# Vyond Product Releases > Learn about the latest Vyond product features and content updates. > Contact: alvin@goanimate.com ### Posts #### "Swap" Is Now Called "Replace" Usability tests revealed that “swap” was a misleading term for users new to Vyond. To better reflect the behavior of this feature, it has now been relabelled “Replace”. The icon for this feature has also been changed, but the behavior itself remains exactly the same. You can trigger the replace function by: Clicking on the replace icon in the toolbar & property panel or Selecting the asset and right clicking #### 10 More Vyond Go Layouts Creating professional videos is now even easier, with 10 new template layouts added to Vyond Go so you can turn any idea into a polished video in no time at all. This release includes five new talking head layouts featuring avatars, and five for a narration option. Upload your script, or just type what you want to say, pick a layout and you’re done. Vyond Go generates a video for you for easy creation that looks great every time. Learn more about avatar templates in Vyond Go > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### 10 New Audio Tracks Use this video template > We have added 10 new background music tracks to the audio library. Here is the full list: Background Music Tracks A Bright FutureGinger SnapsMas an Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor AwayParadiseRazzmatazzRed Carpet VictorySassy AutomationSpy GamesWaltzer in NovemberWorld Affairs #### 100+ New Character Creator Components   Our Contemporary style character creator has just received a major content update! : Including 102 hairstyles, 31 accessories, 18 outfits (11 tops and 7 bottoms), 1 face shape and 3 ear components.   *Note: Contemporary Character Creator is available to our Professional Plan subscribers only. #### 100+ New Kids Actions and More   We have 149 kids actions added under our Business Friendly style: Including mobile devices, poses, daily life, eat & drink and emotions. Find them all in this showreel > Here is a list of other newly added content: Disability related items (Contemporary): Including 8 props, 8 actions Character creator components (Business Friendly): Including 1 hospital gown outfit, 11 accessories and 3 eye components. #### 100+ New Sound Effects Added   The right sound effects set the mood for your video. We’ve added more than 100 new sound effects to Vyond Studio so you can create the perfect ambience. Here is the full list: Sound Effects ambience - Chat - 01 ambience - Chat - 02 ambience - Children playing ambience - City ambience - Coffee shop ambience - Crickets - 01 ambience - Crickets - 02 ambience - Forest - 01 ambience - Forest - 02 ambience - Machinery - 01 ambience - Machinery - 02 ambience - School ambience - Seagulls ambience - Traffic - 01 ambience - Urban park with pigeons FX - Alarm FX - Audience yeah FX - Beep FX - Bike FX - Blow nose FX - Booing FX - Bounce FX - Burning FX - Camera - 01 FX - Camera - 02 FX - Camera flash - 01 FX - Camera flash - 02 FX - Car alarm - 01 FX - Car alarm - 02 FX - Car crash - 01 FX - Car crash - 02 FX - Car horn - 01 FX - Car horn - 02 FX - Car starting FX - Cash register FX - Chainsaw - 01 FX - Chainsaw - 02 FX - Chick FX - Chopping FX - Clock tick FX - Coin - 01 FX - Coin - 02 FX - Crow FX - Dog bark - 01 FX - Dog bark - 02 FX - Door close - 01 FX - Door close - 02 FX - Door knock FX - Door open FX - Doorbell FX - Driving away FX - Drum roll FX - Engine FX - Explosion FX - Fail - 02 FX - Fireworks FX - Frying FX - Glass smash FX - Gun - 01 FX - Gun - 02 FX - Hair dryer FX - Jail door close - 01 FX - Jail door close - 02 FX - Jail door open FX - Knife sharpen FX – Logo – Boogie de paris FX – Logo – Cinematic drama FX – Logo – Cloud walking FX – Logo – Elven kin FX – Logo – Salsa Shimmy FX – Logo – Spooky mist FX – Logo – Zero point FX - Magic wand - 01 FX - Magic wand - 02 FX - Meadowlark FX - Message - 01 FX - Message - 02 FX - Movie projector FX - Party horn - 01 FX - Party horn - 02 FX - Pour glass - 01 FX - Pour glass - 02 FX - Pour glass with fizz FX - Punch FX - Rat FX - Record scratch - 01 FX - Record scratch - 02 FX - Rewind FX - Rocket FX - School bell FX - Seagulls - 01 FX - Seagulls - 02 FX - Sleep FX - Snap - 01 FX - Snap - 02 FX - Storm FX - Success FX - Sweep broom - 01 FX - Sweep broom - 02 FX - Text - 01 FX - Text - 02 FX - Thunder rain - 01 FX - Thunder rain - 02 FX - Thunder rain - 03 FX - Water flow - 01 FX - Water flow - 02 FX - Writing FX - Yawn #### 2021 Vyond Releases in Review From lockable assets to drag and drop enhancements, this year we’ve worked on many improvements to make your video making experience with Vyond smoother. Also, this year we added more content that you can use in Vyond Studio. The total number of assets in the library now has over 1,500 stock characters, around 600 backgrounds, and over 7,800 actions across the different body types and styles. The Character Creator has more than 4,000 items for personalizing your characters, there are nearly 2,000 scene templates available in the timeline and over 13,000 props for your animations! Now that's a lot of video making magic. This year’s product releases and enhancements include: Expandable folders on the video listing page, where you can drag and drop files, use bulk actions, and see recent videos pinned to the topAbility to change the aspect ratio of your videos. Create videos and gifs in mobile, square, or any custom size you wish!Set grid lines, quickly align and distribute props, lock assets to the stageNew background editing features. Set a video or image as a background, flip or crop backgrounds to get them just rightVyond for Enterprise users can now save videos in shared spaces, allowing teams to collaborate on videos more easilyThe search bar and Help Center support additional languagesAnd more! The new content added to the library included banking props, new audio, housing templates and props, a bumper pack of Japan content, seasonal items, healthcare and medical items, vehicles, gaming, stock characters, hand gestures, and additional Character Creator items like braids, brows, bobs and earrings. We’re already looking ahead to next year’s improvements. Give us your feedback and let us know what you wish to see in 2022! #### 2022 Release Recap In 2022, Vyond released oodles of exciting new features and enhancements that make it faster and easier than ever to create your business-critical content and capture your audience's attention. Save time by generating a character from a photo then apply human-like text-to-speech. Import your icons and other SVG files for greater customizability on videos to go with our growing library of assets. Scale your video-making with support from the bulk text edit and auto-translate tools. Share branding guidelines in your team's default spaces or leave notes for project collaborators. ...these are just some of Vyond's useful features from last year! Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### 2023 Release Recap Did you know that over 1.5 million videos were created with Vyond this year? In 2023 Vyond got smarter and faster, making it even easier for you to reach your audience with captivating content. What's new in 2023? Video creation made even faster with the release of instant script and video creator Vyond Go! Furthering your creativity with an expanded library of props and content including access to 3 million+ assets with Shutterstock, better AI-powered emotional text-to-speech voices, and text-to-prop creation. Greater team collaboration is in your hands with collections, shared folders, and branding controls. A big thanks to you Thank you for being a part of Vyond and stay tuned for even more exciting tools and updates to come! All the improvements and enhancements to Vyond are set in motion thanks to your valuable feedback so be sure to drop a note in the survey form below on what's helped you and what you're looking forward to in 2024. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### 2024 Release Recap Creating videos has never been so easy! Vyond is the only all-in-one, AI video creation platform, powered by cutting-edge generative features. From AI avatars with ultra high quality text-to-speech, quick generation from document to video, and a whole lot more more, bring your ideas to life with just a simple prompt. Some of the most popular features and enhancements released in 2024: AI Avatars Vyond Mobile Make and upload transparent videos and gifs Text to image generation Generate videos from scripts, documents and URLS with Vyond Go Apply logos to characters Brand kits Asset view updates Color palette shuffler Edit character colors in Vyond Studio Screen recording Multilingual captions and a new caption panel Background remover Create videos with Slack integration Favorite your top voices Split audio and video Wider download options As we close out the year, we want to thank you for making Vyond a part of your video story. We're thrilled to head into 2025 with you and can’t wait to share all the exciting things we have in store. Stay tuned—there’s so much more to come! Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### 25 New Stock Characters to Refresh Business Friendly Templates Use this video template > Scene templates are great to put videos together quickly. We decided it was about time for a template refresh, so we have updated many of our Business Friendly templates and introduced 25 new stock characters. Here is a list of our newly added content in Business Friendly: Eyes: 15 pairs of eyes for Adults and KidsClothes: 4 upper items and 5 lower items for Adults and KidsStock characters: 25 new characters Template refresh: 55 templates have been updated to feature greater character diversity Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### 3 Ways to Clear Your Scene Option 1: Top bar With this latest release, you can now clear all the contents in a scene and retain its duration with the clear icon. Option 2: Keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl or command + delete Option 3: Right click on the stage to trigger the context menu and find the clear option. #### 3 Ways to Order Asset Layers Option 1: Top bar With this latest release, you can now change the layering of assets directly from the top bar. Option 2: Keyboard shortcuts Ctrl or command + shift +↑ to bring to front Ctrl or command +↑ to move forward Ctrl or command +↓ to move backward Ctrl or command + shift +↓ to send to back Option 3: Right click to trigger the context menu and find all these options. #### 4 Tips for Data Visualization Use this video template > Data visualization is not just charts – it’s all about storytelling using data. Watch this video to see how you can use our latest set of advanced charts to present useful insights, uncover interesting perspectives, and highlight your product’s values. Learn more about our new set of charts from this article > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### 5 Simple Tips for Effective Infographics Use this video template > Hook your audience in your next presentation using the striking infographic templates and design tips from this video. Read on to find more tips, tricks and templates for data visualization > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### 5 Strategies for Logistics Template Check out the latest in the video template library and you’ll spot this green-hued template relating to logistics. It’s a great starting point that can be easily updated for business, finance or other visual-rich presentations with its scenes touching on digital landscapes, global logistics and business strategizing. Find it in the template library here > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### 5 Tips to Add a Splash of Color to Whiteboard Use this video template > Ever used spotlight props to create light and dark in Whiteboard? How about adjusting brightness on different props to make your subject stand out? Check out these five tips on adding a splash of color to your Whiteboard videos! Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### 6 Awesome Ways to Use Continue Scene Use this video template > Have you tried using the ‘Continue Scene’ tool in all these different ways? Create fluidity with your animations and become a master at video production with these tricks.  Tips covered in the video: Break down complex actionsTime transitions Snappy messagingChange of directionStop motionCamera movement transitions Read more about how 'Continue Scene' works > #### 60 New Audio Tracks As of August 17, 2021 we’ve retired these background music tracks and added loads more! Check out the new tracks and see the latest additions to our library. We have added 18 new background music tracks and 42 sound effects to the audio library. Here is the full list: Background Music Tracks A Fresh Perspective Beautiful Memories Breaking Free Connected Corporate Fanfare Could Be Fun Propelling Punch and Slide River of Time Share Your Idea Silver and Gold Spirited Away Start with Yes Success Story Superpop This World Is Yours Upbeat Corporate Background Wildflowers Sound Effects Ambience - City Ambience - City - traffic Ambience - Country and meadow - afternoon Ambience - Country and meadow - morning Ambience - Freeway FX - Air cannon release FX - Applause in theater FX - Audience boo FX - Ceramic bump FX - Clap FX - Cough - female FX - Cough - male FX - Dial tone - busy signal FX - Dial tone - calling FX - Digital camera click - short FX - Drill FX - Drill - press FX - Footsteps on gravel FX - Footsteps on multiple dirt - run FX - Footsteps on multiple dirt - walk FX - Footsteps on wood FX - Glass clink FX - Heartbeat - 02 FX - Marker write - 02 FX - Marker write - 03 FX - Mouse click - 02 FX - Mouse click - 03 FX - Paper rustle FX - Paper unfold FX - Pop FX - Pop - 02 FX - Pop - 03 FX - Pop - sparkle FX - Sneeze FX - Typing - computer keyboard - 02 FX - Vase smash FX - Welding torch burn FX - Welding torch burn - 02 FX- Whoosh - 02 FX- Whoosh - 03 FX- Whoosh - 04 FX- Whoosh - 05 #### 66 WellSaid Lab Voices and More Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 2 new natural voices. Also an additional 66 high quality AI-powered voices in English powered by WellSaid Labs, available on an Enterprise plan. Here is a list of our newly added voices: English, United States: Danielle English, United States: Gregory Here is a list of our newly added AI Voices from WellSaid Labs: English, Australia: Aaron G. English, Australia: Ali P. English, Australia: Greg G. English, Australia: Theo K. English, Australia: Zoey O. English, Canada: Charlie Z. English, Canada: Damian P. English, Canada: Garry J. English, Ireland: Eric S. English, Ireland: Fiona H. English, Mexico: Hannah A. English, Mexico: Lorenzo D. English, Mexico: Paula R. English, South Africa: Ben D. English, South Africa: Issa B. English, South Africa: Jude D. English, United Kingdom: Alan T. English, United Kingdom: Fiona H. English, United Kingdom (Scotland): Diarmid C. English, United Kingdom: James B. English, United Kingdom: Jarvis H. English, United Kingdom: Kari N. English, United Kingdom: Oliver S. English, United States: Alana B. English, United States: Antony A. English, United States: Ava M. English, United States: Bella B. English, United States: Cameron S. English, United States: Chase J. English, United States: Genevieve M. English, United States: Gia V. English, United States: Isabel V. English, United States: Jack C. English, United States: Jensen X. English, United States: Jeremy G. English, United States: Jay S. English, United States: Jodi P. English, United States: Joe F. English, United States: Jordan T. English, United States: Kai M. English, United States: Lee M. English, United States: Lulu G. English, United States: Marcus G. English, United States: Nicole L. English, United States: Paige L. English, United States: Patrick K. English, United States: Paul B. English, United States: Philip J. English, United States: Raine B. English, United States: Ramona J. English, United States: Selene R. English, United States: Se'von M. English, United States: Shelby D. English, United States: Sofia H. English, United States: Steve B. English, United States: Terra G. English, United States: Tilda C. English, United States: Tobin A. English, United States: Tristan F. English, United States: Vanessa N. English, United States: Wade C. English, United States: Zach E. English, United States (Appalachia): Donna W. English, United States (Midwest): Owen C. English, United States (Mountain West): Michael V. English, United States (Southeast): Jimmy J. English, United States (Texas): Abbi D. Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### 7 Creative Ways to Cut Scenes Use this video template > Take your animations to the next level with some simple but effective video editing techniques. Try these seven types of creative cuts in your next video. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### 7 Fantastic Ways to Use Silhouettes in Your Videos Use this video template > Vyond has a range of different components for customizing characters, but have you ever tried using the Character Creator to make a silhouette? This video offers seven different tricks for using silhouettes in your video in creative and interesting ways. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### 800+ Whiteboard Items Added You have been asking for more Whiteboard content and here it is! Releasing over 800 new items in Whiteboard style. Check them all out in Vyond Studio. Here is a list of our newly added content: Content (Whiteboard): Scenes: 32 scenes including title screen, making deals, and video outrosProps: 147 props including mosquito, wooden fence, and lip balmActions: 651 actions for Adults including cleaning up trash and spying, and 11 actions for Kids including temperature scanning and tapping on tablet Content (Business Friendly): Prop: 1 prop for website link Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### A Gold Mine of Finance Content Use this video template > With our new finance-related props and templates, you can present your numbers and statistics with colorful charts, graphs and other dynamic designs. Use the creative and engaging elements in our mining series to illustrate your story about hard work, investment returns and more! Here is a list of our newly added content: Finance templates (Business Friendly & Contemporary): 12 templates including financial planning and managementMining (Business Friendly & Contemporary): 5 special templates including metaphors for success and failure, 1 background for mine cave, 10 props including TNT bomb, mine cave and mine cartActions (Business Friendly): 7 mining and cowboy-related actions including detonating bombs, looking through jewel loupe, using a calculator and horse riding for AdultsActions (Contemporary): 7 mining and cowboy-related actions Character Creator (Business Friendly): 2 upper items for vertical striped shirts, 1 lower item for wide-leg pants Stock character (Contemporary): 1 female office worker Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### A New Concoction of Fonts Tangerine, rock salt and… finger paint? Redacted! Font style is one of the key ingredients that helps you create bold statements and flaunt your brand’s character. Use these fonts newly added to Vyond's library to enhance your brand’s visual identity in your next video. Here is a list of our newly added fonts: Amatic SC - RegularBellefair - RegularBlack Ops One - RegularComfortaa - Light and boldFinger Paint - RegularRedacted Script - RegularRoboto - Thin, regular, and blackRock Salt - RegularRufina - RegularSacramento - RegularShadows Into Light - RegularTangerine - RegularVT323 - RegularZilla Slab Highlight - Bold Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Aarav and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 6 new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: English, India: Aarav English, India: Kunal English, India: Rehaan Hindi, India: Aarav Hindi, India: Kunal Hindi, India: Rehaan Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Ability to Change Lower Body Actions You can now change the lower body action on Contemporary characters. Simply select your action, then choose from 15 lower body positions including wheelchair, amputee, standing, kneeling and sitting poses.  You can even use bulk action to combine these across multiple characters at once, or save your favorite combo to the Quick Access panel to use across your video. Learn more about changing lower body actions > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Accessibility Enhancements At Vyond, we are committed to diversity and inclusion. With this in mind we are happy to announce the addition of ARIA labels, accessible names, and keyboard focus in more places to ensure that users with different web use preferences can understand and interact with our studio features. What are ARIA labels? ARIA labels and accessible names use assistive technologies such as screen readers to provide more context and information about non-textual elements such as buttons and dropdown menus. Currently, you can find them in the log in, sign up, home and video listing pages. Keyboard focus allows keyboard navigation throughout a page and is now also available on the home page, in Vyond Go and Quick Edit. We continue to work on making Vyond accessible to all people, stay tuned for more accessibility updates in the near future. Learn more about keyboard focus > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Accessorize Your Presentations We added 58 new content packs, covering design element concepts related to various themes, such as office, teamwork, data analytics, social media and communications, cybersecurity, technology, marketing, online shopping, and finance and investment. Enhance your presentation visuals with our new themed concept icons. You can find them all by following this link > Data analytics concepts > Cybersecurity concepts > Finance and investment concepts > Marketing concepts > Office concepts > Online shopping concepts > Social media and communications concepts > Teamwork concepts > Technology concepts > We update our template library regularly so make sure to check out the latest additions. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Accessorize Your Presentations, Part Two We added 78 new content packs, covering design element concepts related to various themes, such as AI, blockchain, customer service, daily activities, digital business, e-learning, healthcare, home office, human resources, machine learning, and startup. Enhance your presentation visuals with our new themed concept icons. You can find them all by following this link > We update our template library regularly so make sure to check out the latest additions. AI concepts > AR concepts > Big data concepts > Blockchain concepts > Customer service concepts > Daily activities concepts > Digital business concepts > E-learning concepts > Healthcare concepts > Home office concepts > Human resources concepts > Machine learning concepts > Management concepts > Metaverse concepts > Startup concepts > VR concepts > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Actions Help You Tell Your Story Use this video template> In this video we told the story of a character’s morning routine using beauty actions and home-themed templates. Actions in montage In order to condense the story we used a technique called montage – this is a series of short action shots in sequence. The character in the scene uses actions to illustrate what’s shared in the voiceover and move the story along.  Our tip for making videos like this is to record the voiceover first. This helps you plan out a scene’s timing more easily. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Add Pronunciation to Text-to-Speech You say potato but your text-to-speech voice says potahto? Let’s not call the whole thing off, as it’s now a lot easier to edit the pronunciation in your script.  Adding custom pronunciation In the audio settings for your text-to-speech copy, highlight any word in the script that you’d like to update and you’ll see a menu appear. Add the phonetic spelling for the word and preview the new pronunciation, and apply. Generate text-to-speech to hear the full script. Learn more about adding pronunciation > *Please note, this feature is available to users on Enterprise and Agency plans only. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Add Shutterstock Media to Collections You can now add Shutterstock media to Collections, where you can group and classify items in dedicated folders, and manage and find them more easily. Learn more about Collections > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Adjust Facial Feature Colors in Contemporary It’s now possible to change the colors of noses, mouths and facial features for Contemporary style in the Character Creator. We hope this update adds greater flexibility to the cast of characters you can use in your videos. #### Adjusting the Audio Balance   Use this video template>   When you’re creating a video you want to give your audience the best listening experience, and one way to do that is to balance the audio in a video. Quick Tips: Make sure the background music isn’t too loud Choose a backing track that isn’t too distracting Adjust the volume level on the voiceover so that it’s loud enough over the music Consider adding sound effects to enhance the ambience #### AI Avatar Enhancements 65 more avatar templates are added to the selection, bringing you a total of 96 overall AI Avatar options to pick from! The latest addition includes templates suitable in a 9:16 mobile aspect ratio and a range of different backgrounds. We’ve also been making enhancements based on your feedback on AI Avatars, including improvements to the default voices used, the voice generation workflow, with some more improvements on their way. *Please note this feature is available to users who purchase the AI Avatars access add-on. Learn more about AI Avatars >  Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### AI Avatar Page Upgrade Includes Custom Avatars Browse AI avatars faster and create your own! Vyond’s AI avatar library is growing, and this latest release makes it even easier to find the right one for your project or adjust the background before generation. Custom Avatars Looking to add your own avatar to videos? Now you can and it’s super simple. Upload a video of yourself talking for 2 minutes, and Vyond will generate an AI avatar. Use text-to-speech to generate speech for your avatar in our own voice. Great for language localization and scalability across video series. Learn more about creating your custom AI avatar > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### AI Avatar Video Queue and Background Transparency Keep an eye on your AI avatar generation in real time with the video queue. Found in the top right corner of both the home page and the AI avatar page, this sleek status bar makes it easier to track your avatar videos being created. Plus, we’ve made it smoother to update the background settings on custom avatars. Now you can seamlessly remove, replace, or make backgrounds transparent when working with avatars generated from your own videos. Learn more about making your own avatar > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### AI Avatar Videos in Minutes and at Scale Vyond is proud to introduce AI Avatars, designed to produce personalized, photorealistic, and dynamic videos in minutes and at scale, and transform the way you create professional videos. With a variety of avatar templates, the need for talent and expensive video shoots are a thing of the past. AI Avatars are accessible as an add-on service to an existing Vyond subscription. Here’s how to create AI avatar videos in three simple steps: 1. Choose an AI avatar Select from a diverse range of photorealistic AI video presenters, featuring over 20 actors representing different age groups, genders, and ethnicities. Choose from formal or casual attire and film from a selection of backgrounds such as home, office, and inside a car. 2. Give them a unique voice Write a script for your avatar and select from a vast library of over 2,700 voices available in 70+ languages. You can customize the tone, speed, and pitch to add realism and emotional depth to your video. Our AI technology will match the speaker’s lip movement to the script language, making your video more engaging. 3. Generate avatar video, edit as needed Generate your video. Once ready, you can find it in the “Recent videos” section on your Home page. Edit your video in Vyond Studio to suit your preferences. Our versatile avatars are here to streamline your video creation process and boost your brand visibility and reach. You can use them in talking-head-styled explainer videos or pair them with our latest screen recorder to personalize your communications, including sales pitches, product demos, staff training, and more. Improved, all-in-one “Create” menu Head to our enhanced “Create” menu from the Home page to explore our latest features, including AI avatars, image background remover, and screen remover. We continue to expand our library of AI tools so stay tuned for more innovative updates coming to this menu. Learn more about AI Avatars > *Please note this feature is available to users who purchase the AI Avatars access add-on. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Aihnoa and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 42 new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: Armenian, Armenia: Hayk, Anahit Basque, Spain: Ainhoa, Ander Chinese, Cantonese: Hiujin English, Australia: Darren, Duncan, Ken, Neil, Tim, Annette, Carly, Elsie, Freya, Joanne, Kim, Tina English, United States: Steffan Japanese, Japan: Daichi, Naoki, Aoi, Mayu, Shiori Korean, Korea: BongJin, GookMin, JiMin, SeoHyeon, SoonBok, YuJin Spanish, Spain: Arnau, Dario, Elias, Saul, Teo, Nil, Abril, Estrella, Irene, Laia, Lia, Triana, Vera Learn more about the feature in our help center article on text-to-speech > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### AlloyTurbo and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 4 new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: Multi-language: AlloyTurbo Multi-language: NovaTurbo Multi-language: Yunfan Multi-language: Yunxiao Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Andrew and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with new voices. This latest enhancement includes 3 added voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: English, United States: Andrew English, United States: Brian English, United States: Emma Learn more about multilingual voices in our help center article on text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Animated Presentations and Sticker Content Packs There are seven new report and pitch deck style presentation video templates made in one of our newer animated styles.   Additionally, there are 39 new sticker-style content packs around the theme of finance, teamwork, customer service, social media & communication, cybersecurity, and office concepts.  Find them in the template library here > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Animated Videos for Sales Enablement This year, we’re dealing you in to better ways of communication with a full deck of ideas for using Vyond. Sales enablement is just one of the ways that animated videos support your sales team, for a number of reasons! Read on to find more tips, tricks and templates for using video as a sales enablement tool > #### Apply Logos to Character Outfits Put your logo on a shirt! You can now apply logos to character outfits in Vyond Studio, so that logos move naturally with character actions. How to Access Jump into Vyond Studio to try it out. Select a character and open the Character Color panel. Here, you can upload your logo or any custom design.  Applying logos Business Friendly and Whiteboard style characters allow for logo applications on the upper body, as well as a range of hats and hair accessories. Plus, all Contemporary and newer styles also support logo placement on arms and wrists, giving you even more customization freedom! *Please note, this feature is available to users on Enterprise, Government and Agency plans only. Request custom branding Want to make your videos entirely unique with custom props, characters and other assets? Get in touch to see how Vyond can help bring your brand to life, with our customization services for Enterprise. Learn more about applying logos to characters >  Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Approval Management for Stronger Brand Control At Vyond, we understand the importance of maintaining brand consistency and ensuring that videos created adhere to brand guidelines. We are introducing a new project management feature to give account owners greater control over video production and downloads through an approval process. Enabling approval management To get started, account owners can enable approval management in the ‘Branding and Approval’ settings page and control video download permissions. By default, users can download unapproved videos without restrictions. For tightened brand control, account managers can set this option to ‘Approved videos only’. ‘No status’, ‘In progress’, and ‘Approved’ Once approval management is turned on, videos are initially assigned ‘No status’. Account owners and video creators with ‘Edit’ or ‘Full’ access of the video can update to ‘In progress’, and only account owners with ‘Edit’ or ‘Full’ can update to ‘Approved’.With this, account owners can now restrict downloads to approved videos only, making branding control easier! We continue to release features such as watermarks, collections, and color palettes to improve brand consistency across your projects. Stay tuned for more features to come and for now, try our latest approval management tool and keep your brand identity safe! Learn more about video approval > *Please note, this feature is available to users on Enterprise and Agency plans only. It's currently in Beta testing, you can leave feedback in the linked form below. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Arjun Joins Voice List Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 2 new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: English, India: Arjun Hindi, India: Arjun Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Asset View Enhancement With the Asset View enhancement, you have more options to update asset properties across multiple scenes.Here are the NEW options available: Adjust position Adjust size Adjust rotation Adjust opacity As a reminder, here are the existing options available: Swap with other assets Change actions Change expressions Change colors Add or change effects Add or remove motion path Learn more about the feature in our help center article on global edit > *Note: This feature is available to our Professional Plan subscribers only. #### Audio Track Update The list of background music audio has been updated! We’ve retired 58 tracks and added 79 new ones.  