Talking Avatar Overlays

Make UGC-style videos that feel more “creator-on-camera” by overlaying a lip-synced talking avatar on top of your AI-generated video. Designed for Shorts and TikTok formats.

How it works

When you enable narration and select a talking avatar, VidMachine generates a lip-synced avatar clip from your narrator audio and overlays it in the top-left corner of the final video.

Requirements

Narrator must be enabled
Talking avatar overlays only generate when Use narrator voice is turned on.
Avatar selection is optional
If you do not pick a Talking Avatar (Optional), the project still generates normally (narrator only).
Overlay position
The talking avatar overlay is placed in the top-left corner.
Not the same as Reference Image
Reference Image is for AI Influencer segments. Talking Avatar is a separate optional overlay on the exported video.

Use narrator voice
Must be enabled for avatar lip-sync to work.
Talking Avatar (Optional)
Pick the avatar you want to overlay.

Where to configure it

Open Projects, then Configure your project. Settings are in the Voice section — see How to create videos for the full project settings reference. Auto Mode uses the same avatar settings when enabled.

Credits for talking avatar overlays

Avatar overlay credits are calculated from your narrator audio duration. VidMachine bills at 8 credits per second of output time, rounded up to whole seconds.

Quick start

Enable narrator voice

In project settings, turn on Use narrator voice. Talking avatar overlays are generated from the narrator audio.

Select an optional talking avatar

Choose Talking Avatar (Optional). If you leave it blank, the narrator plays without an avatar overlay.

Generate your video

When you generate a video, VidMachine lip-syncs the talking avatar to your narrator audio and overlays it on top of the video.

Publish as UGC-style Shorts/TikTok

Schedule or publish the result to your connected YouTube Shorts, TikTok, or Instagram accounts.