Avatars
October 25, 2024 · Last updated on December 2, 2025
How to create your Digital Twin in HeyGen
# Video Avatars
# Digital Twin
Effortlessly personalize videos with your Digital Twin
Hey creators! Want to personalize your videos like never before?
In this guide, we’ll show you how to create your Digital Twin in HeyGen in just minutes. Ready to add a personal touch to your content? Let’s get started!
What's covered in this guide
- What are Digital Twins?
- How to access Digital Twins
- Best practices for shooting and uploading video footage of yourself
- How to edit your Digital Twin
- How to create new Avatar Looks
What is a Digital Twin?
Digital Twin is a lifelike video avatar created in your likeness. They’re designed to look, move, and speak like you, allowing you to personalize your content without needing to be on camera every time.
Accessing Digital Twins
To get started, log in to your HeyGen account and navigate to the ‘Avatars’ tab.
It’s easy to find on the dashboard. Once there, you can select an existing avatar or create your own.
Create your own Digital Twin
Let’s begin by creating your Digital Twin.
Click ‘Create Avatar’ and then ‘start with a video.’
Once you click get started, you’ll see a few helpful recording tips, these are designed to make sure your footage results in the most realistic avatar possible. Click next to proceed.
When you’re ready, choose your recording method. You can upload existing footage, record with your webcam, or record from your phone.
Best practices for shooting and uploading video footage of yourself
In short, you'll need to upload a video of yourself that’s about 2 minutes long or use the recording feature provided.
Also, make sure that you avoid dramatic movements to keep your avatar from being overly animated.
Make sure it was shot by a high-res camera or smartphone. If you’re just testing this process, about 30 seconds is perfect.
You can either click on ‘Upload Footage’ or ‘Record with Webcam.’ We suggest uploading your footage for best results.
Once your footage is in place, you’ll see a few optional settings you can enable, including keeping ambient sound, normalizing your audio levels, removing the background, and generating your avatar in 4K.
Verifying your avatar
For safety and identity protection, you’ll be asked to record a short webcam verification video. This can be done right after you’ve created your avatar, and only takes a moment. If your footage matches an already verified avatar, no need to give consent again.
Once completed, HeyGen will process everything and generate your Digital Twin. When it’s ready, it will automatically appear in your asset library.
Editing your Digital Twin
To edit your Digital Twin, click on your avatar.
Next, click on ‘Edit Avatar.’ You can then change your Digital Twin's resolution, select its voice, and adjust its pitch, speed, and tone, and you can enable eye contact correction.
Once you’re done with your edits, click on ‘Save Changes’
And that’s it! Now you’re ready to use your Digital Twin in the videos of your choice!
Creating new avatar looks
Avatars looks are variations of an existing Avatar in different scenes, outfits, stances, and angles. This allows you to create more engaging and varied types of videos using the same Avatar. New Looks can be added using video, or custom photos. You can create up to 300 looks per Avatar and delete and create new looks at any time.
To add a new digital twin look, click on "start with video". You can upload a minimum 1-minute video recording including the person's face and mouth visible at all times, or add a set of custom photos. All footage must be of the same person.
To add new looks using custom photos, click on 'start with photo' and upload a mix of close-ups and full-body shots, showing different angles and expressions.
Once the images are verified and approved, click 'continue' to add the new looks. Soon your new looks will be available to use at any time.
When creating videos, you can select an Avatar and then select which Look you want to use. Using multiple looks for different scenes can make your videos feel more natural and engaging.
Recap
In this guide, you learned:
- What are Digital Twins?
- How to access Digital Twin
- Best practice for shooting and uploading video footage of yourself
- How to edit your Digital Twin
- How to create new Avatar Looks
We’re looking forward to seeing what you’ll create with HeyGen!
If you’re posting your videos on social media, make sure to tag any videos you create with @HeyGen_Official so we can celebrate them with you.
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