Retired audio Any background music that was licensed by PremiumBeat has been retired. These will no longer be listed in the audio library. You will notice in old videos where the track has been used, the track name in the timeline will have “(Retired)” next to it. Learn more about the feature in our help center article on built-in music tracks > New audio Here's a list of our newly added background tracks: Talent On Parade Clap And Stomp Goofy Guitar Bright Mornings Mood One Happy Cheers Holiday Figure It Out Together Modern Sophistication Mendelssohn - Wedding March Techno Phonia Linear  Happiness Typing Pool Chirpin' Birdies CMPLKTD Epic Companions Happy To Be Me Secret Love Countdown To Doom Trumpet Voluntary Zombie Planet So Sad March Of The Little People Everyone Is Here Panorama Weekend Away (replacing A Fresh Perspective) Undeniable Joy (replacing Almost Back to Life) Steady Climber (replacing Always On My Mind) My Stories (replacing Beautiful Day) Newphoria (replacing Beautiful Memories) Bossa Lounge (replacing Bossa Story) Seeds Of Solution (replacing Breaking Free) Fearfully, Wonderfully (replacing Care Center) Lazy Stroll (replacing Clap Tap) Thriving (replacing Connected) Everlasting Energy (replacing Corporate Fanfare) Time of Triumph (replacing Could Be Fun) Make It Yours (replacing Creative Minds) Tricky Tracks (replacing Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) Deck The Halls (replacing Deck the Hall) Achieving Your Goals (replacing Epic Hollywood trailer) Creating Greatness (replacing Field of Dreams) Sunshine Summer (replacing Focusing) Funky Meter Maid (replacing Funky Mama) Fun Fun Fun (replacing Happy Face) Fields of Green (replacing Happy Go Lucky) On The Double Trouble (replacing Havana Moon) Cosmonautics Memorial (replacing Hi-Tech World) Formally Yours (replacing Human Evolution) Loving Embrace (replacing Imagine Anything) Chasing The Spotlight (replacing Just to Love You) Happy Bells (replacing Morning Star) Smile And Jump (replacing Morning Wanderer) Bright Sparks (replacing New Media) Morning Reflexion (replacing Picnic for Two) Fresh And Simple (replacing Propelling) Mechanical Faces (replacing Punch and Slide) Open Your Eyes (replacing River of Time) Cheerful Blossom (replacing Secret Garden) When Good Weather Goes Bad (replacing Share Your Idea) Silent Night (replacing Silent Night) A New Path (replacing Silver and Gold) Happy Faces (replacing Smile) Bright Days Ahead (replacing Smilin') Come On And Go (replacing Spirited Away) A More Perfect Day (replacing Spread Your Wings) Hit Me One Time! (replacing Start with Yes) Sunset in the Garden (replacing Success Story) Making Breakfast (replacing Sunny Side of the Road) Sass And Splendour (replacing Superpop) Holiday in the Sun (replacing This World Is Yours) American Cafe (replacing True Colors) Listening Learning (replacing Turn Back Around) One Foot After Another (replacing Upbeat Corporate Background) Date Night (replacing Waikiki) Merry Christmas Wishes (replacing We Wish You a Merry Christmas ) Mosaic (replacing Wildflowers) Back To You (replacing Writing the future) Such a Sunny Day (replacing Yellow Carousel) Fun With Family (replacing Young at Heart) #### Aurelio and More WellSaid Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 48 new voices from WellSaid Labs for you to use across 8 languages in 13 accents. Here is a list of our newly added voices: French, Belgium: Lili V French, Belgium: Yoann D French, Canada: Jacque L French, Canada: Jean-Pierre P French, France: Maude G French, France: Eric L French, France: Marion F French, France: Daphne D French, France: Lucile B Italian, Italy: Ave L Italian, Italy: Raniero A Italian, Italy: Romolo V Italian, Italy: Fausta N Italian, Italy: Samuela B Italian, Italy: Pio B Portuguese, Brazil: Sebastiana E Portuguese, Brazil: Alda P Portuguese, Brazil: Moises G Portuguese, Brazil: Lucia G Portuguese, Brazil: Aurelio S Portuguese, Brazil: Raissa T Portuguese, Portugal: Filipe P Spanish, Spain: Malena V Spanish, Spain: Coral F Spanish, Spain: Inigo D Spanish, Spain: Teodoro R Spanish, Spain: Ani C Spanish, Spain: Vito C Japanese, Japan: Nanami Japanese, Japan: Daichi Japanese, Japan: Mayu Japanese, Japan: Naoki Korean, Korea: Seon-hui Korean, Korea: In-jun Korean, Korea: Bong-jin Korean, Korea: Sun-bok Chinese, Cantonese: Xiaomin Chinese, Cantonese: Yunsong Chinese, Mandarin: Xiaoxiao Chinese, Mandarin: Yunjian Chinese, Mandarin: Yunyang Chinese, Mandarin: Xiaochen Chinese, Mandarin: Xiaohan Chinese, Mandarin: Yunze Arabic, United Arab Emirates: Fatima Arabic, United Arab Emirates: Hamdan Arabic, Saudi Arabia: Zariah Arabic, Saudi Arabia: Hamid Learn more about text-to-speech > *Please note, this feature is available to users on Enterprise and Agency plans only. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Austin and More AI Avatars 10 more AI avatar options from HeyGen have been added to Vyond, giving you even more options to find the perfect spokesperson for your video messaging.  Available as an add-on for all paid users, you can explore all options today on the AI avatar page. Explore all AI avatar options >  Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Auto Translate All Text in a Video Translate a video and communicate better with your audience. At the top of the stage look for the new translation icon, select the language you would like to translate to and hit the button! Vyond will begin to translate the text in your video into your chosen language. Then it will replace all the text; that’s including the text on the stage, and dialog text used for recordings and text-to-speech. *Please note this feature is available to Professional and Enterprise users. Learn more about the feature in our help center article on auto-translation > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Automotive Content Use this video template > In this content release, we include various items for automotive display, repair, and detailing to help you showcase your car manufacturer, dealership, and service bay more attractively and creatively. Watch our video to see our latest content additions. Here is a list of our newly added content: Automotive content (Business Friendly): Scenes: 5 scenes including car dealership and auto service center Backgrounds: 3 backgrounds including showroom and service center interior Props: 32 props including car lift, wheeled tool cabinet, and wheel alignment machine Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Avatar Lip Sync Improvements Continual improvements to AI Avatars are underway. The latest big enhancement you'll notice is an improvement to the avatar lip sync. There are more fixes and updates being worked on at the moment, including the ability to apply a different background to avatars, being able to upload your own background, and enhancing the UI so you can easily create your own custom avatars. Stay tuned! Learn more about AI Avatars > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Be a Presentation Hero Use this video template > Cowboy chases, lasso throws,rescue missions and hero blows. Turn your next video into a hero presentation with our new cowboy and superhero content. Here is a list of our newly added content: Cowboy and Western (Business Friendly) Templates: 12 templates including handling business risksBackgrounds: 5 backgrounds including Western towns and steam train cabinsProps: 36 props including bear traps and Wanted postersStock characters: 5 new characters including cowboys, cowgirls and banditsCharacter Creator items: including 3 upper items, 2 lower, 1 pair of cowboy shoes, and 2 face decoration items including miner’s cap and cowboy hatActions: 5 actions including shooting guns and riding horses Cowboy and Western (Contemporary) 12 templates, 4 backgrounds, 38 props, 5 stock characters, 7 Character Creator items, and 9 actions Superhero Actions (Business Friendly): 10 actions including punching, lifting cars and shooting laser eyesStock characters (Contemporary): 11 new characters including superheroes and villainsCharacter Creator items (Contemporary): 6 upper items including superhero outfits, 1 evil scientist hair option, 1 pair of laser goggles, 2 headgear items including masks  Waistcoat content Character Creator items (Business Friendly): 6 upper items for waistcoats Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Better Background Removal We have improved our background remover to offer cleaner and more precise results. Try it now in Vyond Studio! Learn more about removing backgrounds > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Better Browsing Experience to Select AI Avatars in Vyond There are over 1,000 stock AI avatars available on Vyond! In order to find the right avatar for your video project, we’ve enhanced the browsing experience by updating the avatar library thumbnails and organizing them into categories. From Casual to Office, Industrial to Healthcare, switch between avatars and preview variations more simply. Once you’ve selected an avatar you’d like to preview, you’ll be able to see the same persona in different angles or poses on the selection menu on the left. Vyond's versatile range of avatars can be used for explainer videos, product demos, staff training and more. We continue to expand and enhance our library of AI tools to bring you the best so watch this space for more updates coming soon. Learn more about AI avatars > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Better Feedback When Adding Audio to Timeline   When adding an audio track, the timeline will scroll up automatically and the track will be selected by default. #### Bold and Lively Locations Use this video template > In this content release, we have added a series of location content created with playful and vibrant colors. Whether your video is set in a warehouse, on a farm, or in a supermarket, use this fun color palette to add a pop of boldness and excitement to your creative projects! Here is a list of our newly added location content: Scenes: 19 scenes including supermarket, greenhouse and bookstore Backgrounds: 9 backgrounds including farmland and empty warehouse Props: 9 props including Supermarket aisle sign, books and sharking desk Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Braids, Brows and More Character Creator Items Have you been waiting for braids in the Character Creator? This update is for you! We’ve added 28 new hair items that include afro-textured and two-tone hair options, along with brows, mouths and more in Business Friendly style. Head to the Character Creator to try out a fresh new look. Here is a list of our newly added content in Business Friendly: Hairstyles: 28 hair items for Adults and KidsMouths: 4 mouth items for Adults and KidsEars: 3 pairs of earrings for Adults and KidsEyebrows: 7 eyebrow shapes for Adults and KidsHeadband: 1 headband accessory for Adults and KidsMustaches: 4 face accessory items for male Adults Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Brand Kit Are you looking to store all your brand materials for your team and ensure brand consistency across all company videos? The brand kit is here to help! Setting up a brand kit First, your account's Team Owner can store company fonts, logos, charts, and presentation templates such as proposals, reports, and contact information in a collection. Then, the Team Owner can right-click on the collection and select ‘set as brand kit’ to instantly share it with all members in the team account. All team members will find a new ‘Brand Kit’ tab in the content panel and can readily reuse brand materials while following brand guidelines. Updating brand kit items To keep your brand identity safe, the Team Owner has exclusive editing access to the design elements within the brand kit. With this control, all users under the team account will adhere to the latest brand guidelines across your video projects. Coordinating across the company while staying on brand has never been easier! We continue to release features such as collections, color palettes, and custom watermarks to improve brand consistency across your projects. Stay tuned for more features to come and try out the brand kit to store templates and set the branding framework for your team! Learn more about brand kit >  *Please note, this feature is available to users on Enterprise and Agency plans only. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Brand Palettes and Recoloring in Videos Palettes have arrived for collections and the brand kit! Ensure that every video you and your teammates create aligns perfectly with the right color palette. Maintaining a consistent brand identity across all your projects on Vyond has become even easier. Adding palettes to collections and the brand kit You can add color palettes to collections. First, choose ‘more’ options on the selected color palette, then, select ‘Add to Collections’ and choose your palette destination. Additionally, Team Owners can add palettes to the brand kit to share brand palettes across the team account. Explore color combinations for props, charts, and more with ‘recolor’ Once this step is done, a ‘recolor’ button becomes active in the content panel within the Brand Kit tab, allowing you to easily recolor props, characters, text, charts, and backgrounds with colors from the designated brand palette. Please note that for simplicity, certain body parts of a character (such as skin color, eyes, and lips) have been excluded from the recoloring feature. One collection, multiple palettes A brand kit or collection can house multiple palettes, allowing for experimentation with recoloring using the right combination. While the ‘recolor’ button within a brand kit is accessible to all team members, the same button in a regular collection is private to its respective owner. Managing palettes in collections Editing colors and renaming palettes in the brand kit and collections is similar to working with regular palettes. While Team Owners have the authority to add, edit, and delete palettes in the brand kit, team members can only apply the colors from the brand palette. However, team members can create, manage, and use their color palettes, add them to collections, and freely use the ‘recolor’ feature. Removing a palette from the brand kit Should a brand palette be removed from the brand kit, scene recoloring will be disabled for all team members, while for Team Owners, the removed brand palette can be found under ‘My Library’ in the Palettes toolbox. The new brand palette and recoloring feature in brand kits and in collections is a user-friendly tool designed to help you and your team members seamlessly apply brand colors to videos and experiment with various color combinations. Go try it out now in Vyond Studio! *Please note, this feature is available to users on Enterprise and Agency plans only. Learn more about brand kit > Learn more about collections > Learn more about custom color palettes > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Bring Your Data to Life With Charts Vyond Studio comes fully-loaded with data visualization features in our props and templates. Want to compare your statistics or show the relationships in your database? Our bar charts, pie charts, line charts and even Venn diagrams can help! Read on for inspiration to create your own animated graphs > #### Build a Scene With Visual Search Get familiar with using our visual search feature powered by VyondAI. When you're looking for a prop, background or scene, you can click on the camera icon in the search bar. Upload an image and you'll be presented with search results based on the image you uploaded. Try it out in Vyond Studio today! Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Building a Green Community Use this video template > As individuals, we can take care of our planet by living a sustainable lifestyle. From working in an eco-friendly office to building a green community, use the ideas in this video to share the different ways we can be more environmentally-friendly in our everyday life. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Bulk Edit Chart Labels and in Multiple Languages Too In our fall release, it became possible to bulk edit and auto-translate your text in Vyond. With this enhancement we've expanded the features to include text in chart labels too! The next time you “Export Text” from a video that includes charts, data labels will appear as text_chart in the exported spreadsheet. Edit the placeholder label or import new names from another spreadsheet to rename your chart labels. Afterward, from the video's download button select to “Import Text” to add the new data labels to your chart. To create charts in multiple languages, hit the translation button at the top right of the stage, and let us do the rest for you! Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Bulk Invite Features for Admins Admins rejoice! Next time you need to invite new users to your team you can paste your list of email addresses. Tips for bulk invite A description at the top lets you know how many seats are available Separate email addresses with a comma, semicolon, space or a new line *Please note, this feature is available to team administrators users on Professional, Enterprise and Agency plans only. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Bulk Share Videos in List View Working on a project where you need to share a lot of videos at once? We’ve now made it possible to bulk share videos, which will make team collaboration even easier. List View We are continually tweaking our new list view to make it better and better, which includes adding more bulk actions, improving the sort order function and making thumbnails larger. Let us know what further enhancements we should add to list view in the survey below. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in our survey on list view and the new bulk actions and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Bumper Selection of Content Packs We have added a new content pack featuring characters without facial features in our template library! These characters are perfect when you want to maintain neutrality and inclusivity in your videos, especially on sensitive topics. Additionally, our new home and office content packs showcase different modern design concepts for a fresher and homier work environment. Explore bright spaces and open office layouts in Contemporary style by looking up “modern scenes” in our template page. As for Business Friendly style, we have new content packs covering indoor scenes set in a middle school, a university, or a training room, and outdoor scenes set in a city park, a forest, or a jungle. Last but not least, we have a new gamified eLearning video template designed to help you learn about the four types of change management in a fun and interactive way. We update our template library regularly so make sure you check the page to see our latest additions! Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Burcu and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 5 new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: Inuktitut, Canadian Syllabics: ᓯᕿᓂᖅ Inuktitut, Canadian Syllabics: ᑕᖅᑭᖅ Inuktitut, Canadian Latin: ᓯᕿᓂᖅ Inuktitut, Canadian Latin: ᑕᖅᑭᖅ Turkish, Turkey: Burcu Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Business and Emotive Concepts, More School Scenes Four new content packs have been added to the template library, featuring a range of topics from business and emotive concepts to elementary school and university scenes. We update our template library regularly so make sure to check out the latest additions. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Business Friendly Returns with Auto Insurance Content and More   We have added some auto insurance related items under the Business Friendly style: Including 12 templates, 47 props, 7 backgrounds and 18 actions. Find them all in this video template > Here is a list of other newly added content: Juggling (Business Friendly): Total 6 actions Swimming (Business Friendly): Total 9 actions Walking up and down stairs (Business Friendly): Total 6 actions Breathing actions (Business Friendly): Total 27 actions Gesture - Using mouse (Business Friendly): Total 17 actions Boxing (Business Friendly): Total 14 actions Hovering (Business Friendly): Total 15 actions Character creator components (Business Friendly): Total 32 items Other content update: Improved search result (Contemporary and Business Friendly): Including 9 props and 8 actions #### Camera Techniques That Steal the Show Use this video template > Do you want to add drama or perspective to your videos? Take advantage of our Camera Movement tool to recreate different camera shots and angles. You can watch this video for more ideas. Learn more about the feature in our help center article on camera movement > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Caption Improvements We’ve made big enhancements to auto-captioning in Vyond. This change was a top request, so we’re thrilled to deliver a smarter, more intuitive experience that ensures captions meet accessibility standards. Better caption transcription accuracy Captions are based on audio transcription, including text-to-speech. This reduces issues where text to speech is using altered spellings and brings captions in alignment with what is heard in the audio. Translation quality has also been improved. Split captions automatically and adjustable To follow more closely with accessibility best practices, we’ve improved readability to captions to split lines automatically.  Better control of caption length Fine-tune any auto-split captions with the “Words per caption” slider, which allows you to adjust caption length. You can generate word-by-word timing so you can be even more precise. Craft professional content that connects with your audience with smarter auto-captions and a simple-to-adjust slider. Learn more about captions > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Captivating Educational Experiences This year at Vyond, we’re dealing you into a full deck of communication tools by sharing 52 unexpected use cases for video. Whichever space you are in, for our increasingly digital world, video is a powerful tool in any teacher's toolkit. Read on to find more tips, tricks and templates for captivating students with video > #### Cast a Wider Net with Global Search Want to capture all the right items to add to your video design? Vyond’s new global search brings together all the assets from our library related to your keyword. The search box is expanded for easier searchability, sharing keyword results from previous projects, scenes, props, characters, charts, text, audio, and uploads in one easy-to-explore panel. Try using Vyond’s new global search to cast a wide net and scoop up more video inspiration and materials for your next video project! Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Celebrate July 4th Happy Fourth of July. Find this template here > The Fourth of July commemorates the Declaration of Independence of the United States. It's a festivity full of fireworks, parades, and picnics. How will you be celebrating the Fourth of July this year? Customize this video and share your own July 4th message with friends, family and coworkers. About the Template Library You don’t need to make every video from scratch! The Template Library has videos pre-filled with backgrounds and props, ready for you to customize and add your own messaging. Browse the latest in our Template Library > #### Celebrating Achievements and Equality To mark Employee Appreciation Day and International Women’s Day, we’ve created a series of empowering scenes to celebrate employees’ and women’s achievements. Templates for Employee Appreciation Day, observed on March 3rd. Event invitationEmployee awardThank you noteCongratulations for new position Templates for International Women's Day, observed on March 8th. Event invitationPledgesQuotes Healthcare content packs that feature scenes set in a counseling center, optometry clinic, dental clinic and more. Use templates to create a video > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Change Backgrounds on Avatars There are 90+ AI avatars to choose from in Vyond, and now you can swap out the background of your chosen avatar and select from a library of other backgrounds – or even upload a custom background! Learn more about AI avatars >  Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Change Facing Direction for All Styles   With the new update, you can now change the facing directions for all the characters from Business Friendly, Whiteboard Animation and Contemporary in the Expression panel. With this flexibility, combining actions and expressions with different facing directions has never been easier. Check out how it works in this article > #### Change Scene Properties Across Scenes   Editing the same setting scene by scene is time consuming. With the new bulk editing function, you can now change scene properties including backgrounds, background colors, scene transitions and scene duration across multiple scenes. #### Climate Change Pledge Use this video template > Adapt this video for your own company messaging with our Earth Day-themed scenes, props, and actions to announce or report on your company-wide sustainability goals and efforts. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Color Detection Another new time saver from Vyond is the color picker detection feature. Simply upload an image to the color panel to auto detect a color palette. You can even add the five colors to Quick Access to keep them close to hand while making your video.  Tips for best results Use images with simple image compositions Learn more about the feature in our help center article on color palette detection > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Color-Changeable Whiteboard and Other Templates Did you know it was possible to change the colors of Whiteboard props in Vyond? Use this video template to learn a few useful tricks for whiteboard animation videos including color emphasis, hand-drawn whiteboard effects, camera movements that follow narration, and synchronized sound effects. Tips for successful call reports. Find this video template here > Teach your team how to successfully run support calls with this template about customer communication. Substitute your company’s favorite support call tips for the recommendations we include with this template. You can also replace the voiceover recording and speech bubbles to show the script you’d like your support reps to follow. About the Template Library You don’t need to make every video from scratch! The Template Library has videos pre-filled with backgrounds and props, ready for you to customize and add your own messaging. Browse the latest in our Template Library > #### Colorful Contemporary Content Packs The in-app template library continues to grow, with more content packs! This time we've taken some of the updated Contemporary backgrounds from last month's release, and packaged them into easy to use content packs. We update our template library regularly so make sure you check the page to see our latest additions! Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Colorful Contemporary Scenes Use this video template (scenes) > Use this video template (backgrounds and props) > In this content release, we bring you a collection of Contemporary studio content, crafted by combining the vibrant colors of our classic Contemporary designs with more detailing of the scenes, like those found in Business Friendly style. These Contemporary scenes uses a wider range of colors to enhance visual authenticity and give you more design style options, so you can create more diverse videos with Vyond! You will find these new backgrounds saved under 'Locations', and the single-color Contemporary backgrounds you know and love are grouped as 'Classic Locations'. Here is a list of our newly added content: Office and Home Content (Contemporary): Scenes: 61 scenes including hotel, office, and college hallway Backgrounds: 43 backgrounds including park, grass field, and apartment Props: 76 props including window, couch, and speaker Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Colorful Eyelash Options For the last few months we have been working on increasing the Character Creator color options to give you greater diversity options to build your characters. Our latest enhancement makes eyelash and eyeliner components in Business Friendly color-adaptable too!  Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Common Craft COVID Communication Kit Use this video template> We’ve added new Common Craft items for Professional users, including 181 props relating to COVID-19 and sanitation. Use this video template> Use this video template> Use this video template> #### Common Craft for Professional Plan Common Craft is now available in Vyond Studio. Professional plan subscribers will find the same props and backgrounds as in the Legacy Video Maker. This means more than 2,300 assets have just been added to the library! Moreover, the static Common Craft templates available in Legacy have also been replaced by 73 brand new templates featuring transitions and effects.   *Note: The style is still available to our Professional Plan subscribers only. #### Company Communications Use this video template > How do you let everyone know what’s going on in the company? With Vyond you can turn your newsletter into an engaging video that people will be excited to watch! This video is great for sharing HR updates or to use them as slides for your next town hall meeting. Update your company logo and customize to add your own superheroes. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Concurrent Editing Improvement To prevent losing any content when multiple users work on the same video, we just introduced dialogs to block certain actions. When a video is already being edited, the following actions are not possible:   Edit the video, including by the same user in multiple tabs Restore an old version of the video Delete the video Delete the folder which contains the video Rename the video #### Contemporary Beauty Pack Use this video template > Downtown templates, drying your hair, online shopping, and more healthcare. New items added to the content library, mostly in Contemporary. Here is a list of our newly added content: Templates (Contemporary): 14 scene templates including in-person and online shopping Interiors (Contemporary): 4 interior backgrounds  Beauty and home (Contemporary): 80 props from make-up palettes to mirrors Beauty actions (Contemporary): 40 including drying hair while sitting or standing Drinking beer (Contemporary): 15 actions for drinking beer in glass or bottle, sitting or standing Face mask and towel (Contemporary): Character Creator components include 1 face accessory for a beauty face mask, 1 upper item for a wrap around towel Stock characters (Contemporary): 13 characters including casual, dressed for spa and healthcare Tennis (Contemporary): 6 props including tennis ball, court and net, 3 actions  Tennis (Business Friendly): 6 props including tennis ball, court and net, 3 actions for Adults Hospital templates (Business Friendly): 2 scene templates including a hospital courtyard and a patient roomOxygen tanks (Business Friendly): 7 props, 2 related actions for Adults, 3 characters, and 2 related face accessories for both Adults and Kids Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Contemporary Characters - Facing Direction   In storytelling, the viewpoints of characters help reinforcing the characters' feelings and reactions. Sometimes it supports shifting narratives as well.   In the Expression panel, you can now change the facing directions for Contemporary characters. With this flexibility, combining actions and expressions with different facing directions has never been easier. #### Content Packs and E-Cards This new batch of content packs feature different transportation and food places. Whether you are taking a journey on a bus or an airplane, to a fast food restaurant or an izakaya, our latest additions have got you covered. In this batch of themed content packs, we include topics such as sports and wellness, customer service training, technology and more. Search for “theme” in our template library to find our themed content packs. Tell all the dads and moms Happy Father’s and Mother’s Day with a special Vyond e-card. Search for “e-card” to find them and other video templates to celebrate different occasions. This customizable video template celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander environmental leaders who dedicate their lives to protecting the planet. Customize the template to showcase the leaders who have impacted you or your organization. We update our template library regularly so make sure you check the page to see our latest additions! Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Content Packs for Effective Storytelling We update our template library regularly so make sure you check the page to see our latest additions! In this release, you’ll find a whole new bunch of video templates labeled “content pack”. These packs are prepared with scenes, props, characters and actions focused around a certain theme or style - that’s everything you need to tell a story! Currently, they cover topics like climate change, cybersecurity, gamified learning, Western and medieval adventures, food, suburban home, and more. Also to get ready for the year of the rabbit, check out the lunar new year templates! Jump to the templates > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Conversation Actions and More Manufacturing Content Manufacturing systems, production lines, package sorting, and more supply chain scenes. Use our latest manufacturing content pack to demonstrate your business’s production workflow. Feeling resourceful? Swap out the props in the assembly line, home construction, and transmission tower maintenance scenes to create engaging animated GIFs! You can also check out the templates named “loop animation” in the template library for inspiration. Here is a list of our newly added content: Scenes: 12 scenes including pharmaceutical manufacturing and home constructionBackgrounds: 3 backgrounds including land plot and countrysideProps: 31 props including robotic arm, timber frame house, and tube filling machineActions: 64 actions for Adults in Business Friendly style, including talking while both hands are on the hip and talking while leaning back Tip: To find all the new talking actions in the library, you can search in the actions library for "conversation" to see them all listed. You'll find actions for talking and listening in both sitting and standing positions portraying conversation in different moods from excited and confident, to interested and relaxed. