An AI avatar video has a generated person speak to camera, so nobody has to film. In distrorig, a creator made as an avatar looks the same in every shot, and their voice can narrate the whole video. Because it is built for software, the avatar introduces your product and an AI agent records the product itself.
Animated photo or filmed in the scene?
distrorig makes a speaking creator in one of two styles. You pick it per shot under "How they're made".
| Animated photo | Filmed in the scene | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | The person's photo, animated as they talk | A moving clip of the person in a place, such as a kitchen, an office or a street |
| Starts from | The avatar's photo | An opening still of the person in the scene, which you approve first |
| Camera | Fixed, like a webcam or a news desk | Any framing you describe: handheld, close, walking |
| Background | The photo's own, or a solid colour you pick | The scene you describe |
| Energy | Low, medium or high movement | Set by how you describe the action |
| Best for | A presenter in a corner circle, an explainer, a quick update | UGC style hooks, ads, anything that should look filmed |
| Looks like | A talking head | A phone video of a real person |
Both styles can be full frame, a circle in the corner over your product, or a cut-out standing over the product footage.
Which one should you pick?
- Ads for TikTok and Shorts: Filmed in the scene, shot on Phone. It looks like a person filmed it.
- A presenter beside the product: Animated photo in a circle. The product stays the main picture.
- An explainer for your website: Either. Animated photo is steadier; filmed looks warmer.
- The same person in many videos: Make them an avatar once. Both styles use the same face.
Example: one line, both styles
The line is "This took me 3 hours every Friday. Now it takes 4 minutes."
| Animated photo | Filmed in the scene | |
|---|---|---|
| Settings and prompt | Energy: medium. Background: solid dark blue. | She sits at a desk by a window at dusk, laptop open, turns from the screen to the camera and says the line. |
| On screen | Her photo, animated, against blue | A medium shot at the desk, window light on one side |
| Placed as | A circle in the corner over the product recording | Full frame for 3 seconds, then the product recording |
How to make an avatar video
- Make the avatar. Describe the person in the chat or the Library, or upload a photo. The face is made once.
- Describe the video and give the product's URL if it should show the product.
- Pick the style for each speaking shot: Animated photo or Filmed in the scene.
- Approve the still. For filmed shots, distrorig shows an opening still first. A second AI reviewer also checks it for broken bodies, wrong angles and wrong light.
- Let it run. The creator says the lines, the agent records the product, and captions follow the voice.
- Keep or redo takes. Every clip is kept as a take, so you can go back to an earlier one.
When it is not the right tool
- If you need the same video in many languages, HeyGen and Synthesia both offer video translation into more than 100 languages (from their own sites, checked October 2026). distrorig does not translate.
- If you make long training videos, Synthesia is built for that job.
- If the avatar must be you, filmed for real, a camera and a screen recorder are more honest and quicker.
- If the video has no product in it at all, a general avatar tool may cost less.
What it costs
A Pro plan is $49.99 a month or $479.88 a year. Avatars and speaking shots use the monthly allowance. See pricing.