Playbooks HeyGen

Create Hyperrealistic AI Avatar Videos

Produce a professional‑looking AI avatar video with realistic lip‑sync, expressive movements, and custom backgrounds in minutes.

Takes

Image Text Audio

Produces

Video

What you'll produce

Input

Script: "Welcome to our corporate training on AI ethics. In this session, we'll explore responsible AI practices and how to implement them across teams." Portrait prompt: "Professional woman in a modern office, confident pose, natural lighting"

Output

A 30‑second MP4 video featuring a photorealistic female avatar speaking the script with natural lip‑sync, subtle hand gestures, corporate background, and on‑screen captions.

The Workflow

8 steps · click a step number to mark it done

Open HeyGen and have it ready before you start

ChatGPT

Write a detailed prompt for the avatar’s appearance and setting in ChatGPT

Nano Banana Pro

Generate a high‑resolution, photorealistic portrait using Nano Banana Pro with the prompt from step 1

Edit the portrait to remove unwanted background elements and add any needed accessories (e.g., shirt buttons) using the image editor in Nano Banana Pro

Open HeyGen, go to Avatars → Create New Avatar and upload the edited portrait

Enter a name for the avatar (e.g., Janice) and let HeyGen detect age, gender, etc.

Pick a voice from HeyGen’s library that matches the avatar’s character and preview it

Paste the script for the video into the script box, enable expressive motion if desired, and add captions or custom hand‑gesture motions in Advanced Settings

Render the video with Avatar 4 for highest quality, then download the MP4 file

Ready to run this workflow?

Open HeyGen and follow the steps above.

Open HeyGen

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