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Copy and Paste Between Projects   Now you can copy and paste between different videos. Take assets from one browser tab to another in two ways:   Keyboard Shortcuts (Works in ALL supported browsers) Select assets in the first tab and press Ctrl+C or Cmd⌘+C on Mac. In the next tab, paste with Ctrl+V or Cmd⌘+V. Paste with Mouse (Works in Chrome and Firefox) Select and copy assets as usual Open video in the next tab In your Chrome or Firefox browser settings click ‘Edit’ Select ‘Paste’ from the menu   Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey to help us continue providing you with high quality Vyond Studio experience in the future. #### Cora and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 11 new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: Multilingual: Cora Multilingual: Evelyn Multilingual: Ximena Multilingual: Brandon Multilingual: Christopher Multilingual: Giuseppe Multilingual: Hyunsu Multilingual: Lucien Multilingual: Macerio Multilingual: Steffan Multilingual: Tristan Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Create a Video and Use This Template Now, there’s an even wider selection of videos in the template page to draw inspiration from when you begin to "Create a Video". Video templates previously only found on https://www.vyond.com/showcase/templates have now been added to https://app.vyond.com/templates! So next time you begin to create a video you'll be able to find all the useful templates you need right at the point of starting a video. From content packs to product promotion and invitations to your next event there is plenty to inspire! Choose your favorite template and customize with your own text, characters and colors to suit you. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Create AI Avatars Simply by Typing Craft the perfect AI avatar characters for your training videos, product demos, and presentations that uniquely match your requirements for diversity, attire, and style. Add text-to-speech with automatic lip sync to bring your avatars to life with Vyond. See tips for prompting > Available on Professional plans and above: Generate custom avatars Create speaking videos with lip sync  Download in multiple aspect ratios Share with your team Start creating on the AI Avatars page on Vyond. Learn more about text to AI avatars > *Please note, this feature is available to users on Professional, Enterprise, and Agency plans only. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Create an Epic Fantasy in Vyond Use this video template > Cast an ice spell on a wizard, block an energy ball from an alien, or employ a treasure mimic to con a thief! Create your own world of magical possibilities with our latest fantasy and gaming content which are perfect for instructional designers looking to craft their next course. Here is a list of our newly added content: Fantasy and gaming content (Business Friendly): Scene templates: 20 scenes including level up and game overBackgrounds: 2 backgrounds including castle and tavern interiorsProps: 80 props including animated treasure mimic, healing spell effect, and chunk of landActions: 19 actions for Adults, including zombie attack, sword fight victory, and wizard defeatStock characters: 6 characters including wizard, knight, and girl Robin Hood Miscellaneous (Business Friendly): Backgrounds: 18 backgrounds including flower, leaf, and shapeless patternsProps: 18 props including hourglass, wings, and blobsActions: 6 actions for Adults, including shaking a piggy bank and weighing the options Character Creator items (Contemporary): 56 items for Adults, including 33 hair items, 2 mustaches, 21 eyewear items Miscellaneous content. Use this video template > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Create Characters in a New Tab Next time you’re creating characters you’ll notice the Character Creator opens in a new tab. You’ll be able to switch between tabs to see the video you’re editing in Vyond Studio and the Character Creator. Create and edit your characters like you usually would; when you save them you’ll find them in your library in the Studio. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Create Smarter Data Visualizations Vyond’s charts help you communicate your data more effectively in video presentations. Convert your raw data into engaging video content with our new, comprehensive set of enhanced charts today! Here is a list of our newly added charts: Line chart: 3 line charts (default, smoothed and stepped) Area chart: 3 area charts (default, smoothed and stepped) Bar chart: 2 bar charts (vertical and horizontal)2 grouped bar charts (vertical and horizontal)2 stacked bar charts (vertical and horizontal) Radial bar chart: 3 radial bar charts (default, grouped and stacked)3 polar area charts (default, grouped and stacked) Radar chart: 2 radar charts (default and stacked)2 radar area charts (default and stacked) Scatter chart: 2 scatter charts Pie chart: 2 pie chart2 donut charts Funnel chart: 1 funnel charts1 pyramid chart2 horizontal funnel charts (ascending and descending) Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Create Videos in Slack We’ve just released a Slack integration for Vyond. Instantly create videos by using the /vyond go command in any Slack channel or direct message and Vyond Go will set to work turning your prompt into a video. Add Vyond to Slack today >  Bring your ideas and discussions to life instantly on Slack, with text to video. Share videos across Slack to engage your team in real time. Learn more about Vyond for Slack > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Creating Brand Templates with the Media Library Are you looking to set up some brand templates to serve as your inventory or style guide? You can use the new Media Library to quickly access scenes and assets used in other videos. Watch this tutorial to learn how! Learn more about the feature in our help center article on projects > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Crop Tops, Slow Walks, and Waterfalls Use this video template > Spring is here and it’s time to get outside with leisurely walks to peaceful parks and beautiful waterfalls! Here is a list of our newly added content: Nature background (Business Friendly): 1 waterfall backgroundNature background (Contemporary): 1 waterfall backgroundProp (Business Friendly): 2 props including gray flashlight and waterfallActions (Business Friendly): 2 actions for Adults and 2 for Kids, including walking slowly and talking while walkingActions (Contemporary): 2 actions for Adults, including walking slowly and talking while walkingCharacter Creator items (Business Friendly): 8 upper items, including cropped tops for men and womenCharacter Creator items (Contemporary): 2 upper items, including cropped tops for men and women Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Custom Aspect Ratio Change the aspect ratio on your videos! Next time you're in Vyond Studio, head to the Video Settings menu. You can change the aspect ratio from the usual Horizontal (16:9) to become Square (1:1), Vertical (9:16), or even a Custom size. Video Settings Not sure where the Video Settings are? Go into Vyond Studio and look above the stage. You'll find a cog icon next to the 'Preview' button. Place assets inside the camera frame When you save the settings you'll see the camera frame adjust to your selected aspect ratio, giving you the freedom to move the camera position across the stage and only show the assets in the frame. When it's time to download, the generated video will match the aspect ratio selected in the Video Settings. Learn more about the feature in our help center article on aspect ratio > *Please note, this feature is available to Premium, Professional and Enterprise users. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Customize Caption Size Captions are not one-size-fits-all. Introducing caption resizing in the 'Captions' panel, this enhancement provides you with greater control over caption design and ensures that your videos are accessible to a wider audience. Give it a try in Vyond Studio! Learn more about captions > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Customize Color Palette   You can now add colors to Quick Access from the color swatches under In This Video or from the swatch above the Eyedropper. #### Dalia and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 4 new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: Multilingual: Bree Multilingual: Dalia Multilingual: Jorge Multilingual: Ash Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Diverse Body Mini Pack and OSHA Lab Outfits Use this video template > At Vyond, we value your feedback and strive to create content that is inclusive and relatable for your videos. We are excited to introduce a "Mini Pack" celebrating diversity with characters of all body types in Contemporary style, which you can download using the template link above. Try out the characters You can apply actions to these characters and put them in your scenes, however they are not editable for now in the Character Creator. Do try them out and leave some feedback to let us know if we're on track with these characters. Lab outfits In addition, we have created OSHA-compliant characters and outfits based on the feedback received from our manufacturing content release that meet Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards. Here is a list of our newly added content: Business friendly: 4 characters in OSHA-compliant outfits 3 character creator items including lab coats and clean room hood Contemporary: 10 characters featuring a diverse range of body types Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Diversity + Equity + Inclusion = Belonging (DEIB) At Vyond, we recognize that people are the heart of our work. We are committed to embracing diversity, equity and inclusion to foster a culture of belonging through different initiatives and activities. Use our latest addition of DEIB content to incorporate diversity and inclusion messages in your communications materials and create awareness for equity and belonging in your community! There are templates on anti-bullying, workplace diversity, inclusive organizations and more. Additionally, we have new content packs for city and suburban townhouses, multi-family homes, apartments and more. We update our template library regularly so make sure you check the page to see our latest additions! Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Diversity Training Templates Spotting Ageism in the Workplace. Find this video template here > Age diversity doesn’t have a very large share of the popular discourse around diversity, equity, and inclusion. When left unchecked, though, ageism can become just as pervasive and damaging to your organization’s culture as any other -ism. Animated videos like this one are a great way to not only reach all learners but to truly engage them with accessible material using dynamic visual content. Gender and Pronouns Training. Find this video template here > Use this gender and pronouns video template to teach your teams one small way they can promote respect for all. Customize the video to match your corporate identity, or use it as a jumping point for deeper conversations on diversity, equity, and inclusion. About the Template Library You don’t need to make every video from scratch! The Template Library has videos pre-filled with backgrounds and props, ready for you to customize and add your own messaging. Browse the latest in our Template Library > #### Document to Video with Vyond Go Complete your videos faster with Vyond Go! Already got your source materials ready and just need to get started? Whether you have a pdf, docx, pptx or txt file on hand you can upload it and let Vyond Go generate a video from the content.  Begin by selecting the ‘Attach file’ option on Vyond Go’s prompt box. Upload your presentation slides, manual, infographic or other document and choose a video layout. As soon as you select ‘Create video’ the AI-powered video creator will extract the key information and turn that into a script. It will apply the script and images to the Vyond template you selected to give you your video. If you want to showcase your document, there are two new layouts added that work specifically for sharing your uploaded document, in Narration or Talking Head styles. Communicate your content and deliver positive business results with instant, effortless video. Learn more about using Vyond Go with your docs > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Download a Select Range of Scenes Do you want to download only a specific range of scenes from your video projects? Vyond’s improved ‘Download’ toolbox now offers the flexibility to download specific scenes your video as videos, GIFs, images, and slides. Simply click on the ‘Download’ icon in the top bar and select your download format, resolution, and scene range. With this improved ‘Download’ toolbox, we have moved the ‘Export & Import Text’ settings to the ‘Translate / Edit Text’ menu conveniently placed right next to the download options. Learn more about downloading videos > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Download and Share Videos Inside Vyond Studio   Now you can download and share videos directly inside Vyond Studio. Access the menu at the top right corner and you will see the available options.   *Note: Options will vary based on different subscription plans #### Download SCORM Format Vyond now supports SCORM as a download option, further enabling seamless integration with Learning Management Systems (LMS) and courseware authoring tools that support SCORM 1.2 or SCORM 2004 4th Edition. *Please note, this feature is available to users on Enterprise and Agency plans only. Learn more about SCORM Export > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Download Subtitles and Captions Vyond’s new subtitle and caption generation option makes it easy to share your videos to a wider audience. Whether you are watching a video in a loud or quiet environment, or you just want some privacy from those who may be listening in on your video, closed captions are designed to help you better understand the video content.  What’s the difference between subtitles and captions? Subtitles contain the text of what’s being said in a video. For a video made in Vyond that includes: Text from text-to-speech Text transcribed from mic recordings, uploaded audio, and video Captions contain the text of what’s being said in a video and also info about the audio. For a video made in Vyond that includes: Text from text-to-speech Text transcribed from mic recordings, uploaded audio, and video Track names for audio, such as music and sound effects in the timeline How to download subtitles and captions from your video When you’ve finished your video in Vyond Studio, click on the ‘Download’ menu. You will see a new ‘Subtitles/Captions’ section. Generate either subtitles or captions, and you will be able to download a zip file containing .srt and .vtt files which pair the text with video timing. Upload these files along with your video to your chosen video hosting platform in order to enable closed captioning. Language support Vyond currently supports audio transcription in closed captions in more than 50 languages. As we continue to improve the accessibility of our studio, we’ll have more enhancements coming.  Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Download Text to Speech Audio Only Need professional audio for projects beyond your videos? Text to speech tools have now got their own page.  Select the voice you need and save your favorites to a list for later. Enter your text or script, and generate the audio. You’ll be able to download the audio as an mp3 for other projects, or upload to your videos later. It’s easier than ever to create polished, professional audio for your communication projects. Learn more about downloading text to speech audio > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Drab to Fab: Video Producer Tips for Crafting Color Palettes This video is available in the template library > Have you tried Vyond’s palettes feature, now integrated into collections and the brand kit? If you are unsure where to start, watch this video for some quick hacks on quickly creating color palettes in Vyond. Then try these new palettes out with the ‘Recolor’ button to explore different color combinations to build the right palette for your brand projects. Learn more about brand palettes > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences #### Drag and Drop with Expandable Folders The sidebar panel is back with added functionality - drag and drop! Folders in the sidebar can be expanded and collapsed, and you can even drag multiple items. How will you choose to organize your videos? Where can I drag and drop? folders in the video listing pageexpandable folders on the left side barthe navigation breadcrumb Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Drag to Rearrange Layers in Asset View Vyond’s improved Asset View allows you to easily rearrange the layer order of props and characters in Vyond by simply dragging them around in the panel. And, asset view is now available to all plan types. There’s more! You can also drag items within grouped assets to quickly reorder their layers, making your workflow even more efficient. We are working continuously to improve our features and provide the smoothest video editing experience. Please let us know in the feedback form what you would like to see with the new Asset View. Learn more about the improved asset view > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Dragons, Knights and More Fantasy Content Use this video template> Your next adventure awaits! With this content pack you’ll find plenty of fantasy material for your next animation. Create a character that can pull a sword from stone, fight gold-hoarding dragons, and return home in time for the king’s ball. Here is a list of our newly added content: Fantasy props (Business Friendly): 78 props including fire-breathing dragons, swords and horse-drawn carriageFantasy props (Contemporary): 17 props including an opening and closing storybookFantasy backgrounds (Business Friendly): 5 backgrounds including castle, village and spiky forestStory telling templates (Business Friendly): 2 templates to use for the beginning and ending of a storyCharacter Creator outfits (Business Friendly): 6 upper items, 5 lower items, 1 face decoration, 2 hair items (all for Adults)Character Creator outfits (Contemporary): 3 upper items, 2 lower items and 1 headgear item (all for Adults)Knights and royalty (Business Friendly): 17 stock characters including medieval-style outfits Knight and royalty (Contemporary): 3 stock characters Sword actions and more (Business Friendly): 29 actions for AdultsSword actions (Contemporary): 12 actions for Adults #### Dual Videos in Vyond Studio Vyond Studio now supports dual videos in the same scene to streamline your video creation process and produce more compelling and engaging videos. You can have two videos playing side-by-side in a scene. Try pairing an AI avatar with our latest screen recording feature to personalize your communications, including sales pitches, product demos, staff training, and more. Vyond is the only all-in-one, AI video creation platform you’ll need to produce compelling and engaging videos for your business. Try out our latest dual video feature now. Learn more about importing videos > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Earth Day Content Use this video template > Each year around the world, we mark Earth Day on April 22 and raise awareness about climate change and environmental protection. From taking public transport to upcycling used clothes, view the new content in this video to see the different steps you can take to restore the earth. Here is a list of our newly added content: Earth Day: Scene templates (Business Friendly): 30 scenes including environmental sustainability and green living scenesScene templates (Contemporary): 8 scenes including energy savingScene templates (Whiteboard): 8 scenes including ESG criteria Actions (Business Friendly): 8 Adult actions for picking up and recycling trashActions (Contemporary): 8 Adult actions for picking up and recycling trash Miscellaneous: Background (Business Friendly): 2 backgrounds including train cabin and train stationProps (Business Friendly): 53 props including fruit crate, cardboard dollhouse, and an animated typing cursorProps (Contemporary): 7 props including energy saving light bulb and keyholeActions (Business Friendly): 3 Adult actions for sewing and holding itemActions (Contemporary): 3 Adult actions for sewing and holding item Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Easily Credit Music Sources We have added the source of all background music tracks and sound effects so you can credit them more easily when sharing your video on other platforms. Learn more about audio attribution > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Easy Brand Management With Default Spaces Get everyone in your team on the same page. Now, you can turn your shared space into a default shared space that’s pinned to every user’s navigation panel for quick and easy access. Share videos, scenes and assets across your team by saving them in a default shared space. It’s useful as a place to provide onboarding material for everyone on your team, or to enable a consistent visual identity on your organization’s videos by storing brand templates that can be used with the color detection tool. *Please note this feature is available to Enterprise users. Learn more about Vyond for Enterprise > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Easy, Instant AI Background Remover As part of Vyond’s exciting collection of AI-powered features aimed to improve your video production experience across the Vyond platform, we are delighted to share an easy instant image background remover! To get a sneak peek, head over to the background remover page. You will spot an image upload box. Simply drag an image or upload a photo. Vyond AI will instantly remove the background from your images. Once your image with a transparent background is ready, you can download it or upload a new one. Blending your images into Vyond videos has never been easier. Try Vyond's Background Remover > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Easy, Instant Screen Recording As part of Vyond’s exciting collection of features aimed to improve your video production experience across the Vyond platform, we are delighted to introduce instant, effortless screen recording! Get a sneak peek by visiting the screen recorder page. There, you’ll find options to record your screen only, your camera only, or both at the same time. Select ‘Start recording’ to open the recorder. Set your camera, microphone, and screen-sharing settings accordingly. Want to create a demonstrative presentation? Record your screen. Want to engage your audience? Turn on your webcam. Want to have both side by side? Turn on both screen and webcam recording! Once you’re done, click ‘Stop’. Vyond processes your video, and you'll find it later on the Home page. You can find it and continue to edit it in the Vyond Studio. Whether you are doing a digital sales pitch or creating training videos for new hires, our flexible and instant recording options are here to improve interactivity and add a personal touch to your projects. Try out Vyond's screen recorder > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### EchoTurbo and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 6 new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: Multilingual: EchoTurbo, Male Multilingual: FableTurbo, Neutral Multilingual: OnyxTurbo, Male Multilingual: ShimmerTurbo, Female English, India: Aarti, Female Hindi, India: Aarti, Female Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Edit Assets Across Scenes with Asset View With the new Asset View, you can update asset properties across multiple scenes. Firstly, choose scenes and enter Asset View mode Select the assets you want to edit Here are the options available: Swap with other assets Change actions Change expressions Change colors Add or change effects Add or remove motion path Learn more about the feature in our help center article on asset view > *Note: This feature is available to our Professional Plan subscribers only. #### Edit Character Colors Directly in Vyond Studio Do you want to make small color improvements to your Vyond characters? The new ‘Character Color’ toolbox is here to help you edit character skin and outfit colors in Vyond Studio. First, select a character to see the ‘Character Color’ toolbox in the top right toolbar. Here is where you can customize the character’s body options, clothing, and accessory colors. Experiment with different color combinations, assemble a crew of characters with matching outfits, or coordinate character colors with your video design. You can easily do it all while staying in Vyond Studio. Please note that any color changes applied to the character within the studio will only be reflected in the specific video and not to the source character asset found in My Library, Shared Library, or Collections. To save your newly styled character in these destinations, you can right-click on it and choose to add it to a collection. Vyond’s new ‘Character Color’ toolbox is here to help you save time on color editing and experimenting which was previously only limited to the Character Creator. Try out this simpler editor tool today. Learn more about character color toolbox >  Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Edit Vyond Go Avatar Videos in Vyond Studio You can now edit AI avatar videos generated in Vyond Go in two ways: Quick Edit and Full edit in Vyond Studio. While Quick Edit is perfect for fast changes and fine-tuning details of your AI avatar, now you can open your avatar videos in Vyond Studio for even further layout and branding customization. Here’s how to do it: Quick Edit Once your Vyond Go video is generated, make fast adjustments with Quick Edit: Update the text-to-speech script Update voice settings Edit the onscreen text Swap out the stock avatar Full edit in Vyond Studio For more advanced customization, in Vyond Studio you can: Resize avatars to fit your layouts Mask avatars using shapes or props Update the onscreen text, including font and resize Update backgrounds, including to transparent Make layout changes and rearrange scene order Adjust background music or sound effects Add your logo or a watermark Add your own scenes to combine or extend Add more images, props, items from the Shutterstock library, uploaded assets 💡 Pro Tip: Complete any updates to script, voice or avatar selection in Quick Edit first. Currently, avatar scripts generated with Vyond Go can only be edited in Quick Edit. We're working on enabling these edits in Vyond Studio soon, so please share your feedback on how this enhancement would help you. Learn more about avatar templates in Vyond Go > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Egg-sighting Stuff! Use this video template > I spy with my little eyesomething ear-resistible, something stirred.A hungry hippo, a hoppy hare, or perhaps a humming-bird.Grab your basket, your binoculars, and your clue cards,look for brightly-colored Easter eggs in the backyard! Here is a list of our newly added content: Easter content: Scene templates (Business Friendly): 4 scenes including Easter wishes and Easter egg huntScene templates (Contemporary): 3 scenes including Easter egg hunt cluesBackground (Business Friendly): 1 green field backgroundProps (Business Friendly): 21 props including bunnies eating, hopping, and performing high jumpsProps (Contemporary): 8 props including Easter eggs and egg basketsActions (Business Friendly): 2 Adult actions and 4 Kids actions for looking aroundActions (Contemporary): 1 Adult action for looking aroundCharacter Creator items (Business Friendly): 1 bunny ear headband for AdultsStock characters (Business Friendly): 4 kid characters with bunny ears Miscellaneous: Animal props: 77 props including a hippo sleeping, a tortoise hiding, and a leopard scratchingBinocular actions (Business Friendly):  2 Adult actions and 4 Kids actions for holding up and lowering binocularsBinocular actions (Contemporary): 2 Adult actions for holding up and looking through binoculars Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Eight Voices Added We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes eight new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: Kajal: English, India Roger: English, United States Xiaomeng: Chinese, Mandarin Yunxia: Chinese, Mandarin Yunze: Chinese, Mandarin Xiaobei: Chinese, Mandarin (Liaoning) Yunxi: Chinese, Mandarin (Sichuan) Learn more about voices in our help center article on text-to-speech > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Enhance Your Videos With Stock Assets From Shutterstock We have partnered with Shutterstock to make it easier for you to source royalty-free digital stock assets to use in your videos. Now, when you open the upload panel you’ll see additional options to find stock images, video and music from the Shutterstock catalog. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Enhanced Audio Rendering At Vyond, we make continual backend fixes to improve your workflow. The next time you add an audio track to the timeline, you will notice reduced loading time and an instant preview of any audio updates. Please reach out to our customer support team if you experience difficulties with audio rendering. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Enhanced Loading for the Video Listing Page Hundreds of videos in a single folder? No problem. With the infinite scrolling feature we just implemented, loading and interacting with the page will be smoother and faster. #### Equality vs Equity Template Equality vs Equity. Find this video template here > Equality and equity are terms that are used interchangeably since they aim to accomplish a similar goal, but they are very different in practice. Use this video/gif template to help visualize the fundamental differences between those two while also teaching your audience about other effective approaches to fairness and social change! About the Template Library You don’t need to make every video from scratch! The Template Library has videos pre-filled with backgrounds and props, ready for you to customize and add your own messaging. Browse the latest in our Template Library > #### Everything Captions in One Panel Captions help your videos reach a wider audience in different languages and environments. Now, there is a new and more efficient way to add, edit, manage styles, preview, and download your captions all in one panel within Vyond Studio! Open the ‘captions/notes’ panel from the icon in the top right corner. For videos without captions yet, you can choose to ‘auto-generate’, upload, or manually type in the captions. Captions with audio cues will also include the track names of audio files, music, and sound effects used. Videos with captions will see time-stamped text segments in the ‘captions’ panel. Simply click on the text or timestamp to edit them, and right-click on the text unit to select to add a line break or split the text into smaller intervals. Additionally, you can select to preview, download, delete captions from the top bar, and customize their font, color, and opacity in the caption style settings. Optimize your captioning workflow with Vyond’s latest caption editor. From adding captions to customizing their style, we cover everything you need in one panel to make your video accessible to a wider audience. Explore it now in Vyond Studio! *Please note this feature is in beta testing. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Expand Your Reach with Avatar Translation and Captioning Using Translate Video and the Export/Import Text tools in Vyond Studio, you can translate the entire video. This now also includes avatar text-to-speech scripts. Captions will automatically include generated captions for avatars. Thanks for your feedback on using avatars. As we further develop tools for using and editing avatars in Vyond Studio, please continue to share your feedback on how these enhancements can better support you. Learn more about the languages available for translation > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Explainer and Mixed Media Templates Find them in the template library here > Jump into a new project with one of these templates! This release features 14 new videos perfect for explainer and L&D topics across different character styles, and 36 new mixed media templates for corporate communication. You might also notice that all templates that include a mix of styles, like photos or video footage paired with graphics, can now be found using the Mixed Media topic filter. Try it out and see what you discover. Find them in the template library here > We update our template library regularly so make sure to check out the latest additions. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Explainer Templates for Marketing Video 1 – Events with Joel. Use this video template > Let Vyond’s impactful and informative explainer templates show off your products and services! Highlight your customers’ common pain points and introduce your offerings with one of these templates for online shopping, chatbot, and more. Video 2 – Sales with Carol. Use this video template > Video 3 – Customer reviews with Luna. Use this video template > Video 4 – Customer support with Warren. Use this video template > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Explainer Video Templates Quite simply, we know that video is the fastest way to explain a tricky topic. With this latest release we’ve added six new explainer videos to the template library, across a range of industries and topics, in our freshest and latest animation style. From eLearning to Healthcare, task prioritization to customer feedback processes, dive in and customize to get your message out there. Find them in the template library here > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Explore the Timeline Next time you launch the video maker, look out for some of our loading messages that offer useful tips. 1. Expand the timeline  Have you ever tried expanding the timeline? When you click on the arrow under the video icon, you can see more video editing tools. 