AI avatar video generator
Free AI Avatar Video Maker
Paste a script and pick a presenter. Pictory builds the whole video around your avatar, with scenes, a voice, visuals and captions. It is free to try and nobody has to film anything.
- A finished video, built scene by scene
- Ready-made presenters with outfit looks
- 170+ AI voices in 29+ languages
- Free to try, online in your browser
4.6/5Trusted by over 20,000 teams and institutions worldwide.
What is an AI avatar video generator?
An AI avatar video generator builds a finished video around a digital presenter. Paste a script into Pictory, pick an avatar, and it creates the scenes, the voice, the visuals and the captions, with the avatar speaking every line. You get a video, where some tools stop at a picture.
From text to avatar video in one go. Create an AI avatar video from a script, a link, slides or a document. The avatar works as an AI presenter or an AI spokesperson for your brand, and you can edit every scene.
Pictory’s AI avatar video maker runs online in your browser. It is a video avatar creator and a video editor in one, so you can add an AI video avatar to any project. It is free to try.
Launch script240 words · 5 scenes
Your avatar video is ready5 scenes · AI voice · captions
Your source, any format
A script is just the start.
Bring any format.
No script handy? Start from an idea, a link, slides or a PDF. The avatar presents it.
Idea to Video
One sentence in. Script and scenes out.
Script to Video
Paste it and keep every word, or let AI tighten it up.
Text to Video
Paste any text and get a finished video.
URL to Video
Drop in a link. Pictory turns the page into a video script.
PPT to Video
Your slides and notes, narrated and on screen.
PDF to Video
Turn reports and guides into videos people actually finish.
Audio to Video
Give podcasts visuals and captions for YouTube.
Images to Video
Upload photos and clips. Get a story back.
Screen Recorder
Record, then edit it like a document.
How it works
How to create an AI avatar video
To create an AI avatar video, paste your script into Pictory and let it build the scenes. Open the Avatars tab, pick a presenter and check the voice. Download the video as an MP4. The free trial’s 50 credits let you create an AI avatar video for free.
Paste your script
Or start from a link, slides or a document. Pictory builds the scenes.
Pick a presenter
Open the Avatars tab and choose an avatar and an outfit look.
Choose the voice
A voice comes with the avatar. Swap it for any of 170+ AI voices.
Edit and download
Swap visuals, style the captions and place the avatar. Download as MP4.
Features
AI avatar video maker features: scenes, voices and captions
Scenes
A full video built around your avatar
Pictory splits your script into scenes and matches a visual to each one. The avatar presents over the top, in a circle or full frame, and you can hide it in any scene.
- Scenes and visuals made from your script
- Show or hide the avatar scene by scene
- 18M+ stock visuals, or make your own in AI Studio
Voices
An AI voice for every avatar video
Each avatar comes with a voice. Change it to any of 170+ AI voices in 29+ languages, or use a clone of your own voice.
- 170+ AI voices in 29+ languages
- Or narrate in a clone of your own voice
- A voice applied with every avatar
Abby · Confident
Voice applied5 scenes · English (US)
Captions and brand
Synced captions and your brand kit
Captions are timed to the voice automatically. Apply your brand kit and every AI avatar video carries your logo, fonts and colors.
- Captions timed to every word
- Your logo, fonts and colors on every scene
- MP4 in 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1
Free to try
Are there free AI avatar video generators?
Yes. Pictory is a free AI avatar video generator to start with: the free trial includes 50 AI credits, about 90 seconds of video with a ready-made avatar at 15 credits per 30 seconds. Free downloads carry a watermark. Paid plans start at $25 a month, billed annually.
More AI video features
Your complete AI video generation tool
AI avatars
Add a talking presenter, or a digital twin of you.
Captions
Accurate, synced captions in your brand style.
Translation
Captions and voiceover for every market.
Text editing
Edit the transcript to edit the video.
Team workspaces
Share projects and brand kits with your team.
API
Generate branded videos from your own product.
AI Studio
Create any image or video you need with generative AI
The latest image and video models, built into the editor. Generate it, then drop it straight into your scene.
Generate and edit images
Describe it, or edit an existing image with a prompt.
Keep characters consistent
Use reference images to keep the same person or product in every scene.
Create video clips with sound
Generate clips with audio. Yes, characters can talk.
