Turns one image plus audio or text into an expressive talking character
Hedra's Character-3 model takes an image with a script or an audio clip and returns a talking character whose mouth shapes follow the voice at phoneme level, with blinks, head motion and expressions that track the delivery. That lip-sync quality from a single still is what the product is known for, and it is why a portrait, a mascot or an illustration can carry narration without footage being shot. Around the model, Hedra has grown into a multi-model studio with image and video generators in the same account, plus an API and streaming avatars. Clips are short and resolution is capped, so longer pieces are cut from several generations.
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talking avatars, mascot explainers, social clips and character-driven shorts
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No. A single front-facing image plus a script or audio clip is the standard workflow, which is why people use it for illustrations, mascots and historical portraits as readily as for their own face.
Clip length and resolution. Character generations run for a handful of seconds each and stop below full HD, so a longer video is built from several passes and assembled in an editor afterwards.
Commercial rights and watermark removal generally start on the paid tiers, so check the current plan terms. If you are animating a real person, make sure you also have their permission.
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