2. Explore timeline controls The expanded timeline makes it easier to see when and for how long a moving asset appears in the scene. Drag the bars to change the timing on entrances, movements, and exits.  3. Adjust timing in the timeline The blue line indicates the duration of a Camera Movement or an asset’s Motion Path. You can adjust the timing by dragging the start or end points. 4. Use a shortcut to browse templates After you select a scene in the timeline, there is a keyboard shortcut you can use to open the scene templates panel. Windows: Ctrl + Shift + . Mac: Cmd + Shift + . Learn more about the feature in our help center article on adjust timing and camera movements in the timeline > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Fantasy for Contemporary Use this video template > Hear ye, hear ye! Beware of the fire-breathing dragons, thorny vines and poison apples lurking in the library, as there are new fantasy items added in Contemporary style.  Also, we’ve made two content enhancements in response to your feedback. The Business Friendly safety vest is now even more color-changeable, and we’ve replaced one of the dupe x-ray knee props with an x-ray foot. Drop us a note with your content feedback in the form below!  Here is a list of our newly added content: Scene templates (Contemporary): 4 templates, including a storybook openingBackgrounds (Contemporary): 5 backgrounds, including cave, castle interior and a magical forestProps (Contemporary): 78 props, including horse-drawn carriages, humvees, and painting itemsActions (Contemporary): including archery, pulling a sword from a stone, painting and getting trapped in vinesStock characters (Contemporary): 6 additional characters, including a King and QueenCharacter Creator items (Contemporary): 4 upper items, 2 lower, 1 pair of slippers, 5 headgear items including crowns and helmets, 1 protective visor (found under facial feature), Martial arts actions (Business Friendly): 5 for Adults and 3 for KidsMartial arts (Business Friendly): 1 upper item, 1 lower Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Favorite Voice List Save time by favoriting your most used text-to-speech voices! Next time you’re in Vyond Studio save your fave voices by tapping the ♡ ‘Heart’ icon. Find them later in the Favorites list. Additionally next time you generate the text-to-speech assigned to that character in other scenes of the video, the same voice and style settings will be applied. Learn more about text-to-speech favorites list > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### February Celebrations in Style Use this video template > Feeling lucky? Try adding lanterns, heart-shaped balloons and chocolate boxes to your party decor to celebrate Lunar New Year and Valentine’s Day in style! Here is a list of our newly added holiday content: Templates (Business Friendly): 6 templates including New Year and Valentine’s Day greetingsProps (Business Friendly): 27 props including Chinese paper cutting art, heart with arrow and chocolate heart boxStock characters (Business Friendly): 4 stock characters including characters in traditional Tang suitsCharacter Creator items (Business Friendly): 2 upper items including traditional Tang suitsTemplates: (Contemporary): 6 templates including New Year and Valentine’s Day greetingsProps (Contemporary): 9 props including gold coin, lucky charm and flowerWhiteboard: 3 templates including New Year and Valentine’s Day greetings Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Finance & Operations in a Fun Effective Way Video taps into visual thinking better than any other medium. As a result, abstract ideas like finance and operations become easy to understand. For example, it’s important to get expense reporting right. But, for many employees, expensing remains confusing and unclear. Explainer videos are an opportunity to make these policies easy to understand. Read on to find more ideas for finance and operations templates > #### Find Your Leprechaun in Vyond Studio Use this video template > There once was a man from KilkennyWho found Vyond assets a-plenty.From leprechauns greenTo a snowball fight scene,The videos he made were many! Here is a list of our newly added content: St. Patrick’s Day (Business Friendly): Scene templates: 4 scenes for St. Patrick’s Day celebrationsProps: 4 props including green beer and black beerActions: 6 actions for Adults, including drinking green beer, and 2 Irish dance actions for KidsCharacter Creator items: 3 items, including 1 leprechaun hat and 1 shamrock glasses for Adults, and 1 shamrock glasses for KidsStock characters: 3 characters including partygoer and office professional St. Patrick’s Day (Contemporary): Scene templates: 4 scenes for St. Patrick’s Day celebrationsProps: 3 props including green beer and shamrockActions: 6 actions including Irish dance and drinking black beerCharacter Creator items: 2 items including leprechaun hat and shamrock glassesStock characters: 3 characters including partygoer and office professional Winter content (Business Friendly): Scene templates: 4 scenes including ice skating and snow townBackgrounds: 5 backgrounds including frozen lake and ice rinkProps: 13 props including igloo and snowmanActions: 6 actions for Adults and Kids, including ice skating tricksCharacter Creator items: 1 pair of ice skatesStock characters: 6 ice skaters Winter content (Contemporary): Scene templates: 4 scenes including snowball fight and snow campProps: 3 props including ice skates and icicleActions: 5 actions, including snowball fights and ice skating tricksStock characters: 4 ice skaters Miscellaneous items: Props (Business Friendly): 1 pair of roller skatesProps (Contemporary): 1 pair of roller skatesCharacter Creator items (Business Friendly): 2 items including bagpiper’s hat and roller skatesCharacter Creator items (Contemporary): 3 items including bagpiper’s outfit and roller skatesActions (Contemporary): 2 actions for playing bagpipes Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Focus With Keyboard Shortcuts At Vyond, we strive to make our tools inclusive and user-friendly through continuous feature enhancements. We are excited to release some new keyboard shortcuts to make it easier and quicker to navigate around your web browser when using Vyond. The shortcuts allow you to focus on certain components on the page. Here is a table of our newly added keyboard shortcuts: ShortcutFunctionTabNext itemShift + TabPrevious item↑Move up↓Move down←Move left→Move rightEnterSelect itemEscClose menu or dialog boxSpaceSelect item, or scroll down a screenSpace + ShiftScroll up a screen Where you can use these shortcuts Currently, these keyboard shortcuts are available on the signup, login, and 'Your Videos' pages. As we continue to improve keyboard shortcuts, we will make them available across Vyond so stay tuned. Say goodbye to multiple button clicks and start navigating through Vyond using our latest keyboard shortcuts! Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Font Size & Alignment Control   Auto font size, fixed font size and vertical alignment are available in the Vyond Studio. Auto font size: When “Auto size” is checked (ON), text will be resized to fit into its selection box. By scaling the selection box, the font size will be changed automatically. Fixed font size: When “Auto size” is unchecked (OFF), the font size will follow the number in the input menu at all times. Vertical alignment: Other than horizontal alignment options, text can now be top-aligned, center-aligned and bottom-aligned within the selection box.   *Tip: Using keyboard ↑ ↓ arrow keys can increase or decrease the number in the input menu to the nearest 1px. #### Four More Presenter Templates We’ve added four more presenter videos to the template library. Pair them with screen recordings, videos of yourself speaking to the camera, or even an AI avatar. Find them in the template library here > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Freestyle Text to Image Update Vyond’s AI-powered text to image feature makes it easy to create backgrounds and objects for your videos. In the latest update, we’ve adjusted the style selector dropdown. Now you’ll find that when no specific style is selected, the generator can produce images in any kind of style, based on the description you enter – including 3D! There are six other art style references available in the dropdown, which make it easy for you to maintain a visual consistency upon multiple generations. Simply select from the dropdown: block print, paper art, gradient vector, colorist, photo realism or concept art! *Please note, text to image is available to users on Enterprise and Agency plans only. Learn more about text to image > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Fresh Learning and Development Video Ideas Just-in-time training is one of the biggest crazes in eLearning, and with good reason. Short consumable chunks of content that learners can access as soon as they need it, can boost retention and maximize engagement. Here’s a sample video used for training conference staff, giving employees everything they need for event success, wherever they watch it. Read on to find four more fresh ideas for L&D video strategy > #### From Static Slides to Vyond Videos Vyond is getting smarter in order to let you turn your presentation slides into an engaging video! Simply import one of your .pptx files and the images, videos, audio, and text will be extracted and put into a Vyond video ready for you to edit and make it your own. Add Vyond scene transitions, characters and text-to-speech to get your mission-critical content seen and heard effectively. Share Your Feedback: This feature is still in Beta. Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Fun Workspace Designs Use this video template > Where do you do your best work? Maybe you prefer to have meetings in a nook, take your calls in your study, or enjoy an office lounge with a slide! Check out our latest pack featuring workspaces at home and in the office. Here is a list of our newly added content in Business Friendly: Scenes: 24 scenes including office wall nook, meeting box, and living room Backgrounds: 12 backgrounds including spandrel and conference room Props: 106 props including arc lamp, aroma lamp, and egg chair swing Actions: 3 Adult actions for swinging, going down a slide, and hugging self Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Gamified Learning Scenes Turn your training program into an educational game with our gamified learning templates! You can customize this video by assigning the characters to your team members, modifying the text to craft your interactive dialogues, and sending your team on different challenges. Build game-design scenarios with Vyond’s Western-style content used in this video and create fun and learning. Learn more about interactive learning by combining Vyond with tools like Storyline from this webinar recording > Gamified learning scenes - Part 1 Use this video template > Gamified learning scenes - Part 2 Use this video template > Gamified learning scenes - Part 3 Use this video template > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Generate a Character From a Photo Simply upload a photo or take a selfie and VyondAI will generate a character based on the image. You’ll be able to quickly turn your coworkers into characters!  Share Your Feedback: This feature is in Beta. Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Generate Custom Actions Do you have specific actions you need your characters to play out? Vyond’s new AI-powered ‘Video to action’ feature allows you to dictate your characters’ movements exactly the way you want. Here’s how: Creating your own action First, film the action. Below are some tips for preparing your footage for best results: Set up your camera on a tripod to keep the video steady Film only one person at a time, with their face towards the camera Include the entire body in the frame Avoid wearing loose-fitting clothes so that the action can capture limbs, hands and feet more easily Save the video in mp4 format, keep it under ten seconds and no bigger than 100 MB Generating your custom action Inside Vyond Studio, add a Contemporary character to the stage and open the ‘Action’ toolbox. There, select to ‘Generate action’ and upload your action video footage. Once your custom action is ready, you can apply it to your character. Learn more about generating actions > *Please note, this feature is available to users on Professional, Enterprise and Agency plans only. It’s currently in Beta testing, you can leave feedback in the linked form below. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Generate Explainer Videos with “Talking Head” in Vyond Go Vyond Go’s new ‘Talking head’ layout makes it easy to create single-character videos with ease.  Talking head videos commonly feature a narrator speaking directly to a camera, making it easy for the audience to connect with the speaker. With Vyond Go, the ‘Talking head’ layout also includes a variety of customizable title cards using words from the script to help you better illustrate your ideas, making your video informative, structured, and engaging. Once your AI-generated video is ready, you can open Quick Edit mode to make any tweaks to your video script and title cards. Vyond Go is our latest AI-powered script and video creator that features a simple design and requires no video production or editing experience to get started. Use Vyond Go’s ‘Talking head’ option to easily create your next explainer, testimonial, and interview-style videos! Learn more about Vyond Go and Quick Edit from this article >  Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Generate Videos in Slack Have you tried Vyond’s Slack integration yet? Simply add Vyond to your Slack workspace to get started. Stay in the flow Create videos instantly by using the /vyond go command in any Slack channel or direct message. Vyond Go will get to work transforming your prompt into a video. With this update, you can download the video directly into slack and share it immediately! Or open it in Vyond Studio to add your personal touch. Learn more about Vyond for Slack > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Generate Your Own Props The next time you need a specific prop, you can be sure to find it! Simply search for the prop you want and select ‘Generate props’ in the content panel. You'll get four AI-generated props tailored to your search word in your uploads folder. Generated props are fully color-changeable and scalable. To get more results, simply repeat the process. By doing this, you can create an infinite library of props. They fit perfectly for Contemporary style, or mix and match with other Whiteboard and Business Friendly styles to try something new. Go from text to asset in no time. Try the magic of generative AI and create your personal library of props now! *Please note, this feature is available to users on Professional, Enterprise and Agency plans only. It’s currently in Beta testing, you can leave feedback in the linked form below. Learn more about generating your own props > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Get Cinematic With Long Tracking Shots Use this video template > Tracking shots often follow specific characters as they move through scenes in one continuous shot, but there are loads of exciting ways you can use tracking shots. Watch this tutorial to see how to recreate tracking shots in Vyond Studio! Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Get Color Suggestions in Vyond Studio Designing a color palette can be challenging. Luckily, Vyond’s latest color suggestions tool is here to simplify the process and help you find the perfect color combination for your designs. When you access the Color toolbox, you will find a range of ‘suggested shades’ color swatches in the ‘All Colors’ tab. Simply click on a color to add it to a palette or Quick Access. Creating a strong brand identity with a winning palette has never been easier! Learn more about custom color palettes > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Get Employees Engaged Use this video template > How do you ensure your employee newsletter gets its message across? Video, of course! Use this template to build your own engaging employee video-newsletter. Add your own updates for company milestones, team spotlights, news on new hires and job openings... and whatever else you want to share with your team! We created this video using 1:1 aspect ratio, which is easy to view on both desktop or mobile. Learn more about custom aspect ratio > #### Get Inspired - 4 Tricks to Make Rich Animation Creating rich animation with Vyond Studio is easy. Impress your audience with these tricks: Using animated props Switching character actions Using looping backgrounds Creating scene transitions with props  Trick 1 - Animated Props. Use this video template > Follow these steps: Search for a prop with a keyword. In your results. Thumbnails with a magnifier icon at the corner are static while those with a small play icon are animated. Preview props and pick your favorite one. Done!  Trick 2 - Switching Character Actions. Use this video template >  Follow these steps: Duplicate the character. Place the 2nd character on the same position as the 1st one. Change the action of the 2nd character. Expand the timeline. Select both characters and add the “instant” enter effect. Adjust the timing of the effects. Done!  Trick 3 - Looping Backgrounds. Use this video template >  Follow these steps: Search “animated” in the background panel. Select an animated background. Add an object in the middle of the scene. Done!  Trick 4 - Scene Transitions with Props. Use this video template >  Follow these steps: Prepare two scenes. Add a prop to the 1st scene. Scale it until it covers the whole stage. Copy the prop and paste it to the 2nd scene. Add the “slide left” enter effect to the prop in the 1st scene and delay its entering time. Go to the 2nd scene. Add the “slide left” exit effect to the prop and move the track to the beginning. Done! *Tip: You can use Asset View to replace props.  Share Your Feedback: We are experimenting with posting video production tips articles like this on the product release page. Please fill in a one-minute survey to help us continue providing you with high quality articles in the future. #### Get Inspired - Advanced Tricks for Creating Movement *Refer to Chapter 1 in the video Ready to try out some advanced tricks in your next video? These tips will show you how to use animated props with static props, simple shapes to imply movement, and use camera and motion path effects together. Trick 1 - Combine animated and static props to set the scene The prop library contains plenty of animated props, which can be used together with static props. To try this yourself: Open up the Prop library and select the “Subway window” prop.  For this tutorial, right click on the prop and select Flip, to see the animation go from right to left. Add your character to the scene. Use a rectangle prop in the same color as the background to hide anything not visible from outside the train. *Note: To make a shape longer or wider, hold down the shift key and pull the edges to the desired length. Trick 2 -  Use simple shapes to create depth perception Assets in the foreground are closer, so they seem bigger and move much faster. In this example, three long rectangles help create the appearance of the train passing through trees. To try this yourself: Choose rectangle or trapezoid props.  To resize them, hold the shift key and pull the edges longer. Group these together to the right of the stage. Use a Motion Path effect to move them to the left of the stage. Learn more about motion path in this tutorial > Trick 3 - Vary the size and speed of motion You make a scene richer by adding depth levels. In the foreground, items appear larger and move faster. Background items are smaller and slower. In this example, the train moves faster, so it has a longer motion path. To try this yourself: Use props to arrange a scene.  Resize the props at the back to appear smaller, and the props at the front to be larger. Create a Motion Path for each group, moving the items from right to left. Except for the train, which is moving from left to right and off the stage. Trick 4 - Use camera movements to follow the subject Draw attention to the subject by making sure the camera is focusing on the right thing. To try this yourself: Add a camera movement by clicking the camera icon in the toolbar and select Add Camera. Focus the frame over the start point for the subject, in this example it’s the train. Select Add Camera Movement and place the frame over the subject end point. Learn more about creating and adjusting camera movements in this tutorial > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey to help us continue providing you with high quality Vyond Studio experience in the future. #### Get Inspired - Continue Scene   Under the “Add scene” menu, you can find three options: Choose template, Continue Scene and Add Blank Scene. Do you know what “Continue Scene” is used for? “Continue Scene” is very useful to create richer scenarios and stories. When using “Continue Scene”, the position of characters in the new scene matches where the motion path ended in the previous one. The camera angle also starts where it left off in the previous scene. Watch the above video and see how it works. #### Get Inspired - Control Timing with the Expanded Timeline   Adjusting the timing of every single effect can be time consuming. With the expanded timeline in the Vyond Studio, you can easily control the timing of different effects and motions. Watch the above video and see how it works. You can also feature multiple character actions in one scene with the expanded timeline. Learn more from this article >   Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey to help us continue providing you with high quality Vyond Studio experience in the future. #### Get Inspired - Creating Depth of Field in Vyond   Depth of field is the blurring and focusing between the closest object and the furthest object and is a visual effect that is commonly seen in photography and cinema. It’s an effect that you can use when you want to make something stand out by creating a distance between the foreground and background objects.   In the above video, the title is in focus, and everything else gradually loses focus. Keep reading to find out how to recreate this effect in Vyond Studio! Follow these steps: Select the component you want to blur. Add the "Blur" exit effect. Make the effect duration longer than the scene duration. For example, 9s for the effect duration and 8s for the scene duration. Done! You can also add motion path to create a little bit of parallax effect. Use this video template to start >   Share Your Feedback: We are experimenting with posting video production tips articles like this on the product release page. Please fill in a one-minute survey to help us continue providing you with high quality articles in the future. #### Get Inspired - Creating Slow Motion Scenes  Slow motion is a great effect to add to your videos, and simple to do in Vyond Studio. You might use slow motion to show action replay, make a scene more intense, or to highlight an important moment of the story.  To try this yourself: Set the scene. In this example we are using shapes grouped as popcorn, a forcefield prop, and a character. Select the popcorn and apply Motion Path. Move the transparent copy of the popcorn asset to the next position, and rotate it 45 degrees in the direction of motion.  Add a Camera Movement, framing the dark orange rectangle over the popcorn start position. Add a second Camera Movement, framing the lighter orange rectangle to focus on the end destination of the popcorn.  Select the character and the forcefield, and apply Motion Path in the opposite direction of the Camera Movement. In the timeline, adjust the duration of the scene to 4 seconds. Ensure the Motion Path for all props are the same length as the scene duration. Done! Use this video template to start > Learn more about the timeline in our help center article on adjust timing and camera movements >   Top tips: The trick to making slow motion look good in your video is to ensure the action is obviously slower than normal. Two seconds may not sound quick, but in real life speeding popcorn moves faster. To really make the slow motion scene stand out, put it in between two normal-speed scenes and the contrast will be noticeable.  Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Get Inspired - Customization  Have you ever missed any of these useful features? Check out these articles and see how they work: Upload files Character Creator Global Edit (Asset View) (Available to our Professional Plan subscribers only) Save as Template (Save Scene) Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey to help us continue providing you with high quality Vyond Studio experience in the future. #### Get Inspired - From Slides to Videos  Have you ever missed any of these useful features? Check out these articles and see how they work: Animated Assets Effects Motion Path Camera Movements Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey to help us continue providing you with high quality Vyond Studio experience in the future. #### Get Inspired - Staggering Enter Effects  *Refer to Chapter 2 in the video We have put together some of our favorite advanced techniques for you to try in Vyond Studio. By combining simple shapes into groups and using delay on the enter effects, you can create a sense of wonder in your next video. Step 1 - Geometric shapes are your building blocks The library has many geometric shapes, which can be used together to create something more complex. These houses are made using just 4 shapes from the prop library.  To try this yourself: Open up the Prop library and pick a shape, like an arch or square. To make a shape longer or wider, hold down the shift key and pull the edges to the desired length. Experiment with different shapes and color combinations to make a house. Step 2 - Group items and organize into rows To create the sense of an aerial view over town roads, we line up a row of houses in the order we want them to appear. To try this yourself: Drag your cursor around the shapes that make up one house, and right click. In the drop down menu select Group. Now it’s easier to move each house as one item. Repeat the last two steps for each house. Organise the houses into rows. Decide which row will be in the front, middle, or back. Learn more about how to group and ungroup props or other assets in this tutorial >   Step 3 - Set the enter effects In the timeline, set the enter effects so that each row enters at a different time. To try this yourself: Drag your cursor to select a row of houses. Set the Enter Effect to Slide - Up. In the timeline adjust the entry time for these items. Repeat steps for the next rows, but this time with a longer delay. Press Preview to see how. Learn more about using enter and exit effects in this tutorial > You can see in the example below, the first row of houses enter earlier (shown in purple) and those behind enter later (highlighted in green). Step 4 - Set camera movement The final step in creating this effect involves using the camera movement to tilt up.  To try this yourself: Select the Camera feature and set the frame on the front row. Add a Camera Movement above the first frame so that the movement finishes on the last row. Adjust the timing and preview the result. Learn more about how to use camera movement in this tutorial >   Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey to help us continue providing you with high quality Vyond Studio experience in the future. #### Get Inspired - Talking Characters  Have you ever missed any of these useful features? Check out these articles and see how they work: Text-to-Speech Lip Sync Expressions & Actions Add Real Voice Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey to help us continue providing you with high quality Vyond Studio experience in the future. #### Get Moving With Motion Path Templates Video 1 – The Everyday. Use this video template> Ready to give our new motion path a spin? We made three short videos to give you a taste of our new multi-point motion path. Follow the links to open them as templates in Vyond Studio.   Video 2 – Travel. Use this video template>   Video 3 – Nature. Use this video template> #### Get Your Props Talking! Use this video template > We receive a lot of requests for tutorials on talking props. You can finally cross this off your Christmas list!  #### Google Docs and More Integrations Giving you more ways to work, you can now create videos directly in Google Docs with Vyond.  How it works Install the Vyond add-on from the Google Workspace Marketplace. Choose the Google account you would like to connect to Vyond and sign in.  From the side panel of your Google Doc, select the Vyond Go icon and turn your prompts or document content into engaging videos. It’s a simple, streamlined way to make your ideas more dynamic and impactful. Available to all Vyond users (except Vyond for Government), this integration is designed to help you create videos effortlessly while enhancing your existing workflow.  See more integrations and apps you can use with Vyond >  Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Google Voices Added to Library Vyond’s added 30 new multilingual, ultra high quality text-to-speech voices. Available on Enterprise and Agency plans, these voices are powered by Google Chirp 3 HD, bringing natural-sounding narration to 30+ languages and accents. As each voice can speak multiple languages, it's easier than ever to create more authentic content for global audiences.   Here is a list of our newly added ultra high quality voices from Google: Multilingual: Achernar Multilingual: Achird Multilingual: Algenib Multilingual: Algieba Multilingual: Alnilam Multilingual: Aoede Multilingual: Autonoe Multilingual: Callirrhoe Multilingual: Charon Multilingual: Despina Multilingual: Enceladus Multilingual: Erinome Multilingual: Fenrir Multilingual: Gacrux Multilingual: Kore Multilingual: Lapetus Multilingual: Laomedeia Multilingual: Leda Multilingual: Orus Multilingual: Puck Multilingual: Pulcherrima Multilingual: Rasalgethi Multilingual: Sadachbia Multilingual: Sadaltager Multilingual: Schedar Multilingual: Sulafat Multilingual: Umbriel Multilingual: Vindemiatrix Multilingual: Zephyr Multilingual: Zubenelgenubi *Please note, ultra high quality voices are available to users on Enterprise and Agency plans only. Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Grid and Safe Area Line Guides You now have the option to use line guides in Vyond Studio, making it even easier to compose balanced scenes in your next video. You can find the Guides menu on the right side of the stage just above the timeline, with the option to show 'Grid' and 'Safe Area' lines. Grid Select ‘Grid’ to see a rule-of-thirds composition overlay. The lines help you to see the stage divided equally into three rows and three columns. Safe Area The ‘Safe Area’ line guides act as stage margins to show where you can be sure text and actions won’t get cropped off, even if the video is viewed in a different screen size. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Group Cropped and Masked Assets We heard your feedback, and we’re thrilled to share that you can now group cropped and masked assets together! This highly requested update streamlines your workflow by allowing you to animate more complex scenes. Learn more about grouped assets > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Hala and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 5 new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: Arabic, Gulf: Hala Finnish, Finland: Suvi Norwegian, Norway: Ida Polish, Poland: Ola Swedish, Sweden: Elin Learn more about voices in our help center article on text-to-speech > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Halloween Party Invites With spooky season here, lean into pumpkins and potions with these Halloween invites, featuring animated props with eyes and mouths that can lip sync to any text. There are cauldrons and potions, candles and hats, pumpkins and skulls, tombstones, and a big moon! Use the templates to customize for your own invite, or pull the props out to tell your own stories. Find them in the template library here >   Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Hand Gestures Use this video template > Raise your hand if you're happy for more hand gestures! 🙋‍♀️ New content in this release includes a wide selection of color-adaptable hand gestures, so you can swipe, point, pinch and poke to your heart's content. Here is a list of our newly added content: Martial arts characters (Business Friendly): 4 stock charactersKaffiyeh enhancement (Business Friendly): The kaffiyeh items in the Character Creator have been enhanced to be a bit longerHand gestures (Business Friendly): 120 props including writing gestures, palms up and many more #### Happy Easter and Healthcare Templates Happy Easter. Find this video template here > Have yourself a happy hoppy Easter. This video template could also be adjusted to celebrate the first day of spring! Replace the props and text with your custom message. Healthcare. Find this video template here > About the Template Library You don’t need to make every video from scratch! The Template Library has videos pre-filled with backgrounds and props, ready for you to customize and add your own messaging. Browse the latest in our Template Library > #### Happy Holidays Video Template (Business Friendly)   Use this video template > #### Happy Holidays Video Template (Contemporary)   Use this video template > #### Headwear Enhancement for Contemporary Use this video template > Next time you add headwear and hats to your Contemporary characters, you’ll notice the hairstyles adjust better for a perfect fit. Learn more about the Character Creator > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Healthcare and Volunteer Advocacy To celebrate National Volunteer Month throughout April and World Health Day on April 7th, we have created a series of empowering scenes to recognize those who volunteer and support others in their communities, and help raise awareness about health. Additionally, we have 2 new content packs containing scenes of a trendy and a modern office. Templates for National Volunteer Month, observed throughout April. Event invitations Volunteer certificate Templates for World Health Day, observed on April 7th. Event invitations Quotes and inspiration Trendy and modern office content packs. We update our template library regularly so make sure you check the page to see our latest additions! Use templates to create a video > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Healthcare Content Pack We have added content packs featuring new characters and scenes covering the healthcare industry. Find it by searching for ‘healthcare’ in the template library. We update our template library regularly so make sure to check out the latest additions. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Healthcare Scenes Content Pack The latest video in the template library further expands the selection of healthcare scenes with the latest content pack. Featuring characters in scrubs, a pharmacy scene, a hospital emergency sign and many more. Find this template in the template library here > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Healthcare Templates Whether you're a clinic administrator, medical trainer, or healthcare educator, these templates are for you: designed specifically for healthcare communication. Two new templates featuring scenes and characters related to healthcare. Showcase digital health innovations with a professional, polished template perfect for demonstrating healthcare technology solutions. Easy to update visuals with your own app screenshots! Find them in the template library here > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Healthcare, Biotech and Pharma Content for Business Friendly Use this video template > With the world's eyes on healthcare to move us forward from the pandemic, we are adding a bumper pack of content related to the healthcare, biotech and pharma industries in Business Friendly style, including laboratory props, templates and actions. Here is a list of our newly added content: 9 templates7 backgrounds141 props40 actions for Adults2 actions for KidsCharacter Creator items for Adults and Kids, including 1 Upper, 1 Lower, 1 Feet, 1 Hair, 1 Accessory4 stock characters Share Your Feedback:Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Help Panel Enhancements We’ve added two new links to the help panel.  Template Library Looking to save time? The template library has a selection of pre-made videos to choose from. Customize them to your brand and message, add unique media, or use the templates exactly as they are. Community If you have a Premium or Professional plan you will see a link to our Vyond Maker Community. Join the community to connect, discover, and share your work. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Higher Resolution GIF Options for Download Get sharper, clearer animated GIFS with our new high-resolution export options. Download GIFs in 600px or 720px resolution to maintain quality across more screen sizes and platforms. Perfect for presentations, social media, and digital communications that demand better visual clarity. Learn more about export options > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Holi and More Narration Content Packs In celebration of Holi, we have created a short and sweet video greeting you can use for your festival greetings. Search for "Holi" in the template library to find it. We continue to expand our library narration templates mixed with real-life elements to offer more realistic elements in your videos. Check out the different layouts in these content packs and quickly repurpose them for future projects! A small note that some of these videos feature Shutterstock photos, which are available on Professional, Agencies and Enterprise plans only. We update our template library regularly so make sure you check the page to see our latest additions. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Holiday GIFs and Autoservice Content Packs This content release includes five new diverse holiday-themed videos and two content packs featuring scenes from vehicle showroom and autoservice bay. Our holiday videos are designed to help keep your holiday greetings short, sweet, and innovative! Some of them can be used as GIFs. What’s more? They come in different aspect ratios, making it easier than ever to share your GIFs across different social media platforms and in emails. We update our template library regularly so make sure you check the page to see our latest additions! Learn more about making GIFs with Vyond > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Home and Beauty Content for Business Friendly Use this video template> We’ve added loads more content related to home and beauty in Business Friendly style. You’ll find new templates for online shopping, home spa, self-care and grooming routines. Here is a list of our newly added content: Templates: 12 related to home and beauty, 5 related to city and community Backgrounds: 4 including bedroom and living roomProps: 79 including homeware itemsActions: 42 including shaving, applying makeup and combing hairSpa Character Creator items: 1 towel wrap for hair, 1 face mask accessoryStock characters: 11 characters #### Home and Infographic Templates We have added one new home scene content pack to the library with modern colors. Additionally, our template library has a new set of infographic templates created with various charts, diagrams, and timelines to help you visualize business statistics, workflow, planning, and much more! Look up ‘infographic’ or ‘data visualization’ to find them. We update our template library regularly so make sure you check the page to see our latest additions. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experience #### Home and Office Content with a New Look We've added two more content packs to the template library, one for ‘home’ and one for ‘office’ scenes. These scenes are designed with more realistic background colors and a fun series of new characters you can try out in your videos. Do leave your feedback on these new styles! We update our template library regularly so make sure to check out the latest additions. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Home Revamp Puts Tools Up Front We’re thrilled to introduce a refreshed Home page, designed to make creating videos smoother and more intuitive than ever. As the only all-in-one AI video creation platform, Vyond offers a variety of tools to suit your needs. Whether you’re telling stories, explaining concepts, or crafting engaging social media content, we’ve spotlighted our favorite tools on the Home page. This streamlined layout ensures a clear, effortless path to video making.Learn more about Home page > Vyond Go First launched in 2023, Vyond Go has come a long way—and it’s all thanks to your feedback! We’ve been hard at work refining the experience to make it even more tailored to your needs. You’re now able to set your own script, upload a document to extract key information or use your document as a scrolling background. You can even paste a website URL to transform content into a video, and select your favorite characters before generation. Available on all plans. Learn more > AI avatars Versatile and diverse, search our library or even create your own custom AI avatar. Only minutes to create, but easy to scale, these AI avatars lend a friendly face to videos and help bring your story to life. Available on all plans with the purchase of avatar access. Learn more > Text to image Create an image generated to your specifications, which can be used as a prop, image, or background in a video! Available on Professional, Enterprise and Agency plans. Learn more > Character Creator Customizable characters are perfect for branding, storytelling, and scalability. You can create a cast of characters to act out scenes. Try using photo to character to speed up character creation! Available on all plans. Learn more > Record screen Record up to 4 minutes of footage that you can use straight away in Vyond Studio. Perfect for demonstrations, sales pitches or training videos for new hires. Available on all plans. Learn more > Text to speech Get polished, professional audio for your communication projects! You can download generated text to speech audio only as an mp3. Voices available on all plans. Ultra high quality voices available on Enterprise and Agency plans. Learn more > Remove background Simply drag an image or upload a photo. Vyond AI will instantly remove the background from your images. Once your image with a transparent background is ready, you can download it or upload a new one. Available on all plans. Learn more > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Home Scenes We’ve received a lot of positive feedback about the latest animation styles. With this release we’ve put together a content pack with a selection of home and lifestyle scenes featuring this style which features characters with fluidity and momentum. Find it in the template library here > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Housing Big and Small Use this video template > We created a video template for a fictional realtor app, showcasing our housing templates and using different size formats so you can see how one template can be adjusted for different screens. Adjust this template with your own content to promote your app for online shopping, travel planning or more! See how our aspect ratio tool can adapt to different screen sizes in the video templates below. Find Your Perfect Home (1:1). Use this video template > Find Your Perfect Home (9:16). Use this video template > Learn more about video layouts in our help center article on aspect ratio > #### How Can We Help You?   The newly designed help panel assists you in getting familiar with Vyond Studio. It contains useful video making tips accessible at your finger tips. Click on the question mark icon in the top bar. The help panel will appear on the right hand side. There you can follow different tutorials and explore tips while creating or managing videos. Enjoy making videos with Vyond Studio! Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey to help us continue providing you with high quality Vyond Studio experience in the future. #### Human Resources Explainer Videos Human Resources has long relied on heavy documentation to keep employees up-to-date on the what’s-what. But boring booklets don’t capture the attention nor aid retention like video does. Read on to find more tips and tricks for using video in Human Resources > #### Icons and Extra COVID-19 Props Use this video template> We’ve added new props to the library covering all kinds of icons, such as ‘Subscribe’, ‘Follow’ and a ‘Live stream effect’. There are 44 of these marketing and networking icons in Business Friendly and 40 in Contemporary.  Here is a list of other newly added content: COVID-19 mini-pack (Business Friendly): 19 props, 4 actions for adults, 1 face decoration CC itemCOVID-19 mini-pack (Contemporary): 14 props, 2 actionsOffice stretching (Business Friendly): 6 props, 40 actions for adults, 2 actions for kidsOffice stretching (Contemporary): 5 props, 33 actionsAC related content (Business Friendly): 14 props, 2 actions for both kids and adultsAC related content (Contemporary): 7 props #### Ideas for Customer Support Videos By bringing engaging, on-demand content into your help center, you can empower customers to solve their problems without creating a new ticket. This video from the Vyond Help Center offers bite-size customer education that is engaging, memorable, and rewarding to watch. By communicating with visuals and voice, too, you can communicate complex ideas in an easy-to-understand format. Read on to find more tips, tricks and templates for making Customer Support Videos > #### Improved Caption Support We’ve made key updates to enhance caption support. You can now toggle closed captions on and off directly in the Vyond player.  In Vyond Studio, the Show in preview option allows you to preview captions without impacting exports. When downloading, you can choose to burn captions into videos or download them separately for more flexibility. Not only that, but now it’s also easier to download captions. For videos that already have captions created, you can select to download them from the homepage. These updates are designed to give you more flexibility and control over how captions are used. Enhancements are part of our ongoing effort to improve accessibility and streamline workflows, ensuring Vyond continues to support you in creating engaging content, with more improvements on the way! Learn more about captions > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Improved Color Contrast for Easier Reading At Vyond, one of our priorities is to make our product easy to use and accessible. Hence, we are happy to announce an improved overall color contrast across our video lists and within the Studio, so that text and icons stand out more and are easier to read, see, and understand. Check out our new look in Vyond Studio. We are continuously adding accessibility improvements, so stay tuned for more! Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Improved Lip Sync (Updated) On May 27 we released two improvements for lip sync. We are removing "control mouth size" for further adjustments. This will only affect videos with lip sync opened in the studio since May 27. Next time you open these videos in the studio, they will not have the "control mouth size" logic. Background noise The lip sync tool is now better at identifying background noise, so the mouth will not move for low level noises. Control mouth size (Removed) We’ve made it so that when you adjust the lip sync audio’s volume the mouth will change accordingly. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Improved Onboarding (Updated) April 2022: This onboarding flow was originally published in May 2021 but the flow has since been updated. We’ve overhauled our onboarding flow for new users. If you’re on a team account, here are some of the improvements your newest team members will see when they create their account: 1. New landing page Once a user has activated their Vyond account, they will see three options to get started. They can jump straight into making videos in Vyond Studio, create a character in the Character Creator, or head to the Template Library for video inspiration. 2. Add character to a video For those who head to the Character Creator first, after they save their character they will be able to add it to a scene. Then they can follow the quick tutorial on how to make videos in Vyond Studio. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Improved Search Bar Speeds Up Productivity When you’re in a hurry to get things done, you don’t want a typo slowing you down. We took a look at the top 200 search terms that led to zero results in our library, and found that 11% of those were because of typos. Now, our enhanced search feature provides suggestions for common typos. And there’s more! If there are no results in the animation style you’re browsing, the panel will tell you when there are results in one of the other style tabs. We expect this new enhancement will help you find the right props faster, so you can make videos with even more ease. #### Improvements to AI Avatar Backgrounds Background removal for 600+ of our stock avatars has been improved! This upgrade significantly improves edge detection and contour preservation, ensuring professional-grade results on all HeyGen avatars. It’s now much easier to seamlessly modify backgrounds to your liking, while maintaining the precise details of avatar hair and outfits, creating more polished and versatile video content. Download videos in WebM format to maintain the transparency and use across banners, presentations or add them to other videos! Learn more about AI avatars > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Inclusivity in the Workplace Use this video template > Celebrate pride month and promote diversity and inclusivity in the workplace with our new HR and LGBTQ+ content. Here is a list of our newly added content: HR content scenes (Contemporary): 41 scenes including company values, team structure, and staff introductionHR content props (Contemporary): 12 props including clipboard, organization chart lines, and toilet doorBackgrounds (Contemporary): 2 backgrounds including speed lines and circuit boardLGBTQ+ actions (Business Friendly): 2 actions for Adults, including waving a rainbow flagLGBTQ+ Character Creator items (Business Friendly): 40 Adult items including rainbow tee, nose with piercing, and half bun, and 8 Kids items including rainbow and heart-shaped glasses for KidsCharacters (Business Friendly): 8 characters including LBGTQ+ characters and rocker Note: A small reminder that many of our assets are color-changeable, including all the rainbow tee and rainbow glasses Character Creator items! Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Information Security Awareness Template Information Security Awareness. Find this video template here > Use this template to teach employees why information security is important and share best practices for avoiding data breaches. You can easily replace the voiceover recording and/or the text to add information about your company’s security policies. About the Template Library You don’t need to make every video from scratch! The Template Library has videos pre-filled with backgrounds and props, ready for you to customize and add your own messaging. Browse the latest in our Template Library > #### Insurance Sales Pitch Use this video template > This video template uses grouped assets to convey topics on insurance sales. From investment payments, medical bills, car repair costs, and other expenses try out the scenes and grouped assets in this video to make your own insurance sales pitch video. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Internal Communications: Double Your Impact with Video Build an effective internal communications strategy with one of the most powerful internal communications tools in any employer’s toolkit: video. This year, Vyond is dealing you in with 52 ideas to improve how you communicate. We’ve got four inspiring examples of how to use video as an internal communications tool. Read on to find more tips, tricks and templates for using video as an internal communications tool > #### Introducing the Media Library Access all of your props and characters - right where you need them. The new media library panel makes it easy to look through all of your videos to find things that you’ve used in the past then drop them into the video you’re working on! Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Introducing Your Team   Use this video template > Video is a useful tool you can integrate into your onboarding procedures. Whether it’s to introduce the whole team, or help other departments get familiar with one another, this video template makes it easy to swap in your own co-workers and introductions. Tips for using this template In the opening segment introduce your team with a short description of what the department or company doesThe video explains what a team member does in their individual role as well as giving an overall snapshot of the team’s workflow for greater contextConsider adding some fun facts about the team Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Isabelle in Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes one new voice for you to use. Here is our newly added voice: French, Belgium: Isabelle Learn more in our help center article on text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Japan Content Pack From sushi to Mount Fuji and plenty in between, the Japan content pack has arrived! This year we've seen a great wave of requests for content relating to Japan. So we've created this bumper collection of backgrounds, props, clothing items, and actions. The team behind the creation of these new items are all dreaming of visiting Japan now, and their level of ramen consumption has drastically increased! Here is a list of our newly added Japan content in Business Friendly: Props: 174 props, including a bullet train, traffic lights, household items Backgrounds: 9 backgrounds, including shops and travel locations Character Creator items: 15 upper items, 8 lower items, 6 feet items, 8 face decoration items, including yukata and uniforms Actions for Adults: 37 new actions for adults, including using a fan and giving a business card with both hands In the showreel templates below you'll also find: 15 template scenes for Japanese locations96 characters wearing outfits from this release Templates and characters. Use this video template >   Props, actions and backgrounds. Use this video template > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Jimena and More Voices from WellSaid Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 31 new voices from WellSaid for anyone on an Enterprise plan to use. Here is a list of our newly added ultra high quality voices: Spanish, Mexico: Jose E. Spanish, Mexico: Jimena S. Spanish, Mexico: Jessica V. Spanish, Mexico: Hannah A. Spanish, Mexico: Antony A. German, Germany: Mia S. German, Germany: Marvin D. German, Germany: Luka P. German, Germany: Lotte B. German, Germany: Kristine R. German, Germany: Jonas L. German, Germany: Hilbert R. German, Germany: Eva F. German, Germany: Eckart W. German, Germany: Ajona D. English, India: Veer S. English, India: Spiti V. English, India: Rohini B. English, India: Rachin K. English, India: Aakash K. English, United Kingdom: Melissa V. English, United Kingdom: Frankie P. English, United Kingdom: Benedict M. English, Australia: Robert M. English, Australia: Sonny G. English, Australia: Lara G. English, United States: Tosh M. English, United States: Rayna C. English, United States: Lulu G. English, United States: Lyric K. English, United States: Jennie V. Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Kazuha and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 4 new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: Japanese, Japan: Kazuha Japanese, Japan: Tomoko English, United States: Ruth English, United States: Stephen Learn more about voices in our help center article on text-to-speech > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Keyboard Shortcuts Help You Work Quickly  Looking for simple tricks to save time and effort with your work? We’ve integrated keyboard shortcut hints into the dropdown menu, giving you greater visibility into where and how you can use keyboard controls to perform common actions. Check out our help center article on keyboard shortcuts > #### Laila S. and More WellSaid Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 36 new voices from WellSaid voices for you to use in Arabic, Persian and Turkish. Here is a list of our newly added voices: Arabic, UAE: Abdullah S. Arabic, UAE: Ali S. Arabic, UAE: Amal S. Arabic, UAE: Amany S. Arabic, UAE: Amina S. Arabic, UAE: Aysha S. Arabic, UAE: Bassel S. Arabic, UAE: Fahed S. Arabic, UAE: Fatima S. Arabic, UAE: Hamdan S. Arabic, UAE: Hamed S. Arabic, UAE: Hedi S. Arabic, UAE: Iman S. Arabic, UAE: Ismael S. Arabic, UAE: Jamal S. Arabic, UAE: Laila S. Arabic, UAE: Laith S. Arabic, UAE: Layla S. Arabic, UAE: Maryam S. Arabic, UAE: Moaz S. Arabic, UAE: Mouna S. Arabic, UAE: Noura S. Arabic, UAE: Omar S. Arabic, UAE: Rami S. Arabic, UAE: Rana S. Arabic, UAE: Reem S. Arabic, UAE: Saleh S. Arabic, UAE: Salma S. Arabic, UAE: Sana S. Arabic, UAE: Shakir S. Arabic, UAE: Taim S. Arabic, UAE: Zariyah S. Persian, Iran: Dilara S. Persian, Iran: Farid S. Turkish, Turkey: Ahmet S. Turkish, Turkey: Emel S. Learn more about text-to-speech > *Please note, this feature is available to users on Enterprise and Agency plans only. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Landscape Thumbnails for Text Assets and Backgrounds   The orientation of thumbnails under the Text Asset panel and the Background panel have changed to landscape. It reflects exactly how the assets will be displayed on the stage. #### Larger Thumbnails for List View Thanks for all your feedback on our list view enhancement. In response, we have made thumbnails larger so you can see more at a glance. Learn more about our list view enhancement in this article > #### Laura and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 5 new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: Dutch, Netherlands: Laura Chinese, Cantonese: Xiaomin, Yunsong Chinese, Mandarin: Xiaotong, Yunzhe Learn more about voices in our help center article on text-to-speech > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Learning and Development and Outdoor Content Use this video template > Employee training can happen virtually, in the office, and outdoors. Our latest learning and development content will help you curate materials for training courses and encourage professional development in the workplace. Need new ideas for team-building activities? Why not use our outdoor content to take things outdoors to the country parks and rivers for some outdoor games and challenges? Finally, to add the cherry on top, use our various new talking actions to make your characters more interesting! Here is a list of our newly added content: Learning and development content (Business Friendly): Scenes: 24 scenes including training workshop, virtual learning, and conference call Backgrounds: 10 backgrounds including green screen studio and lecture hall Props: 21 props including overhead projector and projector screen Outdoor content (Business Friendly): Scenes: 16 scenes including camping, canoeing and country park Backgrounds: 3 backgrounds including river and park Props: 8 props including waterfall, campfire spit and campfire Actions: 3 actions for Adults, including fishing and holding item Talking actions (Contemporary): Actions: 52 actions including talking and listening while feeling annoyed, excited, nervous, depressed and more Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Leave Notes on Your Videos Vyond is making video production collaboration more seamless and effective. Watch this video to see how our new notes panel makes it easy to jot down ideas, leave comments, and compare your notes with the video design. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Legacy Video Maker Retired It’s time to wave farewell to our Legacy Video Maker, which was retired on December 19, 2019 and is no longer supported. Instead, we will be focusing on Vyond Studio, our newer and fastest-yet video maker. For more information about the retirement of the Legacy Video Maker, see this blog post. #### Leisure Content Pack Use this video template > Spring is a great time to unplug and reconnect with friends and nature. From game night to surfing waves, kick back and relax with our new leisure content pack! Here is a list of our newly added content: Scenes (Business Friendly): 13 scenes including fishing, canoeing, and bird watchingScenes (Business Friendly): 13 scenes including caring for plants, knitting, and hanging outBackground (Business Friendly): 15 backgrounds including sauna room, forest, and riverProps (Business Friendly): 132 props including potted succulents, skate ramp, and hammockActions (Business Friendly): 80 actions for Adults, including trekking uphill and doing dumbbell sumo deadlift squats, and 2 actions for Kids, including kneeling and lying downCharacter Creator items (Business Friendly): 19 items for Adults, including life jacket with t-shirt, and pants with harness and chalk bagStock characters (Business Friendly): 16 characters including climber, hiker, and kayaker Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Leveled Soundtracks Great news, we have cleaned up our audio library! All background music and sound effect tracks are now at the same volume level. This will only affect new videos made with library audio moving forward and won’t impact existing videos. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Like, Share, Follow and Subscribe! Use this video template > With the new outro templates in your next video you'll keep your audience engaged and coming back for more of your fantastic content! Here is a list of our newly added content: Templates (Business Friendly): 4 video outro templates Templates (Contemporary): 5 video outro templates Prop (Business Friendly): 1 rectangle you can use for masking Prop (Contemporary): 1 wiggly shape Actions (Business Friendly): 7 actions including talking on the phone Actions (Contemporary): 6 actions including daydreaming Character Creator (Business Friendly): 4 upper items for outfits related to food manufacturing Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Lisa and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 3 new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: Dutch, Belgium: Lisa Serbian, Latin: Nicholas Serbian, Latin: Sophie Additionally, we have updated the names of 2 existing Serbian voices for clarity and ease of use in Cyrillic: Serbian, Cyrillic: Nicholas Serbian, Cyrillic: Sophie Learn more about voices in our help center article on text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Lock Assets to the Stage A top-requested feature is making its debut: lock assets to the stage! Select the assets you would like to lock to the stage then right click to open the menu to see the Lock option. You can unlock the same way, or try the keyboard shortcuts. This feature makes things much easier when you have lots of assets on the stage during video production. Keyboard shortcuts WindowsMacLock - Control + LUnlock - Control + LUnlock all - Shift + Control + LLock - ⌘ Command + LUnlock - Control + LUnlock all - Shift + ⌘ Command + L Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Long Hair Enhancement Use this video template > We've listened to your feedback and improved the realism of the Contemporary style long hair by adding a back hair layer. These hairstyles now hang more naturally! Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Longer Lab Coats and Other Clothes We've added a selection of new Character Creator components, including three new hats and longer lab coats for medical settings.Here is a list of our newly added content: Plain shirts (Business Friendly): 3 upper itemsLonger length lab coat (Business Friendly): 2 lower itemsLonger length lab coat (Contemporary): 1 lower itemWater sports safety vest (Business Friendly): 1 upper itemFishing and hunting outfit (Business Friendly): 1 vest upper item, 2 hat accessoriesBaseball cap (Business Friendly): 1 hat accessoryFloor trader outfit (Business Friendly): 1 upper item, for female charactersMedical outfit (Whiteboard): 1 upper item, for female characters #### Looping GIFs, World Accessibility Day, and Warehouse Content on the Template Page This template release covers an assortment of topics and spans a number of genres. From minimalist Whiteboard designs to fun and quirky looping GIFs, we have just the right templates for you in our template library. With these 5 animated looping GIFs you can switch up the wording, colors, characters or props to make them your own without modifying the scene duration. Download as a GIF to see how it loops! Here is a list of our other newly added content: Global Accessibility Awareness Day takes place this year on May 18. This template can be used to highlight events related to this day. A video to illustrate why animated videos engage employees better. A new content pack featuring warehouse scenes in Whiteboard style. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Lots More Layouts for Vyond Go Making it even easier to generate videos in multiple styles effortlessly with Vyond Go, we’ve added 24 new layout templates that you can use with our AI-powered instant video maker. There are five new talking head layouts featuring avatars, another five for narration featuring assets from Shutterstock. There are also 14 new animated templates in settings like hospital clinics, home settings, warehouse and office scenes in conversation and talking head layouts. Learn more about avatar templates in Vyond Go > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Lunar New Year Celebrations and Other February Templates How I Celebrate Chinese New Year. Find this template here > Get ready to celebrate the Year of the Ox! This template touches on some popular Chinese New Year traditions, from decorating the house, visiting family and the exchange of red packets. Swap in your own actions and festive messages.   Valentine's Day Love Story Promotion. Find this template here > Use this template to promote a Valentine’s Day-themed marketing campaign. Update the valentine images in the second frame to include stories from your actual customers. You can also adjust the text and images to promote a campaign for another holiday.   Fit February. Find this template here > Fit February is a month-long competition where employees form teams and accrue points for practicing healthy habits like exercising and getting enough sleep. The goal is to focus on your heart, so the more you get moving, the more points you earn, and the healthier you’ll be. We created this video to encourage our colleagues to take part in Fit February. Watch what we produced, then copy what we’ve made to use for your own internal challenge.   About the Template Library You don’t need to make every video from scratch! The Template Library has videos pre-filled with backgrounds and props, ready for you to customize and add your own messaging. Browse the latest in the Template Library > #### Make a Healthy Fresh Start Use this video template > Kick start your new year on a healthy note with our latest collection of healthcare items, featuring health check-ups, physiotherapy sessions, and more. Here is a list of our newly added content in Business Friendly: Background: 1 background for gymProps: 21 props including pedal exerciser, dental chair, and lensometerActions: 14 actions for Adults, including stretching and checking eyes with tonometerCharacters: 11 characters for surgeons and paramedicsCharacter Creator items: 12 upper items, including paramedic uniform and scrubs, and 2 hair items for surgical caps Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Make Transparent GIFs and Videos That’s right! You can download GIFs and WEBM video files with transparent backgrounds from Vyond.  