Extend any clip
Keep any clip going with a new prompt, even one you uploaded.
✓Get four options at once
Generate up to four versions and keep the best one.
Stay on brand
Bring in your brand from a website, a document or a logo, and it is applied to every scene.
✓
Choose your model
Pick a model for stills or 5 to 10-second clips.
Also in AI Studio: Nano Banana Lite for images and Omni Flash for video.
Use cases
Who is using AI avatar videos?
HR and onboardingAI avatar videos for onboarding
Welcome every new starter with the same presenter and the same message.
- Product
Product explainers with an AI presenter
Turn the feature notes into a presenter-led explainer.
- Education
Lesson videos with a video avatar
Turn lesson notes into a video with a presenter students can follow.
- Small business
An AI spokesperson for your business
A presenter for the listing, the offer or the update, with no shoot.
Why Pictory
Loved by creators, trusted by enterprise teams
From solo creators to global training teams. Read the case studies
4.6 / 5
Average rating on G2, plus Capterra’s Best Ease of Use award for 2025.
20,000+
companies and institutions creating video with Pictory.
SOC 2
and GDPR compliant, ready for enterprise security reviews
GDPR
Case studies
Teams that scaled video with Pictory
“Pictory is the easiest, most efficient way to get from an idea in text to multimedia imagery on the screen. It’s the critical component to get us out of death by PowerPoint.”
Read the Whirlybird Labs case study“Pictory helps us consistently deliver the high-quality videos we’re known for, content we’re proud of and our clients are proud to use. They always get a five-star response.”
Read the VRC case study“82% of our 10,000+ partners keep coming back to our training videos even though they aren’t mandatory courses. That’s how we know the content’s working.”
Read the AppDirect case study“It increased subscriber growth by 78% and cut my video creation time from a couple of hours to a few minutes. It’s been a godsend.”
Read the NetRock case study“Through Pictory videos, leads up by 500%, video production costs are down 90%.”
Read the Online Super Tutors case study“We only launched our new app a few months ago and already have over 500 subscribers. People come back regularly to watch more videos made with Pictory.”
Read the Game of Yield case study
Compare
AI avatar video generator vs. video editing software
One two-minute presenter video, made two ways.
| Step | With Pictory | Traditional editing software |
|---|---|---|
| Starting point | Paste a script | Build the timeline clip by clip |
| The presenter | Pick an avatar from the gallery | Film a presenter and import the footage |
| Voiceover | An AI voice comes with the avatar | Recorded separately, then imported and synced |
| Captions | Automatic and timed to the voice | Added, then checked and styled on the timeline |
| Changing a line | Edit the text and download again | Re-film or re-record that part |
| Your branding | One brand kit on every video | Set up fonts and colors in every project |
| Formats for each channel | Choose 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1 per version | Re-edit each version |
Video API
Make video at scale from your own product
Send text, links or slides to the Pictory API and get branded videos back, automatically.
POST /v1/video/storyboard
{
"videoName": "q3-update",
"scenes": [{ "text": "Q3 in 90 seconds..." }]
}Enterprise
Enterprise video at scale
Custom plans, onboarding and support for company-wide rollouts.
- SOC 2 and GDPR compliant
- Custom plans and personalized onboarding
- Shared brand kits and team workspaces
- Dedicated support
Start a free Pictory trial and paste your script. Pictory builds the scenes. Open the Avatars tab, pick a presenter and download the video. The free trial includes 50 AI credits, and a ready-made avatar uses 15 for every 30 seconds.
Open your video in Pictory and go to the Avatars tab. Pick a ready-made presenter and an outfit look, or create an avatar of yourself from a few minutes of footage. The avatar then speaks the script of each scene.
15 AI credits for every 30 seconds of video with a ready-made avatar, and 35 with a custom avatar of yourself. The editor shows the total before you download.
No. The avatar and its voice are generated from your text. You only record if you want an avatar or a voice clone of yourself.
Yes. Paste your own script and keep every word. For the voice, pick an AI voice, upload your own narration or use a clone of your voice.
Avatar videos download as MP4. Choose 16:9 for YouTube and websites, 9:16 for Shorts and Reels, or 1:1 for LinkedIn and feeds.
Yes. Apply your brand kit and every scene carries your logo, fonts and colors. You can also set the avatar’s background and outline in your brand colors.
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