Spotlight
# Made with HeyGen
Video storytelling and AI workflow inspiration from the talented HeyGen community
Happy May, HeyGen community!
It's been a fun month in the HeyGen community with the release of Avatar IV and our first live Community Showcase! It feels like the creativity of the community is reaching new heights as the AI technology progresses. We're excited to share these standout video submissions from the community for the May 2025 Videos of the Month!
It's easy! Give us a quick breakdown of the tools and features used (HeyGen and beyond) by creating a new topic in the Community Videos forum topic or by sending privately in this submission form.
Thank you to each of our featured May creators for sharing their videos and workflows with the community!
How Brainrot Became A Thing - AI Shortfilm (CATSPY) | Christian Fleischer, Visiblemaker
Summary: What should be a short tech demo blew up fast and became a full shortfilm, that took a week longer than expected to finalize:
A deep dive into viral meme culture of - Brainrot - from a very unique perspective in the CATSPY Universe of Beacon Falls.
Tools used: Leonardo, Flux, Imagine 3 for character design and images, Freepik for additional image assets, Runway, HeyGen Avatar IV for animating and lip-syncing characters (except first shot), Google DeepMind Veo 2, Higgsfield AI, Kling 2.0, ElevenLabs, Suno, Premiere Pro, Artlist and more. See the full workflow breakdown on Christian's LinkedIn post.
Summary: On location again in Elk Grove with PG&E filming more safety stories for National Work Zone Awareness Week.
Instead of the usual setup, I captured a few quick behind-the-scenes photos and let AI handle the rest. Meet digital me again! Honestly, the ability to quickly and creatively capture my day with AI tools is incredibly liberating—it would’ve taken so much longer to shoot and edit otherwise.
I had a great time messing around with a bunch of consumer AI tools. Copilot helped me write a solid intro and conclusion for my AI video script, and ChatGPT gave me some smart ideas for clip order—then I used CapCut and Adobe Rush to add fun transitions and effects, with Adobe Photo Express fixing the colors just right. I popped on subtitles with Captions to keep it accessible, and for my profile pic, I used Perfect365 for a quick touch-up and Canva to make it pop. It’s been a blast seeing how these tools come together!
Castle Secrets – Narrated by Desideria | Lilie Connect
Summary: I chose a hyper-realistic avatar and spent a sunny Sunday in May filming a young member of the Friends of Ranis Castle — right in front of the real castle walls. The setting was as authentic as it gets! @burgfreunde_ranis on instagram
HeyGen made the magic happen: it removed distracting background noise, delivered a natural, clear voice, and captured facial expressions and gestures with uncanny realism. The result? An avatar that feels alive.
Using HeyGen AI Studio, I created a portrait-format video in multiple short segments. Why short clips? Because they’re way easier to remix and adapt across different platforms. Plus, you get to test what works — without committing to one long take. (Pro tip: keep your file names organized or chaos will find you.)
I imported the snippets into Canva, my go-to creative tool, and turned them into Instagram Reels and presentation assets. For some extra polish, I used Photoshop to tweak the visuals.
In the end, it was a blend of storytelling, tech, and a little castle magic.
Tools used: HeyGen Hyper-Realistic Avatar, HeyGen AI Studio, Canva, Photoshop
Oh, the Places Your Avatar Will Go! | Greg DeBrosse, Director of Live Storytelling @ The Weather Channel, and RogueNewz on YouTube
Summary: I wanted to showcase what’s possible when creativity meets AI. So with the help of HeyGen (for avatars and visuals) and ElevenLabs (for voice cloning), I brought a playful twist to a classic Dr. Seuss poem.
Tools used: HeyGen, ElevenLabs
How I Landed my first brand deal on LinkedIn - Using HeyGen Translation Feature | Mimi Gonzalez
Summary: I recently used HeyGen to try the translating feature. I think it is super powerful and can open a lot of doors in reaching more people/ new audiences. I am a B2B creator on LinkedIn and look forward to using HeyGen more. Here's an example video I created using the translation feature. For those that don't speak Spanish, this video is sharing how I secured my first brand deal on LinkedIn. It's incredible! 🤯 I also used CapCut Pro for captions and video editing.
Tools used: HeyGen Video Translate, CapCut Pro
Storytelling at Scale: A Video Op-Ed Built Entirely with AI Tools | Jayne, Author @ Baremetal Comics LLC
Summary: As a proof of concept, I’d like to share a video op-ed calling out xAI’s environmental racism. The piece I curated leverages AI not just for strategic creative amplification—it demonstrates how agencies can integrate AI tools to elevate the art of storytelling and craft urgent, values-driven narratives that resonate.
Tools used: Custom GPT engine, which I built—for scripting, lyric generation and editing, HeyGen avatars—created from public domain images, marked CC0 (Wikimedia Commons), Kling AI—for video generation, Midjourney—image generation, Suno—for song generation
Meditation Videos Produced with HeyGen | Raymond O'Neal
Summary: A couple of months ago, a friend from Atlanta asked me to develop and produce a meditation video series that was bite-sized and generated with AI. Here's what I came up with. Read more and connect with Raymond in his forum post!
Tools used:
Avatar + logo + episode graphics = Deal.ai (Enterprise SaaS)
Script video + voice over (Calm Clara) + translation = HeyGen