How to do it Head over to Vyond Studio to create your video, and set the background to 'Transparent'. When you're ready to download, simply choose between .gif or .webm file formats. Layering with AI avatars AI avatars can also be set with transparent backgrounds! Give your avatar a transparent background and generate. From there, you can try layering your avatar videos over screen recordings, or over scrolling document videos created using Vyond Go. Learn more about transparent videos in Vyond > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Making a Smooth Color Gradient Use this video template > Kick your video up a notch with these color gradient tricks. You can use gradient as a sunset stunner background, create mood shots, or striking graphics for your next presentation slides. 1. Find the spotlight prop Search the Business Friendly prop library for ‘gradient’ and add the spotlight prop to the stage. 2. Contrast with a bright background A simple yet effective way to use this prop is against a background of a different color. 3. Use two for angled gradient Another way to create a smooth color gradient is by using two spotlight props fading into one another. Rotate them to adjust the angle of your gradient. 4. Mask with a shape You can also put the spotlight prop on top of a shape, then right click to select ‘Mask’. This works really well for gradient hearts, triangles and other maskable props. Have fun exploring smooth color gradients and finding the perfect color combo! Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Manage Multiple Subscriptions Under One Account Vyond for Enterprise has a new feature to allow teams under the same organization, but with different subscriptions, to merge their billing handling into one account. The feature makes it easy to see an overview of billing details, manage renewals, export user lists, handle pending invitations and a whole lot of other useful features. Reach out to us to learn more about Vyond for Enterprise > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Manufacturing and More Home Content! Use this video template > If you had a warehouse robot, what would you ask it to do? Will it help you pack your boxes, carry your wash bucket to the garage, or load your suitcases onto a conveyor belt? Would you invite it into your bedroom or keep it in your attic? Check out our latest manufacturing and home content to try out the different possibilities! Here is a list of our newly added content: Content (Business Friendly): Scenes: 28 scenes including bubble bath and cleaning car in the garageBackground: 1 background for loading bayProps: 5 props for truck, warehouse robot and conveyor belt Content (Whiteboard): Scenes: 6 scenes including warehouse, logistics, and planeProps: 14 props including warehouse robot, conveyor belt, and boxesActions: 3 actions for Adults packing up boxesCharacter Creator items: 1 upper item for safety vestStock characters: 4 characters for warehouse workers Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Map Your Journey Use this video template > Bob wants to get from A to B, but his memory isn’t the best! From rock carving to GPS, use this template’s various maps to help guide your character’s journey. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Mask Enhancement  Usability tests showed the Mask tool was tricky for some new users. To make it easier for everybody, we have updated the feature with a visible overlay. Crop - Trimming single assetNow, when you right-click on a single asset you can select Crop. Use the Crop feature to trim the edges of an asset, bringing focus to a specific area. Reselect at any time to edit or remove. Mask - Framing assetsThe Mask feature allows you to use certain shapes, frames, and screen props to hide or show parts of another asset. We’ve made Mask easier to adjust by adding a visible overlay in edit mode. This makes it clearer to see what you are masking.  Learn more about maskable assets in our help center article on masking >  Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Medical and Driving Content Use this video template > Here is a list of our newly added content: Sickroom scenarios (Business Friendly): 6 templatesStock characters with face masks and gloves (Business Friendly): 46 new characters Wearing face mask improperly (Business Friendly): Character Creator accessory for Adult and KidWearing face mask improperly (Contemporary): 2 Character Creator facial feature optionsCar accident scenarios (Business Friendly): 6 templatesCar accident actions (Business Friendly): 6 actions, including texting while drivingRoad and car-related props (Business Friendly): 16 props, including snowy road and double lanesDriving backgrounds (Business Friendly): 7 backgrounds, including inner city and country roads #### Meeting Invitations and Other Ways to Use Small Animations for Big Impact This year, we’re dealing you in to better ways of communication with a full deck of ideas for using Vyond. Using GIFs for meeting invitations is one way to go beyond calendar notifications and get people excited to attend your next meeting. Read more about fun ways to use GIFs in everyday communications > #### Mental Health: 4 Tips to De-Stress Use this template to help employees manage the ongoing pressures of work. Keep just the four tips that are already provided, add tactics that are especially relevant for your workplace, or swap out these assets to tell an entirely different story. About the Template Library You don’t need to make every video from scratch! The Template Library has videos pre-filled with backgrounds and props, ready for you to customize and add your own messaging. Find this template here > #### Metaphors and Other Marketing Video Ideas Visual Metaphors for Content Marketing. Use this video template > Video works because it engages audiences organically through rich media. By layering visuals with motion, music, and sound, you’re able to captivate the attention of your viewers. Read on to find more tips for adding video to your marketing strategy > #### Mix Styles for Max Effect   Do you ever try mixing up styles? In this video we used Contemporary props with Business Friendly characters. Here are three suggested ways you could use Contemporary shapes with other styles:   1. Dream sequences Show that your character is imagining a scenario by using two distinct styles. In this scene we made a burger using contemporary shapes to match the burger costume from Business Friendly. This helps link the two scenes together.   2. Focus Use contrasting styles to put focus on a prop or character. One of our favorites is using Whiteboard style with Business Friendly or Contemporary characters and props.   3. More flexibility When you use props from different styles together, you give yourself greater flexibility to build your scenes. The yellow podium is made from simple shapes in Contemporary style, which work perfectly alongside confetti boxes from Business Friendly!   Use this video template> #### Mix Up Different Media Styles Watch these three video tutorials to explore mixing different video techniques and media styles for creating versatile videos for easy reuse. 1. Bring locations to life Watch this video to learn tips on blending Vyond characters with real-life elements, through skills such as character sizing and positioning and camera movements. 2. Pro communication Enhance your video production skills and create versatile templates of diverse aesthetics by watching this tutorial, where we explore different layer techniques using shapes, text, and photos, so your videos can be easily repurposed for future projects! 3. Custom aspect ratio banners Tailor your video’s aspect ratio to suit various media platforms and even your email signature! Explore the magic and flexibility of different entry and exit effects and download formats to improve your game. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Mixed Media and Narration Templates Announcing 23 new video templates featuring real-life elements. These designs allow for more authentic and professional uses. Find them by searching for ‘mixed media’. We have also included 5 narration packs to provide more video layout options. Look up ‘narration’ to find them in the template library! *Please note, Shutterstock assets included in these templates are available to users on Professional, Enterprise and Agency plans only. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Modern Office Style Say hello to the new Modern office style video template. This sleek, professional style gives you a selection of colorful characters and screen-friendly props with customizable colors that you can update to match your branding. You can use them as videos or gifs, with plenty of active and joyful gestures and poses. While outfit and body part changes aren’t available for now, do give them a try and share your thoughts. Animation is just one of the many tools available as an all-in-one video creation platform. From photorealistic visuals to screen captures and AI-powered tools, Vyond gives you the flexibility to share your message, your way. Find them in the template library here > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### More ‘Talking Head’ Content Packs In this release, we include two more new content packs in the ‘Talking head’ layout, in which you can replace the narrator with your own and create your explainer video more quickly. Find them by searching for ‘Talking head’ in the template library. We update our template library regularly so make sure you check the page to see our latest additions! Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### More Access on Shared Space Videos Are you using shared spaces? We’ve updated the share and access function thanks to your supportive feedback. Now you can store a video in a shared space and allow access to the video, even to people who are not members of the shared space. To support this, we have made some interface updates. When you go to share a video look under the "Give Access" tab to see the individual access levels for the video. Here, you can select Members to see all the members of the shared space, while non-members will be grouped as Guests. To see everybody who has been given access you can select All. Learn more about shared spaces in this Help Center article >  *Please note, this feature is available to Enterprise users. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### More Animation Added to the Website   We have added some engaging animations in different areas on the website including the select style page and the Studio loading screen. What's more, first-time visitors will also see animated images on the welcome page and during contextual help walkthrough. #### More Diversity for Business Friendly Characters Ensuring that videos made in Vyond can fully reflect the diversity of a global audience, we have updated the Business Friendly color options in our Character Creator. The eyes, noses, mouths and many of the face accessories now have more color options. We also recently updated our Contemporary style components too. Learn more about the Contemporary facial feature update in this article> #### More Explainer and Mixed Media Templates Find them in the template library here > We’ve just added 4 new 'Mixed Media' templates for showcasing stunning promotions. Use them to highlight your product lineup, spotlight customer favorites, or attract customers with enticing offers. Find them in the template library here > We've also introduced 5 fresh 'Explainer' templates to our library to help you tackle important topics with ease. Dive into templates covering energy-saving tips, handling office distractions, running efficient meetings, promoting mental health awareness and establishing workforce safety. We update our template library regularly so make sure to check out the latest additions. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### More Fantasy Content Use this video template > Row a gondola to a hidden forest, use a torch to explore a mushroom house, or light up a cave with a magical forest. Use our new fantasy content to expand your imaginative world on Vyond! Here is a list of our newly added content: Fantasy content (Business Friendly): Backgrounds: 7 backgrounds including cave, garden, and forestProps: 29 props including gondola, lantern, and mushroom houseActions: 6 actions for Adults, including rowing a gondola and looking around with a lantern Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### More Halloween Content for Business Friendly Use this video template> Spooky scarecrows, flying batsJack-o-lanterns and black catsCauldrons bubbling with potion…it means Halloween’s approachin'! Here is a list of our newly added content: Spooky templates, backgrounds and props (Business Friendly): 8 templates, 6 backgrounds and 65 spook-tacular props including skeleton dogs and a headless horsemanSpooky actions (Business Friendly): 14 actions for Adults and 1 for Kids, including trick-or-treatStock characters (Business Friendly): 15 characters including witches and wizardsCharacter Creator outfits (Business Friendly): 9 accessories for Adults, 8 accessories for Kids, 3 upper items for Adults, 2 upper items for Kids, 2 lower items for Adults and Kids, and 1 noseHolding handbag actions (Business Friendly): 4 actionsCOVID-19 Character Creator items (Business Friendly): 2 face mask accessories for Adults and KidsCOVID-19 stock characters (Business Friendly): 8 characters wearing the new face masksCOVID-19 action (Business Friendly and Contemporary): 1 action of character taking their own temperature #### More Hand Gestures and Other Content We have added 37 hand gesture props under the Contemporary style. Watch the below videos and get some ideas on how to use them: Video 1 - Showreel. Use this video template >   Video 2 - Get Your Furniture Online. Use this video template >   Here is a list of other newly added content: Office related items (Business Friendly): 84 props Office related items (Contemporary): 22 props #### More Healthcare Content Use this video template > Hospital waiting area, pediatric ward, and pharmacy. Our latest health content additions will help you illustrate your medical center and healthcare insurance services more effectively! Here is a list of our newly added content in Business Friendly: Scenes: 7 scenes including kid’s hospital room, pharmacy, and medical house callBackgrounds: 3 backgrounds for kid’s bedroom and hospital hallwayProps: 10 props including cot, x-ray, and clinicActions: 3 Adult actions for sigh of relief, and 2 Kids actions for lying down Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### More Intuitive Search and Browse Experience, Part 1 Since we launched global search we have received lots of really useful feedback and insights on how the panel is being used. Each piece of feedback has been thoroughly reviewed by our product team and we are striving to make the global search even better, with more improvements and enhancements on their way. Stay tuned for more! Here is a list of our newly added enhancements: Scrollable left sidebar with active tab highlight so you know which tab you’re onClickable breadcrumbs to get back to the previous browsing layer more easilyArrow icon on the collapsible content panel so you can hide the library and focus on your video projectNew, sleeker icon for the “ALL” style tab Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### More Intuitive Search and Browse Experience, Part 2 We have added a new search bar to our template page in addition to our category filters so you can quickly find the video template you want. Try out different search terms and see what you’ll find in Vyond’s template page! Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### More Intuitive Search and Browse Experience, Part 3 We keep gathering more feedback on global search and have added more improvements to the design to make your search experience as smooth as possible. Here is a list of our newly added enhancements: ESC button to quickly close the content panelSaved style filter, so you can keep searching for items in the same Business Friendly, Contemporary, or Whiteboard styleResized content panel to fit smaller screens, so you can focus on browsing assets instead of scrolling Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### More Mixed-Media and Narration Templates We continue to expand our library of mixed-media and narration templates to offer more layout options and real-life elements in your projects. Look up "narration" to find these narration scenes in the template library! These video templates are connected to our Get Inspired videos on how to mix media. Customize them as explainer videos for your own projects, or use the accompanying templates to directly for your own mixed media projects. Find them by searching for "mixed media". *Please note that Shutterstock assets included in these templates are only available to Professional, Agency and Enterprise users. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### More Natural Sounding Voices Say hello to Gabrielle and Arlet! We’ve added more high quality natural sounding voices to the text-to-speech options in English, French and Catalan. You’ll also see we have upgraded some of the standard voices in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish! Learn more about voices in our help center article on text-to-speech > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### More Options for Body Types   We’ve expanded the range of adult body types available in Business Friendly style, giving you greater flexibility in creating a diverse cast of characters for your next video. Open up the Character Creator and give it a go today!   Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### More Options on Recent Videos Responding to feedback on the recent videos at the top of Your Videos, we’ve added a small icon button to the video thumbnail, giving you an easy-access list of more options. You’ll be able to download your video from there, as well as share, rename, and all the other actions you can usually find in the menu. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### More Personalities in Contemporary Actions Use this video template > Stomping while looking upset, listening while appearing annoyed, giving someone a fist pump, and more. We have added 20 new everyday actions to Contemporary to enhance your characters’ personalities and storytelling. Here is a list of our newly added content: New actions (Contemporary): Actions: 20 actions including pointing angrily, thumb up and patting someone on the back Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### More Shape Assets in the Content Library Use this video template > Level up your videos with the newest shapes from Vyond in Contemporary style! Transform photos by masking them with the shapes to make frames, or layer the shapes for eye-catching animated effects. Here is a list of our newly added content: Shapes (Contemporary): 13 shapes props including arch, hexagon, star, triangle, square outline, rhombus, pill box, trapezoid, and more Learn more about masking > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### More Tones for WellSaid Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement adds Conversational or Promo tones to a selection of voices from WellSaid. Here is a list of WellSaid voices that have the Conversational tone added: English, South Africa: Issa B. English, United Kingdom: Oliver S. English, United States: Abbi D. English, United States: Jack C. English, United States: Jay S. English, United States: Jesen X. English, United States: Jimmy J. English, United States: Shelby D. Spanish, Mexico: Hannah A. Spanish, Mexico: Lorenzo D. Here is a list of WellSaid voices that have the Promo tone added: English, United Kingdom: Fiona H. English, United States: Antony A. English, United States: Jay S. English, United States: Shelby D. English, United States: Terra G. *Please note, ultra high quality voices are available to users on Enterprise and Agency plans only. Learn more about text-to-speech voice styles > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### More Video Tips and Content Packs In this template library release, we continue to offer a mix of video tutorials and content packs to help you create more captivating videos. We have added a new invitation template to celebrate International Day of Charity. Look for “invite” to locate it in the template library. Our new content pack additions feature scenes set in a bank, a hotel, a prison, a supermarket, and a theater. Last but not least, we have one new video template on retail associate training. We update our template library regularly so make sure you check the page to see our latest additions! Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### More Voices Say hello to Amala, Davis and many more! There are now 46 additional high quality neural text-to-speech voices added to Vyond Studio. The new natural sounding voices include English (both American and British accents), French, German and Chinese (Mandarin). Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### More Voices and Text to Speech Customization Options Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 4 new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: Odia, India: Subhasini Odia, India: Sukant English, Great Britain: Ada Portuguese, Brazil: Thalita Additionally, there are new options for adjusting the talking speed and pitch of voices on some voices. Check them out in Vyond Studio. Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Motion Path Major Update Straight paths are great but real life is about twists and turns, ups, downs, and bouncing back despite whatever is thrown at you. That’s why we’re excited to release our latest update to motion path, now supporting multiple points and curves in a single motion path!   Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Motion Path to Match the Scene Duration Next time you’re adding motion path to a scene, you’ll notice two timing options available in the settings. The default setting for a preset motion path will be 'Auto Fit'. When a motion path has ‘Auto Fit’ selected, the timing will match the scene duration. If you wish to adjust the delay or duration of the motion path, you can choose ‘Custom’ to alter them as you like. Share Your Feedback:Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Moving Motivational Messages   Motivational animations are a great tool for getting your team excited about company events and competitions. Here are some of our top tips for using Vyond Studio to create internal videos for your organization: Use seasonal topics as inspiration You can quickly put together holiday greeting cards or company-wide updates for different events around the year. Stay on brand Use your brand’s color palette to make videos that feel connected to your organization. Play around with fonts Style your message with the right font - you can even upload your own! Get the beat going Add an upbeat track as background music to kick up the energy.   Have fun creating your own moving motivational messages.   Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Multilingual Ash and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 8 new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: Multi-language: Ash From Afrikaans to Zulu, with many in-between, Ash speaks 70+ languages! Plus a variety of accents in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese. The following voices from WellSaid (available on an Enterprise plan) have also been added: French, Canada: Claire B French, Canada: Louis B French, Canada: Marie D French, Canada: Rehan X French, France: Joel F French, France: Juliette W French, France: Marco X These voices are available on Enterprise plans. Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Multilingual Captions in the Captions Panel We have moved the ‘Translate captions’ feature over to a ‘Captions’ panel to make multilingual translation even easier! Now, you can seamlessly add, edit, and translate captions all in one place. First, open the ‘Captions / Notes’ panel to add your captions. Then, expand ‘settings’ and select ‘Translate captions’ under the new ‘Language’ section. Adjust your language settings accordingly and click ‘Translate’. The translations will appear in your video and the ‘Captions’ panel. In addition, you can download the translations in .srt and .vtt formats directly from the ‘Captions’ panel. We hope this enhancement will boost your video production efficiency and make your videos more accessible to a wider audience. *Please note this feature is available to Professional, Enterprise, and Agencies users. Learn more about captions > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Multilingual Voices and More Would you like to use a consistent voice across a video series in different languages? Try multilingual voices Jenny and Ryan. They’re now available to use across a range of languages —including but not limited to— Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish. Top tip: use only one language at a time in the text-to-speech text box for most consistent audio generation results. A neutral voice has been added to text-to-speech. The voice is English, United States: Neutral - Blue. You can also check out Zayd, our newly added voice for Arabic, Gulf. Learn more about multilingual voices in our help center article on text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Narration Templates in Vyond Go Introducing the ‘Narration’ layout! This text-only format allows you to create engaging scripts and videos with simple background visuals. The display text is available in two options you can select in the settings: ‘Key phrases’, and also ‘Dialogue’ which displays all the text generated in the script. Need inspiration? Try selecting a topic recommended for you Ever get stuck for video ideas in Vyond Go? Now you'll find suggestions under the prompt box, simply click one of the suggestions to get a short video prompt. Learn more about writing prompts in Vyond Go > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Neerja and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 7 new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: English, India: Neerja English, India: Aashi English, India: Ananya English, India: Kavya Hindi, India: Ananya Hindi, India: Kavya Japanese, Japan: Masaru Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Neerja and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement adds 5 new voices. One is an update to Australian English voice William to make it multilingual (including French, Spanish, Chinese). Also joining the library are 4 voices that can handle various Indic languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Assamese, Punjabi, Odia, Malayalam, Kannada, and English. Here is a list of our newly updated High Quality voices: English, Australian: William (Multilingual) India, Multilingual: Aarti Indic India, Multilingual: Arjun Indic India, Multilingual: Neerja Indic India, Multilingual: Prabhat Indic Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Neural Voices in Text-to-Speech Neural voices are the next generation in text-to-speech, using artificial intelligence to generate voices that sound closer to human voices and less robotic than text-to-speech of generations past. We’ve added a range of neural voices to our text-to-speech library, supporting different languages and accents. You will find the new voices in the drop down, indicated with an ‘HQ’ for high quality. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### New “Real Hand” Skin Tones in Effects Videos created in Vyond are made and shared all over the globe. So when we heard your feedback that there should be more skin tones for the "Real Hand" effects, our team jumped to action and added more to the effects library. The next time you wish to use any of the "Hand Slide - Real Hand" or "Hand Wipe - Real Hand” effects, you will find a range of skin tones and swiping directions to choose from. Learn more about hands in our help center article on enter and exit effects > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### New Actions and Props You can now find new daily life actions and props for Business Friendly and Contemporary, including placing food on the table and using a long cane for the visually impaired. Here is a list of all newly added content: Carrying a bag (Business Friendly): 8 actions, 1 propCarrying a bag (Contemporary): 8 actions, 2 propsLong cane (Business Friendly): 12 actions, 1 propLong cane (Contemporary): 6 actions, 1 propBrown cane (Business Friendly): 1 actionBrown cane (Contemporary): 1 actionHospitality (Business Friendly): 4 actions including wiping table, placing food Hospitality (Contemporary): 3 actionsCleaning hands (Business Friendly): 2 actions, 25 propsCleaning hands (Contemporary): 2 actions Use this video template> #### New Animal and Natural Environment Content Earth Day is a reminder that we can all make an impact on the environmental movement. We’ve added new animals and environment related items in Contemporary style, including 82 props, 4 actions and 1 stock character. Here is a list of other newly added content: Hygiene related items (Contemporary): Including 5 props, 2 actions, 2 templates Hygiene related items (Business Friendly): Including 5 props, 2 actions, 1 template Use this video template> #### New Animated Animals and Other Content   A group of lovely intruders are now here. Find them under prop panel in Contemporary.   Here is a list of the newly added content: Animated Marine Life (Contemporary): Including 54 props Infrastructure and Transportation (Contemporary): Including 45 props, 4 actions Infrastructure and Transportation (Business Friendly): Including 51 props Breathing Actions (Contemporary): Including 11 actions Other content updates: Make "Smoke" props color changeable (Contemporary): Including 8 props Improve search result (Contemporary and Business Friendly): Including 34 props Improve default template (Business Friendly) #### New Avatars and Model Upgrade Vyond’s AI avatar library features 1,100+ high quality stock avatars from HeyGen and Tavus, leaders in AI avatar technology. As the models improve we’re quick to update the library to give you the latest avatars with the best performance. In this update we’ve added seven new avatars to the library. Also, all Tavus stock avatars are updated to include higher fidelity rendering for a more realistic appearance, along with natural facial expressions and micro-movements. You’ll also find for these avatars that using background removal is significantly improved. Learn more about AI avatars >  Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### New Background Editing Features We have added some new background editing features! Use custom backgrounds Now, you can import your own images and videos from the Upload panel on the left and set them as a background. To edit your background design, right-click your background or click on the Background toolbox on the right. Resizing, rotating and flipping for all backgrounds Whether it is a stock background from our library or a custom background of your choice, you can select different preset Crop options to resize your background. Choose your custom size and rotation with the Crop > Custom setting. You can also flip your background horizontally with the Flip option. Adjust background color for transparent images If you set a transparent image as your background, you can adjust the background color. Learn more about the feature in our help center article on backgrounds > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### New Business Friendly Templates   Some other content packs: Office Pack (Business Friendly): Including 15 templates, 6 backgrounds and 17 props Sports Pack (Contemporary): Including 12 backgrounds, 23 props and 18 character creator components Weather Related Items (Contemporary): Including 14 props #### New Content   Props (Contemporary): Total 216 (Including emoji icons including people, symbols, travel and places) Character Creator Components (Contemporary): Total 123 (Including outfits, hairstyles and facial features) Chart Templates (Business Friendly): Total 11 Improvement of Action Tags (Business Friendly and Whiteboard): Categories included Cashier, Cooking & Catering, Medical - Doctors #### New Content   We have added some props and sports actions: Props (Contemporary and Business Friendly): Total 90 (Including animals, marine life, landmark icons etc.) Actions (Contemporary): Total 40 (Category - Sports) Character Creator Components: Total 8 (Including SWAT outfit, new hair and head gears etc.) We also changed the default templates of the three styles:   #### New Content New Sports Content - 10 Things About The Tokyo Olympics 2020   New Animal Content - Guinness World Records - Amazing Animals   We have added some props and sports actions: Props (Contemporary): Total 83 (Including animals - part 2, sports, shipping and farming) Props (Business Friendly): Total 93 (Including pharma and retail) Actions (Contemporary): Total 36 (Including sports and shipping) Actions (Business Friendly): Total 10 (Including pharma and shipping) Templates (Contemporary): Total 3 (Shipping) Templates (Business Friendly): Total 9 (Including pharma and retail) Backgrounds (Business Friendly): Total 5 (Including pharma and retail) #### New Content     Here are the newly added content: Farming Related Items (Contemporary): Including 11 templates, 5 actions, 2 props and 1 character creator component Additional Office Settings (Contemporary): Including 11 templates and 29 props Outdoor Plants (Contemporary): Including 22 props Infant Related Items (Contemporary): Including 7 templates, 1 background, 15 props and 7 actions Pattern Backgrounds (Contemporary): Total 8 #### New Content   Use this video template   Use this video template   Here is a list of the newly added content: HR Related Items (Contemporary): Including 11 templates, 5 props, 17 actions Outdoor Plants (Business Friendly): Total 2 props Finance, E-payment Related Items (Contemporary and Business Friendly): Including 6 templates and 29 props Animated Scale/Balance Related Items (Contemporary and Business Friendly): Including 9 props Cats (Business Friendly): Total 6 props Wedding and Graduates: Total 8 stock characters Other Miscellaneous Content (Contemporary): Including 18 props, 3 backgrounds, 13 actions and 5 character creator components #### New Content Here is a list of the newly added content: Holiday Related Items (Contemporary and Business Friendly): Including 28 props, 14 actions, 8 character creator components and 8 stock characters Animated Animals Part 1 (Contemporary): Total of 180 props Cooking and Catering (Contemporary): Including 39 props and 37 actions Gesture - Using Mouse (Contemporary): Total of 2 actions #### New Content Including Insects and Lanyards Use this video template> Enjoy our latest additions to the content library, offering lanyard props for the office-savvy characters and plenty of insects for the adventurers.  