Hippo Video's AI Avatar Video Flow allows you to create engaging videos quickly—without the need to appear on camera. This guide walks you through each step to create, personalize, and share your video using AI avatars.
Start a New AI Avatar Video
1. Click the “+ Create” button at the top right of your Hippo Video dashboard.
2. Select “AI Avatar Video” from the available options.
Select your AI Avatar
1. Choose from the list of preset Standard Avatars, or you can record your own Custom Video Avatar (upload a video of yourself and use it as an Avatar)
2. Alternatively, we have introduced Stock Avatar, featuring advanced lip-sync for more realistic facial movements.
3. Once selected, click Apply. You can switch avatars anytime using the Change Avatar option.
Note: To access Stock Avatars, please contact your Hippo Video account manager.
Enter Script or Upload Audio
1. To enter a script, type or paste your script here to convert it to voiceover.
2. Click on the timer icon to add a 0.5s pause in between words or a sentence.
3. Or you can also use the Upload Audio tab to import an audio file (.mp3, .mp4, wav upto 5MB) or Record your own voice.
Note: Ensure that the audio file or the recording takes place in an environment free from any background noise.
Select a Voice
1. You can choose a voice from the Voice Library or one of your Custom Voices.
2. You can preview the voices by clicking on the play icon. Once a voice is selected, click on 'Apply Voice'.
3. Once you’re done, click Generate Video in the top right corner.
4. To confirm, click Generate to generate the video.
Save and share the video:
1. Once you’re done, click the Save and Next Step button at the bottom right.
2. The video will appear, and you will have the option to add it to your media library, add a virtual background and to perform quick edits to the video.
3. Once done, you can click on the "Save and Next Step" option on the bottom right corner of the page.
4. Now, enter the Video Name (mandatory) & Description; select the Folder where you want the video to get saved inside the library, and add Tags.
5. Below the ‘Enter Prospects Details’ section, enter the Prospect Email and Prospect Name to track the prospect's activity made against the video.
6. Once you’re done, click Save & Next button.
7. You’ll be redirected to the sales page template. Here, you can add or edit the sales page template, if necessary.
Note: If the branding is not enabled for the template, then you’ll not be able to edit the sales page template components, click here to learn more about branding. To edit the sales page template, you must contact your admin.
8. If you edit any elements inside the sales page template and click on the Save and Next button, a pop-up will appear.
9. Click on the ‘Yes, Save and Set as Default for Me’ button to save the recent changes or ‘No, I Would like to use it just this once’ to use the modified sales page template only in this flow and retain the old one for next time.
10. The ‘Save as new template and Set it default’ popup will appear.
11. Enter the template name and click Save to save the sale page template. Once you’re done with the sales page template, click on the Save and Next button.
12. It will take you to the Add Contacts section.
13. You can add additional Contacts or Upload a CSV with Contact Details. On clicking Save and Share you’ll be taken to Shares & Tracking page
14. Here you’ll find the video details such as video name (at the top left is editable), edit sales page (at the top right), shared with (last shared by), templates used (video flow & sales page template), activity summary - opened, viewed, played, & replied, video thumbnail, video name, prospect email & name, shares (number of shares), actions (medium used to send the video - copy link, send email, share/embed code), and preview.
15. The Edit Sales Page button at the top right lets you change the sales page if needed. The Edit Flow Template button lets you change the text script of the video.
16Then, to share the video with the prospects, click on the appropriate links such as copy link, send email, and embed code from the Actions column.
Once you're done, your video is successfully shared with the prospect.
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