Here is a list of our newly added content: Scratching actions and insects (Business Friendly): 10 props, 3 actions for Adults and KidsScratching actions and insects (Contemporary): 4 props, 3 actions Throwing garbage (Business Friendly): 1 prop, 2 actions for Adults and KidsThrowing garbage (Contemporary): 1 prop, 2 actionsLanyard (Business Friendly): 2 propsLanyard (Contemporary): 1 propSanitation (Business Friendly): 4 stock characters, 1 lower outfit item and 1 footwear item for the Character CreatorAnimated eyes (Contemporary): 10 props #### New Cybersecurity and Spy Content   What’s new? Check out the cybersecurity and spy content in Business Friendly, including 19 templates, 11 backgrounds, 101 props, 47 actions, and 8 characters. Here is a list of other newly added content: Library characters with in-between body types (Business Friendly): 38 characters Character Creator outfits (Business Friendly): 1 bow tie tuxedo upper item, 1 bowler hat accessory Kid meditation actions (Business Friendly): 3 actions Waving action (Business Friendly): 1 item Oath actions (Business Friendly): 4 items Oath actions (Contemporary): 2 items Use this video template> #### New Education Content and More   We have new education related items under the Business Friendly style: Including 18 templates, 10 backgrounds, 9 props and 1 action. Find them all in this video template >   Here is a list of other newly added content: Mobile and shopping related items (Business Friendly): Including 10 props, 3 default actions and 11 kid actions Mobile and shopping related items (Contemporary): Including 20 props and 66 actions Character creator components (Contemporary): Total 54 items #### New Facial Features in Character Creator   Use this video template >  We have added more facial features in both Business Friendly and Contemporary Character Creator! Including: Business Friendly: 16 facial features under accessory and 2 mouths Contemporary: 3 facial features, 5 mustaches, 6 beards, 2 eyebrows and 3 mouths #### New Finance Content and More   Use this showreel >   We have new finance related items under the Contemporary style: Including 9 templates, 1 background, 15 props and 24 actions. Here is a list of other newly added content: Nurse outfits with stethoscope (Business Friendly and Contemporary): Total 6 character creator components Vehicle wheels (Business Friendly: Total 11 props Heavy body outfits (Business Friendly): Including 50 outfits (37 tops and 13 bottoms) Text assets (Business Friendly, Contemporary and Whiteboard): Total 11 Others (Business Friendly): Including 11 templates, 4 backgrounds and 28 props #### New Food Content and More   Use this template > We have new food related items under the Business Friendly style: Including 133 props and 28 actions. Here is a list of other newly added content: Household related items (Business Friendly): Including 4 backgrounds, 38 props and 25 actions Character signalling to keep quiet actions (Business Friendly): Total 4 Character signalling to keep quiet actions (Contemporary): Total 5 #### New Games Content and More We’ve added a stack of new card and board game items to the library, including 18 props and 10 actions in Business Friendly. Here is a list of other newly added content: One-hump camel (Contemporary): 7 props Inspiration actions without lightbulb (Business Friendly and Whiteboard): 4 actions Yelling actions (Business Friendly and Whiteboard): 3 actions Taking oath actions (Contemporary and Business Friendly): 2 actions #### New Hairstyles and Earrings New short bob hairstyles and jingly earrings. Update your characters this holiday season! Here is a list of our newly added content: Character Creator items (Business Friendly): 4 hair items including short bobs, 11 jewelry items including feather and hoop earrings, and 4 face decoration items including hair pins and headbandsChristmas props (Business Friendly): 2 Christmas lights props Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### New Halloween Content   Use this video template We have added some Halloween and party related items under the Contemporary style: Including 3 actions, 33 props and 18 character creator components. #### New Hand Gestures and Other Content   Here is a list of the newly added content: Exotic Animals (Contemporary): Total 125 props Gesture - Using Mouse (Business Friendly): Total 12 props Aircrafts (Contemporary and Business Friendly): Total 13 props Other actions including giving traffic signal and walking up and down stairs (Contemporary): Total 6 actions #### New Healthcare Content We have added a lot of healthcare related content to the Contemporary style: Templates: Total 20 (Including hospital, operating room, pharmacy, dentist etc.) Backgrounds: Total 2 (Doctor office, x-ray/MRI room) Props: Total 70 (Including virus, bacterium, robotic arms etc.) Actions: Total 66 (Including giving vaccine, having nausea, doing CPR etc.) Character Creator Components: Total 24 (Including doctor gown, maternity outfit, bandage head etc.) Stock Characters: Total 20 (Including medical professionals and pregnant women) #### New Home Decor Ideas French doors, bathroom tiles, stairs and much more. Use Vyond’s latest home decor content to give your home a makeover! Here is a list of our newly added content in Business Friendly: Backgrounds: 6 backgrounds including bathroom and atticProps: 39 props including French doors, mirror, and stairsCharacters: 2 characters for casual sports and casual Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### New Household Content and More   Use this template > We have new household related items under the Business Friendly style: Including 13 templates, 2 backgrounds, 33 props and 5 actions. Here is a list of other newly added content: Food related items (Business Friendly): Including 10 templates, 7 backgrounds, 45 props and 12 actions Discussing and meeting related items (Business Friendly): Including 9 templates, 6 backgrounds, 13 props and 30 actions #### New in Get Inspired - Camera Movements   Do your videos always end up looking like boring slide shows? Applying camera movement can solve that issue. Different kinds of camera movements can be applied according to the kind of information you want to show the audience.   Listed below are 3 common camera movements: Zooming: Zooming means changing the focal length of the lens. It gives the illusion of moving closer to or away from the object and magnifies details or extends the field of view respectively. Tracking: Tracking is moving the camera from one side to another side with a constant distance. It is used to follow a subject that would leave the frame, such as a character or vehicle in motion. Cut shot: A cut shot technically serves as transition between camera angles. It is usually used for dialogue scenes when camera movement is unnecessary. It can also be used to create a montage sequence. Now that you've learned the secret of camera movements there's no limit to what you can create!   Share Your Feedback: We are experimenting with posting video production tips articles like this on the product release page. Please fill in a one-minute survey to help us continue providing you with high quality articles in the future. #### New in Get Inspired - Creating Stop Motion Videos in Vyond   Stop motion is a traditional animation technique where objects are incrementally moved and photographed. The static shots are quickly played back to produce a moving picture. The technical nature of this technique is what produces the infamous choppy visual style seen in many stop motion films. So how can you produce this classic style in Vyond Studio? It’s easy!   Follow these steps to create your own stop motion style video:   Create a blank scene. (Scene no.1) Continue last scene. Add and place your key elements on the edge of the stage. Set scene duration as 0.125s. (Scene no.2) Continue last scene and move the elements a bit closer to the center of the stage. Set scene duration as 0.125s. (Scene no.3) Repeat step 3 until the ideal composition is formed. (Scene no.4 to Scene no.10)   Done! Use this video template to start >   Tip: Zoom in the timeline to adjust scene duration with the "+" icon at the bottom left corner.   Share Your Feedback: We are experimenting with posting video production tips articles like this on the product release page. Please fill in a one-minute survey to help us continue providing you with high quality articles in the future. #### New Industrial Content   Use this template >   We have new industrial related items under the Business Friendly style: Including 6 templates, 4 backgrounds, 7 props and 17 character creator components. Find them all in this showreel > #### New Kids' Clothes, Actions and More We’ve added a whole new wardrobe of kids' outfits to the Character Creator in Business Friendly style, including 28 tops, 7 bottoms, 2 hair items and 2 accessories. You’ll also find 31 kid stock characters, 57 actions, and 16 related props. Here is a list of other newly added content: Clown related items (Business Friendly): 1 upper outfit, 1 lower, 1 accessory, 4 stock charactersGraduation related items (Business Friendly): 4 upper outfits, 1 lower, 7 stock charactersMore Character Creator choices (Business Friendly): 21 hair items including headband and painter hat, 14 accessories, 2 ear items, 2 safety vest itemsNamaste actions (Business Friendly): 6 actions for both kids and adultsNamaste actions (Contemporary): 3 actionsHand washing gestures (Contemporary): 2 animated props To discover all of the new assets use this video template> #### New Laboratory Content Use this video template > In this animation content release, we make our small contribution to the world of medical science by unveiling an array of laboratory content. Whether you are in research and development or an advocate for lab safety, we hope you will find props such as fermentation tank, sterilization tunnel, and safety shower useful. Here is a list of our newly added content: Laboratory content (Business Friendly): Scenes: 8 scenes including pharmaceutical manufacturing and laboratory Backgrounds: 4 backgrounds for laboratory Props: 36 props including biosafety cabinet, factory machine, and laboratory freezer Actions: 9 actions for Adults, including holding test tube, injecting insulin, and using biosafety cabinet Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### New Legal Content and More   How to Avoid False Advertisement Claims. Use this template >     Filing Complaints Against Companies. Use this template >   We have new legal related items under the Contemporary style: Including 14 templates, 2 backgrounds, 37 props, 18 actions, 4 character creator components and 4 stock characters. Here is a list of other newly added content: Disability related items (Contemporary): Including 6 props, 20 actions Character creator components (Whiteboard): Including 8 outfits (5 tops and 3 bottoms), 21 hairstyles, 31 accessories. Stock characters (Whiteboard): Total 6 #### New Resources to “Create A Video” We have heard your feedback and have given our “Create A Video” button a makeover! The next time you click on the button, a dropdown menu will pop up. It lists all the useful tools you need to create a video more quickly and effectively. Here is what each section covers: Use a Template sends you to our new template library, where you can browse ideas and start creating videos right away.CREATE NEW allows you to start a new, blank video in three different aspect ratios.Import Slides helps you turn your slides into a Vyond video quickly.Create a Character lets you create your own characters. Try out the different resources in our new dropdown menu and start creating videos on Vyond! #### New Shapes and Stock Characters We’ve added oodles of new shapes to the library, giving you plenty of polygons for your next video. Here is a list of newly added content: Shapes (Contemporary): 62 props  Nature elements (Contemporary): 6 backgrounds, 11 props Nature elements (Business Friendly): 1 background, 10 props Character Creator loungewear outfits (Business Friendly): 2 upper, 2 lower, 2 feet Stock characters (Business Friendly): 9 stock characters in loungewear To discover all of the new assets use this video template> #### New Speech Bubbles in the Studio   With the new speech bubble design, you can accurately adjust the tail and point it to the targeted position. Find them in the "SHAPES" category under the prop asset panel in Contemporary style. #### New Stock Characters and Paintings We’ve added 8 new stock characters to the library, along with a selection of everyday clothes for female characters and a few other props in both Contemporary and Business Friendly. Here is a list of our newly added content: Everyday clothing options for female characters (Business Friendly): 4 new upper Character Creator itemsStock characters (Business Friendly): 8 new female charactersPaintings (Business Friendly): 7 framed art props, including a unicorn and a sunset landscapePaintings (Contemporary): 8 framed art propsAnimated insects (Contemporary): 7 props, including dragonflies and a houseflyDouble bass (Contemporary): 1 prop and corresponding action Use this video template > #### New Subscription Management and Billing System We’ve created a new billing system and updated the way you can manage your subscription. You’ll find the new system offers greater flexibility to: upgrade your account add more seats change payment method turn auto-renew on or off renew early  and more! Learn more about these features in our help center article on Subscription Management > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### New Surfing Content   Use this template>   Our newest content certainly makes a splash. We’ve added 10 surfing actions to Business Friendly, as well as 7 props, and 2 animated beach backgrounds. Surf’s up! #### New Templates Venn Diagram (All styles): Total 12 Subscription Call-To-Action (Contemporary and Business Friendly): Total 10 Improvement of Action Tags (Business Friendly and Whiteboard): Categories included Medical - Patient and Emotions #### New Text Assets in the Studio   We have added around 30 text assets including lower third, point form and caption in the Studio. Each text asset has its own pre-built enter effects and default position when adding to the stage. You can customise the settings by simply double-clicking on the text asset and edit inside. #### New Tourism Content and More   Use this template > Dreaming of your next vacation? We’ve added new tourism and hospitality related items including 17 templates, 8 backgrounds and 39 props in Contemporary style. Here is a list of other newly added content: Hotel related actions and characters (Contemporary): 8 actions (including using selfie stick) and 4 stock characters Character creator components (Contemporary): 2 Hawaiian shirts Character creator components (Business Friendly): 6 plaid shirts #### New Training & E-Learning Content   We’ve got more Business Friendly content! Spice up your training videos using our new job training and e-learning tailored items: Including 26 templates, 7 backgrounds, 22 props and 28 actions.   Grab a copy of our sample video for promoting your next training workshop. Use this video template >   #### New Travel Content Props (Contemporary and Business Friendly): Total 95 (Including landmarks, indoor plants and household utensils) Templates (Contemporary and Business Friendly): Total 39 (Category - Concepts and title) Actions (Contemporary): Total 74 (Including cooking & catering, daily life, emotion, shopping, travel and working) Template updates (Contemporary and Business Friendly): Total 16 (Updated with new plants) #### New Year's Resolutions Use this video template > Are you still making your new year’s resolutions? Check out this video template in 9:16 aspect ratio for more ideas. You can customize the template to include your resolutions, like changing the text or including your 2022 reading list! Learn more about video layouts in our help center article on aspect ratio > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Office Happy Hour Survival Guide Use this video template > Work happy hour can be a great, casual bonding experience for your team. You’ll find this template is a great example of using Whiteboard style in a completely new way: packed full of color and gradients to create atmosphere. Use scenes from the video for your own story, including the split screen technique and finding fun ways to include charts! Learn more about Vyond's new charts from this article > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Office Stationery and Other Content Packs In this template library release, we add 7 new design theme content packs covering finance, office stationery, art and culture, climate change, and more. We update our template library regularly so make sure you check the page to see our latest additions! Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Old Time Farm Video Template   Use this video template >   Templates include: Wide shots: Barn, farm sanctuary, milking station Medium shots: Wooden fence area Close up shots: Milking, hens eating #### One-Stop Branding in Vyond Are you looking for a one-stop solution for making creative animated videos while maintaining brand consistency across your projects? Watch this video to learn the tricks to streamlining your brand management with Vyond’s various innovative features such as custom watermarks, video approval management, and brand kit. Additionally, you can contact our in-house team to create your crew of unique on-brand characters. We continue to release features such as collections and color palettes to improve brand consistency across your projects. Try out the branding features mentioned in this video to set the branding framework for your team, and stay tuned for more related features to come. *Please note, brand kit, watermark and collections are features available to users on Enterprise and Agency plans only. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Open Captions Vyond now supports open captions —also known as burn-in captions— to complement our recently released closed caption feature. Generating or uploading captions In Vyond Studio click on the ‘Video Settings’ icon, and select to generate or upload subtitles or captions in the ‘Source’ dropdown menu and click ‘Save’. Now, your video will play with open captions in preview and when downloaded. If you make changes to your video after adding open captions, update your source file to ensure that the captions are still accurate. Make your videos accessible to the widest possible audience with Vyond’s new open captions feature today! Learn more about open captions > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Organize Assets with Collections Vyond’s new Collections feature is here to help you organize your library assets so you can find them more easily! Whether you want to group your items by project name, company department, asset type, color code, or other different categories, you can now organize all Vyond scenes, characters, props, text boxes, music, soundtracks, and your uploaded images and videos into Collections. Adding assets to a collection In the content panel, find the item you wish to add to a collection. Simply right-click the item. From there, click ‘Add to Collection’. Collections can be found under the ‘Library’ tab in the content panel. You can also add to a collection from the stage and timeline. Collections make managing video assets such as branding materials easier. Maintaining your brand’s online image with Vyond is now easier than ever! *Please note, this feature is available to users on Professional, Enterprise and Agency plans only. Learn more about Collections > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Organize Videos Faster With List View (Soft Launch) We’re always thinking of ways to enhance your productivity in Vyond and we’re excited to share what we've been working on: list view and bulk actions! Try List View Click on the button in the banner to try these features and give us your feedback. You can see more videos at a glance with list view. It’s now easier to sort and organize them, too. If you’re new to Vyond, you may see list view by default. Bulk Actions Get more done at once with bulk actions. Now you can select multiple videos and right click to download, copy, delete, or move them all to another folder.  Share Your Feedback: We’re still working on list view and would love to hear your suggestions on improving further. Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Over 1,100 High-Quality Avatar Options We've now got 1,100+ AI avatar options available in the library! This latest update features new options from HeyGen, including industry-specific looks like construction and customer service, different angles, and a wide range of appearances reflecting the diversity of the world around us. Find the perfect spokesperson for your story. By partnering with trusted AI avatar providers like Tavus and HeyGen we’re making it even easier to find the perfect avatar spokesperson for your projects. Available as an add-on for all paid users, you can explore options today on the AI avatar page. Explore all AI avatar options >  Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Pairing Avatars with Templates Create professional, impactful videos faster than ever! Pair your custom AI avatar videos with Vyond's professionally designed templates to elevate your message. With over 1,100 high-quality avatar options and easy template customization, it's never been simpler to create videos that stand out. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Content Pack Here is a content pack with the recently released pharmaceutical manufacturing and laboratory items. Find it in the template library with the ‘Content Pack’ filter, or search for ‘manufacturing’ or ‘laboratory'. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Phoebe and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes improvements to a selection of voices. Here is a list of recently updated voices: German, Germany: Seraphina (Original) German, Germany: Florian (Latest) English, United States: Aria (Original) English, United States: Ava (Original) English, United States: Ava2 (Latest) English, United States: Emma (Original) English, United States: Emma2 (Original) English, United States: Jenny (Original) English, United States: Nova (Latest) English, United States: Phoebe (Latest) English, United States: Serena (Latest) English, United States: Adam (Latest) English, United States: Alloy (Latest) English, United States: Andrew (Original) English, United States: Andrew2 (Original) English, United States: Andrew3 (Latest) English, United States: Brian (Original) English, United States: Davis (Original) Spanish, Spain: Ximena (Latest) Spanish, Spain: Steffan (Original) Spanish, Spain: Tristan (Latest) French, France: Vivienne (Latest) French, France: Remy (Latest) Japanese, Japan: Nanami (Latest) Japanese, Japan: Masaru (Original) Mandarin, China: Xiaochen (Original) Mandarin, China: Yunfan (Latest) Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Pitch Your Idea Use this video template > Got to pitch your next big thing at an upcoming meeting? Personalize this video with your own message. You can use it as a video or even adapt the scenes for a slideshow presentation. The video template walks through key points for a pitch including a place for introductions, where to add charts and wrapping up with a Q&A. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Playful Contemporary and Narration Content Packs Another selection of scenes now available as templates. The location content created with playful and vibrant colors in the last release has been added to the template library as content packs! Find them in the library by searching ‘contemporary content’. Additionally, we continue to expand our library of narration templates mixed with real-life elements to offer more realistic elements in your videos. Check out the different layouts in these content packs and quickly repurpose them for future projects! A small note that some of these videos feature Shutterstock photos, which are available on Professional, Agencies, and Enterprise plans only. We update our template library regularly so make sure you check the page to see our latest additions. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Pop Quiz and Intersectionality Templates St. Patrick's Day Pop Quiz. Find this video template here > Feeling lucky? Test your team’s Irish skills with this St. Patrick’s Day template. Go n-éirí leat! (Good luck!) What is Intersectionality? Find this video template here > You may have come across the idea of intersectionality when talking about diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. Here’s an overview that you can use to keep your audience informed about contemporary efforts of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. About the Template Library You don’t need to make every video from scratch! The Template Library has videos pre-filled with backgrounds and props, ready for you to customize and add your own messaging. Browse the latest in our Template Library > #### Presentation Templates Explore a new collection of versatile video presentation templates covering a rich array of topics from medical research findings to cybersecurity awareness. Whether you're crafting a pitch or showcasing a demo, they’re ready to customize for your brand and story. Find them in the template library here > We update our template library regularly so make sure to check out the latest additions. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Priyom and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 14 new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: Assamese, India: Priyom Assamese, India: Yashica English, United States: Kai English, United States: Luna Punjabi, India: Ojas Punjabi, India: Vaani Multilingual: Ada Multilingual: Alessio Multilingual: Arabella Multilingual: Isabella Multilingual: Isidora Multilingual: Marcello Multilingual: Ollie Multilingual: Thalita Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Product Team Showreel 2020 What a year 2020 has been! The product team have been working behind the scenes to bring you fresh content and helpful updates to Vyond Studio. Check out our video showreel and look back with us at some of the new features released this year. Share Your Feedback:Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Professional Users Trial WellSaid Voices Update: Now extended to May 6, 2025! From now until the end of March, Professional users have exclusive access to our ultra high quality text to speech voices from WellSaid, typically only available on Enterprise and Agency. Discover the unparalleled clarity and realistic sound of WellSaid’s 100+ voices, available in 8 languages. Perfect for eLearning modules, instructional videos and more, the voices leverage neural networks to deliver clear, engaging voiceovers.
 For this limited time offer, Professional users can generate 7,500 characters of text (which is around 8 mins of speech depending on the language) every month, until March 31. Quotas reset at the start of each month. You can access these voices from the text to speech tool for audio-only download or by generating text to speech in Vyond Studio. Explore all voices and find your perfect match! Learn more about trialing WellSaid voices > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Project Goals, Timelines and Manufacturing Templates Thanks to your feedback, we've created a series of presentation video templates perfect for creating timelines, project goals and roadmaps. With a wider variety of content available, you can easily find templates for different functions, roles and industries. It's easy to modify the text for your own message, or even swap out the photos for ones more relevant to your project. Also introducing new video templates that cater to F&D manufacturing, industrial manufacture and warehouse scenarios. Search for ‘industrial manufacturing’ to find these in the template library. We update our template library regularly so make sure to check out the latest additions. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Promote Wildlife Conservation Use this video template > In this release we’d like to draw your attention to World Wildlife Day with a collection of new wildlife content. Add these items to your next video to raise awareness of the world’s endangered species and promote environmental sustainability. Here is a list of our newly added content in Business Friendly: Templates: 9 templates about topics such as deforestation, overfishing and illegal wildlife tradeBackgrounds: 3 backgrounds including a forest and a savannahProps: 102 props including wildlife such as a bathing hippo, a sighing bear, baobab trees and corpse flowers  Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Puck and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. No voices have been removed in this update. Here is a list of updated voices available on all plans: Multilingual: Ada (Latest) Multilingual: SunHi (Latest) Multilingual: Hyunsu (Latest) Multilingual: Ollie (Latest) Multilingual: Thierry (Latest) Multilingual: Ximena B (Latest) Multilingual: Tristan B (Latest) Here is a list of recently updated ultra high quality voices. The voices marked multilingual can now also handle Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovakian, and Slovenian: Multilingual: Achernar Multilingual: Aoede Multilingual: Autonoe Multilingual: Callirrhoe Multilingual: Despina Multilingual: Erinome Multilingual: Gacrux Multilingual: Kore Multilingual: Laomedeia Multilingual: Leda Multilingual: Pulcherrima Multilingual: Sulafat Multilingual: Vindemiatrix Multilingual: Zephyr Multilingual: Achird Multilingual: Algenib Multilingual: Algieba Multilingual: Alnilam Multilingual: Charon Multilingual: Enceladus Multilingual: Fenrir Multilingual: Iapetus Multilingual: Orus Multilingual: Puck Multilingual: Rasalgethi Multilingual: Sadachbia Multilingual: Sadaltager Multilingual: Schedar Multilingual: Umbriel Multilingual: Zubenelgenubi Czech, Czech: Petra S. Czech, Czech: Jakub N. Danish, Denmark: Mette J. Danish, Denmark: Rasmus N. Dutch, Belgian: Tessa P. Dutch, Belgian: Niels V. Dutch, Netherlands: Lieke V. Dutch, Netherlands: Daan B. Dutch, Netherlands: Marlies D. Polish, Poland: Magdalena N. Polish, Poland: Tomasz L. Polish, Poland: Julia S. Portuguese, Portugal: Aurélia F. Spanish, Mexico: Lucio E. Spanish, Mexico: Abigaíl Q. Spanish, Mexico: Tamara F. Spanish, Mexico: Rubén V. Spanish, Mexico: Joaquina L. Spanish, USA: Isaac P. Spanish, USA: Roberta S. Swedish, Sweden: Freja S. Swedish, Sweden: Henrik B. Swedish, Sweden: Elin L. *Please note, ultra high quality voices are available to users on Enterprise and Agency plans only. Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Put Your Photos on Show Use this slideshow template > Create a digital album video with this template to share photos and celebrate memories. Our design also includes simple title cards and captions that help you tell your story more effortlessly. To make this slideshow all yours, you can upload your own photos to Vyond Studio by dragging and dropping them onto the stage, then use the masking and cropping tool to adjust how they display in the video. Learn more about masking and cropping > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Quick Access to the Character Creator How do you begin preparing for video production? Whether you like to set up your scenes first in Vyond Studio, or you prefer to skip straight to building your characters, the new dropdown option now means both are available as start points to get creating from the video listing page. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Quick Access to Video Templates There's no need to start your video from scratch every time! In the drop down on the video listing page, you will now see an option that takes you straight to the Template Library. Browse our huge selection of free video templates that you can customize any way you like. Read on to the learn about difference between scene and video templates > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Quick Background Removal Ready for our latest trick? Upload an image to the studio and right click to select “Remove Background”. Magic! You’ll be able to find both the original and the image with its background removed in the uploads folder. Tips for best results Upload an image that’s at least 512 x 512 pixels  Use an image with a clear focus, a simple background and a defined subject Choose photos that only have one or two subjects Try cropping the image if you find that it is too large once the background is removed Learn more about this in our help center article on removing backgrounds > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Quick Control Over Audio Fade Ever wished you could easily switch off the audio fade out at the end of a video? Ding! Your wish is granted. We’ve expanded controls by adding a quick toggle for fade under the video settings. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Quick Tips for Making a Video Series Consistent Video 1 - Deforestation. Use this video template>   We made three short videos around the theme of nature. When you’re looking to make a video series, here are some tips: Create all the storyboards in advance so you know how they work together Use the same phrase or tagline to focus your message Choose a color palette that can be used by all videos in the series Repeat characters to give your audience familiarity   Video 2 - Greenhouse gases. Use this video template>   Video 3 - Rising sea level. Use this video template> #### Quickly Bulk Edit Audio Do you have to edit many audio clips in a video? You can now bulk edit audio clips in one go in Vyond Studio and save time and effort! Whether you are editing mic recordings, text-to-speech (TTS), or background music tracks, for just one or multiple characters, you can batch-adjust the volume levels and audio transition settings for all the audio in one video. To do so, select all the audio clips you wish to bulk edit. Then, open the Audio Settings dialogs with one of the three following methods: Right-click on an audio clip selected, then click “Settings” Click on the Audio Settings icon in the top right corner in the studio Press and hold Command + Shift + A to use the keyboard shortcut Additionally, you can mass-edit the voice, speaking tone, speed, and pitch of your TTS clips! This is especially useful when you want to make the same edits to all the audio assigned to one character. Quickly and easily edit audio clip settings with Vyond’s bulk edit enhancement today! Learn more about the feature in our help center article on bulk edit audio > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to prov #### Ramadan in the Workplace Template Four Ways to Respect Ramadan in the Workplace. Find this template here > Ramadan is the holiest month of the Islamic calendar. It's also one of the busiest. Use this whiteboard animation video template to help develop awareness in the workplace on the practices, activities, and obligations that often make Ramadan an extraordinarily exhausting time for co-workers who are Muslim. About the Template Library You don’t need to make every video from scratch! The Template Library has videos pre-filled with backgrounds and props, ready for you to customize and add your own messaging. Browse the latest in our Template Library > #### Recent Search History in the Asset Library It's easy to get lost in the middle of things and forget where we left off. So, we've added a dropdown list below the search box to display the most recent searches and make returning to projects simpler. Whether you are continuing a video project or working on a second video that shares a theme with the one you’ve just finished, you can save time on your production when you refer to your recent searches. To remove a search term from the list, just hover over the keyword and click on the cross (X). Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Recommend to a Friend? Know someone who will love making animated videos with us? Share your referral link with a friend or coworker to get them started with a free trial of Vyond Studio. Share Your Feedback:Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Recover Deleted Videos You can now recover your deleted videos with the trash folder on the video listing page. #### Refreshed Office Templates Are you looking for refreshed office-themed templates? We have developed five “Office” content packs showcasing diverse video and character styles, each designed to evoke different levels of visual appeal and offer more variety. These templates range from dichromatic designs with a pop of color to modern aesthetics featuring bold, neon colors for a more abstract look. Whether you are seeking design inspiration or just curious about these new styles, come and explore these updated looks by searching “Office scenes” in the template library! Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Rémi and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 5 new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: French, France: Rémi Italian, Italy: Adriano Portuguese, Brazil: Thiago Spanish, Spain: Sergio Spanish, Mexico: Andrés Learn more about voices in our help center article on text-to-speech > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Replace Characters in Quick Edit Creating dynamic and personalized videos is easier than ever with AI-powered video creator Vyond Go. Now, with this enhancement you can replace characters and edit their text-to-speech settings all within Quick Edit. Replacing a character Select a character and click on the ‘Replace’ icon. The character library will open so you can pick a new character, including stock or custom characters. Updating text-to-speech Bulk update your character’s voice, language and voice style settings too. Select a character at the top of the Quick Edit panel and you'll find their text-to-speech settings listed underneath. With this new update to Quick Edit, it's easier than ever to go from vision to video in minutes. With both Vyond Go and Quick Edit still in Beta, expect more additions and enhancements to come! Be sure to make your voice heard by leaving feedback on these updates with the form at the end of this article. Learn more about Quick Edit > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Residential Content in Business Friendly Use this video template > Home, they say, is where the heart is. We’ve added backgrounds and templates relating to the neighborhood, including a townhouse, mansion and more. Here is a list of our newly added content in Business Friendly: Housing templates: 16 scene templates including a townhouse balcony grilling seshHousing backgrounds: 5 backgrounds including an atticHousing props: 34 props including balconies and glass doorsTopless option: 1 upper item for male characters in the Character CreatorNurse hat: 1 accessoryJapanese characters: 6 stock characters in traditional Japanese kimono and yukataTravel, catering and shopping: 6 scene templates including the subway exit Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Restoring Last Search and Filtering Results Vyond has added two new enhancements to the content panel: Search filter chips and reopening the last panel session. Search filters Our new buttons at the top of the panel help you filter search results by two criteria: style and library. The style filters narrow your search results by design style, and the library filter makes it simpler to find items within the In This Video, My Library, Shared Library, and Transferred Content folders. Reopen panel easily Additionally, you will find that a search panel remembers your last search results. Simply click the “Open” arrow to pick up where you left off in your last content search, or use the keyboard shortcut "[" to close and open the panel. Find things more quickly with the new search filter chips and search more effortlessly with the “Open” arrow in the content panel! Learn more about the feature in our help center article on global search > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Retain Assigned TTS Voice as Default After you have assigned a TTS voice to a character, it will become the default voice for that character when you add more dialogue. #### Reverting Audio Control Update In response to user feedback, we are removing the update to volume level and fading controls for further testing. You can still see the waveform will show yellow and red when the track is too loud. Thank you for your feedback, and stay tuned for future enhancements. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Review Team Account Activity Team administrators, you can now review your account’s activity history! Get info on your team’s subscription details, login attempts, and password history in a CSV file. *Please note this feature is available to Enterprise users. Contact Customer Support to get your report > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Safety Feature for Expired Accounts Security is a top priority at Vyond, so we’ve added an extra privacy measure to further protect your work. Now, you’ll find that if your account expires, before you can access it, you’ll need to confirm your identity by clicking on an access link sent to the email address registered to your account. Learn more about Vyond’s security features in this article > #### Sales Enablement, Healthcare and Modern Office Style Power up your sales strategy with 9 new templates released to coincide the launch of our Quickstart Kit for Sales Enablement; it bundles essential templates, integrations and resources designed to elevate your sales enablement game. Dive into templates for internal training, competitive battlecards, professional product demo walkthroughs and much more. Find them in the template library here > Also new to the template library, you’ll find 3 ready-to-use video templates easy to update with your own branding and business-specific messaging. Update staff training with a comprehensive video on infection control protocols, and enhance patient education with a medication explainer video or a pre-procedure MRI preparation guide.  Find them in the template library here > Back by popular demand, we have another content pack with a selection of office scenes featuring colorful new characters to bring your videos and presentations to life. Find it in the template library here > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Sales Promotion Templates Video 1 – Beauty product information. Use this video template > Use these effective sales and marketing templates to promote your products, introduce your services, and announce your next sales and deals. Video 2 – Your trusted dog sitter. Use this video template > Video 3 – Mint lemonade promo. Use this video template > Video 4 – Livestream promo. Use this video template > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Save Scene as Template with Audio & MP4   The "Save as Template" feature has just been enhanced. Your custom template creations can now include audio tracks and mp4 videos. If you are a Professional Plan subscriber, you can even share your custom templates with your team members! #### Save Scenes as New Video Have you ever wanted to turn parts of your video into a GIF? Or only share certain sections of your video project? Now, you can make quick copies of your selected scenes with the following steps: Holding down the Ctrl (Windows) / ⌘ (Mac) key, select the scenes and any audio you want to saveRight-click to open the menuSelect “Save as New Video”A success snackbar will give you the option to open a new tab to view your scenes Your new video will be saved in the same location as your original file. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Scene Transitions Using Patterns Use this video template > Looking for a new way to make fancy scene transitions? Watch this tutorial to see how you can incorporate Japanese pattern props and create a beautiful wave transition between scenes. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Scene Update Next time you try adding a scene to your timeline, you might notice something a little different.  Scene icon In Vyond Studio, next to the Prop and Character icons you’ll also find a new Scene icon. This opens up a panel full of scenes. By moving the scenes library from the timeline to the left hand side of the studio, you can find all the content you add to your video from the same area. We also know you'll find it so much easier to browse the scenes in this format. Click or drag You can click on a scene in the panel to quickly replace the scene you have on stage. Or you can drag the scene to wherever you want in the timeline. So easy! “Choose Scene” You can still add a scene from the timeline too! Your menu will now give you the chance to “Choose Scene” instead of choosing a template. We wanted to make it easier to clarify between the Scenes in your timeline and the video templates available in our Template Library. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Scenes and Grouped Assets in the Media Library Access your scenes from the Media Library panel. Browse all of your videos and quickly add a scene to the stage with one click or dragging it to the timeline. In the assets tab not only can you find the assets that you use in a video, you will also be able to see and apply group assets and text assets. So useful for reusing complex props!  Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Screen Recording for 15 Minutes Record more! You can now capture up to 15 minutes of continuous video in Vyond - nearly 4x as much recording time as before. Available on all plan types! Learn more about screen recording > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Script to Video Got a script ready to roll? Now you can upload your script to Vyond Go and watch as it matches your text to the selected template layout.  How to upload a script Simply choose ‘Script’ as your input type then upload a script or paste your script into the box. This feature ensures your narrative flows perfectly with your chosen visuals, making video creation smoother and more intuitive than ever! Match script to layout For best results with script to video, we recommend using scripts that align closely to Vyond Go layouts and adjust language settings accordingly. Narration: great for a script with one voice. Many of these templates align with your prompt by including props and images from Vyond and Shutterstock libraries. Talking Head: use this for a script featuring only one character speaking. Conversation: perfect for a script with two characters, simply select a location layout that matches with the script setting. Language output: get the text-to-speech voice right first time by adjusting the 'Language output' to match the script language. Learn more about script to video > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Scripts in More Languages with Vyond Go Engage your audience all over the world by speaking their language. We are excited to release our latest feature in Vyond Go, which allows you to create videos in different languages. With this new feature, you can enter a video prompt and choose to generate a script in one of up to 70 different languages. Choose an accent too for the text-to-speech voices! This eliminates the need for post-generation translation and voiceover tasks. Make multilingual videos using Vyond Go and connect with audiences from diverse language backgrounds. *Please note, this feature is available to users on Professional, Enterprise and Agency plans only. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Seamless Avatar Workflow in Vyond You can now create your avatar videos in Vyond Studio. Browse from 1,100+ avatar options in the content panel and add them to your scenes, swap out stock avatars easily with Replace, and more!  This update makes it a lot easier to choose where and how you start making videos that feature avatars. You can start with an existing video and add an avatar to it, go from a blank video in Vyond Studio, or pick from a range of Vyond Go templates. Learn more about avatars in Vyond Studio > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Seamless Collaboration with Groups With the new Groups feature, Enterprise account users can share videos with a group of contacts in one go. Simply adding someone to a group will allow them to access a group’s previously shared content – a huge time saver! Watch this video to learn more about collaboration with teammates using Groups. *Please note, this feature is available to Enterprise users only. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Search Bar Translation We've updated the search bar! Search for props, characters, audio, or scene templates and more in your desired language. Switch the language next to the search bar, and it will translate the search terms to match them with corresponding results from the library. Learn more about searching in other languages in this help center article > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Search in Japanese You can now search for items in the library with Japanese keywords! We are experimenting to cover the majority of props and actions, but of course, all the latest Japan-themed assets are already searchable in Japanese. We’ve also added Japanese articles to the Help Center. As we continue to investigate language and search enhancements, make sure to share your feedback in the survey below. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. 必要なアセットを日本語のキーワードで検索してみることができるようになりました!現在、大部分のプロップやアクションをカバーするために試行錯誤していますが、最新の日本をテーマにしたアセットはすべて日本語で検索が可能になります。今Vyondヘルプセンターに日本語で掲載もあります。 アンケートに協力する: 本調査は、アセットの日本語検索機能について実施しております。ご回答いただきました内容は、今後のより良いサービス提供のご参考とさせていただきますので、ご協力をお願いいたします。アンケートはこちらへ > #### Search Release Notes Vyond’s release notes page is a treasure trove of inspirational videos, content release showcases, and articles on feature releases and enhancements. So, we have added a new side panel with a search bar, filtered categories, and recent post suggestions to ensure you get the most out of our inventory! To use the search, hit the menu button in the uppermost top left corner and you'll see "Search Product Releases". Type in your search term and hit the enter button on your keyboard to get searching. #### Search Videos   You can now find videos easily on the video listing page by searching keywords used in video titles and e-mail addresses of creators. You can also sort videos by 'Last modified', 'Video Title A-Z' and ' Video Title Z-A'. #### Security Tips for Working Remotely and Other Templates Security Tips for Working Remotely. Find this template here > Help your team keep data safe while working remotely. This template covers security risks that accompany remote work and shares how to avoid them with tips from Vyond’s own internal data security expert. Personalize the template with your company’s current remote work security policies and update it as needed for year-round use. Overcome Your Creative Block. Find this template here > This template is a great jumping-off point for explaining health and wellness concepts, with split-screen scenes that allow you to quickly compare lifestyle changes and benefits. The scenes can be swapped, making this template especially great for any comparison videos. International Women's Day (March 8). Find this template here > Get ready for International Women's Day on March 8, a global day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. About the Template Library You don’t need to make every video from scratch! The Template Library has videos pre-filled with backgrounds and props, ready for you to customize and add your own messaging. Browse the latest in the Template Library > #### See Grouped Items in Asset View Do you like to put together your own designs from different props and texts? Professional and Enterprise users can now see their custom designs in Asset View. Click “Expand” to view your video elements as individual pieces, or select “Collapse” to see them as groupings. *Please note, this feature is available to Professional and Enterprise users. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Select All Items in a Video List Select all items in a video list quickly, with this latest enhancement. When you click on the checkbox at the top of the navigation column, it will select all loaded items. If you find yourself noticing some items were not selected, continue scrolling to the end first to ensure all of the videos and folders have loaded. Learn more about the feature in our help center article on bulk selection > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Select Multiple Audio Clips with Drag Select Now you can select multiple audio clips in the timeline with drag select. You can also use keyboard shortcuts: Shift +click to add to selectionCtrl or command +click to exclude from selection #### Select Transcription Language for Captions You can now select the transcription language for better captioning accuracy! In ‘Video Settings’, under the ‘Languages’ section, you can now choose the language of your script. This option is set to ‘Auto detect’ by default and is generally recommended for a smooth experience. In addition, the ‘Auto detect’ option is especially useful for videos that contain multiple languages. While our transcription tool supports over 100 languages, we are constantly expanding our library. If your desired language is not available in the transcription dropdown menu, you can still opt for ‘Auto detect’ and we will do our best to produce the best captioning results. At Vyond, we continue to improve your captioning and video production experience. Stay tuned for more exciting updates that will provide greater working flexibility in editing and managing captions in the future! Learn more about captions > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Separate Audio from Video New editing tools unlocked! Now you can extract audio from your videos directly with Vyond Studio. Next time you’re working with AI Avatars, Screen Recording or uploaded videos in Vyond Studio, you can now edit the audio separately from the video content. How it works Inside Vyond Studio, right click on your video on the stage. From the context menu select ‘Extract Audio’. Once extracted you can adjust the duration and volume of audio directly in video playback. Learn more about importing videos > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Share Blessings on Thanksgiving Use this video template > While you may still be separated from family and friends because of the pandemic, there are still ways to show them love and gratitude. Let loved ones know that you’re thinking of them this holiday with this video template. You can personalize it by adding their characters or adapting for other seasonal holidays! Happy Thanksgiving! #### Share Folders with Others Vyond’s latest enhancement allows you to share folders with people inside and outside your team account! To share a folder, click on the three dots for “More options” on the video listing page and select “Share” in the menu. It opens a dialog box where you can choose to enable a share link or by adding others to your list and enabling them access to the folder. Professional and Enterprise users who share folders with other users in the same subscription tier will be able to choose the recipients’ access level, whereas Premium and Essential users or people outside their team account will be granted “View access” to the folder content. Additionally, users who wish to tighten the security of their folders when shared can choose to enable password protection. Start sharing folders with others with Vyond’s latest enhancement! *Please note, this feature is available to users on Professional, Enterprise and Agency plans only. Learn more about this feature in our help center article on folders > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Shared Space for Enterprise For big teams you need a space for collaboration. We’ve created shared spaces, where you can put videos and folders to allow easy access for the different Vyond members in a Vyond for Enterprise account.  Shared space features Great for onboarding new members as you can place welcome videos and templates for them to use Easy to create shared spaces and invite all the Vyond users in your organization When someone is leaving, no need to transfer videos as they can all remain in the shared space Account owners can view all shared spaces in the settings panel (upcoming enhancement) More enhancements in the pipeline... Want to understand more about how Vyond for Enterprise could work for your growing team? Contact our sales team to find out more. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Show Content All The Time   Content outside the stage area now shows all the time except when you are previewing the video. #### Shutterstock Library in Vyond Enjoy direct access to Shutterstock’s extensive library of high-quality videos, images and music, from right inside the content panel in Vyond Studio. Now it's easier than ever to create eye-catching videos! Whether you want to add drama, intensity, serenity or mystery to your video, Shutterstock’s vast collection of assets is here to help communicate your core message more effectively and creatively and make your brand more relatable to your target audience. Explore Shutterstock’s incredible library in Vyond Studio and create even more compelling and diverse videos. Learn more about Shutterstock > *Please note, this feature is available to users on Professional, Enterprise and Agency plans only. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Skating, Vaping, Fumigating Use this video template > Sliding down a desert mountain with impressive skateboard tricks, emerging from a cloud of smoke in a supervillain stride, or floating into the sky with colorful balloons. Create iconic scenes with our new props, actions and more! Here is a list of our newly added content: Skating and smoking actions (Business Friendly): 23 actions for Adults, including vaping and smoke-filled entrances and exitsEarphones props (Business Friendly): 3 props, including earbuds Earphones items in Character Creator (Business Friendly): 2 items for earphonesBalloon and piggy bank prop enhancements (Business Friendly): 7 prop enhancements including adding a non-animated piggy bank, making balloons color-changeableRoad background enhancements (Business Friendly): 6 backgrounds including non-animated roads and desertsCharacter Creator items (Whiteboard): adding back 5 glasses for Kids Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Slick Tricks for Smooth Presentations  We’ve put together three slick tricks that you can try out in Vyond Studio. Follow the steps to create smooth scene transitions and join sequences together in clever ways. Trick 1 - Making the message pop up This is a great way to give viewers context and then smoothly draw attention to your main message.  Use this template > To try this yourself: Create a scene with a character working at the computer. We’ve used a desk, chair, monitor, keyboard, and a coffee cup. Select all the assets and set the Exit Effect to Blur. Set the duration to 8 seconds. Add a rectangle to cover the entire scene. Set the Enter Effect to Fade. Adjust the delay to around 3 seconds. Then, under the More option next to the effects tabs, adjust the Opacity to 70%. Add a rectangle to represent a pop-up window, and then add text to create your message. Set the Enter Effect on these assets to Pop. Adjust the delay to 3 seconds. Preview your video, and if necessary adjust the timing on the effects. Give yourself a pat on the back for creating such slick scenework. Learn more about enter and exit effects in this tutorial >  Trick 2 - Connecting location From outdoor to indoor, or from here to there, sometimes it’s hard to connect two scenes together. This snapshot scene is a great segue to move the viewer towards your message.    Use this template > To try this yourself: Create your first scene. Use props that give context to your message, and include a camera prop. Create the next scene. Start with a book prop and any text you want to include. Add a photo frame prop and on top of that use a few of the assets from the last scene, adjusting it to look like a snapshot. Add a Camera Movement, framing the darker orange rectangle over the photo frame prop. Add a second Camera Movement, framing the lighter orange rectangle to view the whole stage. Set the delay to 0.5 seconds and the duration to 1 second. Add a rectangle prop and change the color to white. Stretch it large enough to cover the whole scene. We want to make the camera look like it’s flashing. To do this, set the rectangle prop’s Exit Effect to Fade, changing the delay to 0 and duration to 0.5 seconds. Preview your video. Success! Learn about Camera Movement in this tutorial >  Trick 3 - Comparing scenarios A simple trick that you should add to your video portfolio. Comparing scenarios gives the viewer a clear visual distinction between two options and it’s easy for you to do quickly. Stick to a simple color palette to help make the differences stand out.  Use this template > To try this yourself: Add a rectangle prop to the left half of the stage. Create your composition on top using assets that illustrate your message. Copy all assets and paste to the other side of the stage. While the pasted assets are still selected, right click and select Mirror. Add or take away props to the second composition to create a comparison. Select all assets on the left and apply Enter Effects to Slide Right. Select all assets on the right and apply Enter Effects to Slide Left. Preview your video. Success! Learn more about Mirror in this tutorial >  Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey to help us continue providing you with high quality Vyond Studio experience in the future. #### Smart and Fun Seasonal E-Cards This year, Vyond incorporates charts, shapes, and other unconventional elements into our Christmas e-card designs. In these templates, you will find snowflakes made with our radar chart, Christmas trees with our bar chart, and Christmas lights with our scatter chart. Not in a mood for charts? We also built a giant gift box, a snowman, and mountain ranges using different shape props. Play around with our video templates and find other creative ways to use Vyond’s different design tools as you create your next smart and fun e-card! Video 1. Sparkle and shine with a radar chart snowflake. Use this video template > Video 2. Joy typography. Use this video template > Video 3. Happy Holidays with a bar chart tree. Use this video template > Video 4. Season’s Greetings with a gift box. Use this video template > Video 5. Happy Holidays with snowy mountains. Use this video template > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Social Media Promo Templates and Annual Company Reports Dive into these mixed media promotional templates, including a cooking tutorial, skincare promo, and more. These templates are available in different aspect ratios, so you can reuse them easily across social media. Find them in the template library here > You'll also find two sets of company report video templates suitable for CSR topics and customer and stakeholder engagement. Available in four languages: English, French, Spanish, and Japanese. Find them in the template library here > We update our template library regularly so make sure to check out the latest additions. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Sort Order Stays as You Like It List view is made even more convenient with our latest time saver enhancement. Now the sort order will remember the last option you used to organize your videos. Learn more about our list view enhancement in this article > #### Spanish and Japanese in the Help Center You can now find Vyond Studio tutorials available in Spanish and Japanese! We’ve been translating our Help Center articles into more of the languages spoken by Vyond users. Stay tuned for more languages that will be added to the Help Center soon. To find tutorials in other languages, visit the Help Center > Para encontrar tutoriales en español, visita el Centro de Ayuda > 日本語のチュートリアルについては、ヘルプセンターをご覧ください > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Speech Enhancer Don’t have access to a recording studio? No matter! We’ve partnered with Dolby.io and built in a speech enhancement feature directly into Vyond Studio. Record or upload your voiceover and click on the Speech Enhancer to remove background noise and get consistent volume levels. When you toggle the feature on, it will take a moment to fully process the audio – you can edit your video while it does its thing! *Please note this feature is available to Professional and Enterprise users. Learn more about the feature in our help center article on speech enhancement > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Spotlight on Color and Design Trends Video 1 - Neo-Cyberpunk. Use this video template > Looking for a new look for your videos? Each year forecasters share the top trends for the coming year. Check out these different design trends and color palettes that can bring a new flavor, aesthetic and direction to your videos. Video 2 - Soothing Nature. Use this video template > Video 3 - Muted Retro. Use this video template > Video 4 - Bold Colors. Use this video template > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Spotlight on Presenter Templates Introducing a new set of 12 templates designed to make your video presentations pop. Each features a designated spot for a presenter where you can swap in your own speaker. Simply upload the video or image you’d like to replace it with to the template in Vyond Studio. Whether you use a recording, image, or an AI avatar, these templates make it simple to personalize and deliver your message with a professional touch. Find them in the template library here > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Stay Afloat! Use this video template > Home fires, catastrophic floods, broken furniture, or wall stains? Don’t let natural disasters hit you like an asteroid. Get insurance to stay afloat as effortlessly as an astronaut in space! Here is a list of our newly added content: Space content (Business Friendly): Scenes: 5 scenes including space station and rocket liftoffBackgrounds: 7 backgrounds including asteroid belt and space stationProps: 19 props including meteorite, galaxy, and space roverActions: 1 floating action for Adults and Kids Insurance content (Business Friendly): Scenes: 12 scenes including flooding and home fireProps: 29 props including burn marks, peel marks, and broken furniture Miscellaneous content: Props (Business Friendly): 2 props for wooden signsActions (Business Friendly): 2 actions for Adults and Kids, including holding a signActions (Contemporary): 1 action for holding a sign  Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Stay On Brand with Custom Color Palettes Brand colors help shape brand identity, and Vyond’s new custom color palette feature is here to help you maintain a consistent brand image across all the videos you create on Vyond. Creating a color palette To create your first color palette, start a new video and click on the ‘Background Color’ tab. Here, a ‘Palettes’ tab will appear beside the ‘All Colors’ tab. Click ‘CREATE PALETTE’ to start a new color palette and give it a name. Adding colors Go to the ‘All Colors’ tab, select a color, and right-click on its color swatch to add it to your palette. Alternatively, if you already have an existing image that contains the colors you want in a palette, upload it to the ‘Color detection’ section within the ‘All Colors’ toolbox, and right-click on the color swatches to add them from there. Applying colors To apply the colors from a palette to a prop, a chart, or a text box, open the color toolbox and select the ‘Palettes’ tab to browse and use your color palettes. ‘Palettes’ are accessible to all users on an Enterprise account. While Enterprise account users can create and manage color palettes, users of other plan types within the same Enterprise account can access and use the palettes belonging to the Enterprise account user. Apply branded colors to your Vyond videos and easily replicate and maintain your brand’s online presence with palettes today! *Please note, this feature is available to users on Enterprise and Agency plans only. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Stellar Earnings, Yee-Haw! Use this video template > Budgeting, saving, and investing. Check out our video to see how you can use our charts and mining templates to make your finance presentation shine like a diamond. Learn more about the feature in our help center article on values in charts > #### Summer Drinks, Characters and Mustaches Use this video template > Keep your mustache cool with our refreshing library assets! Here is a list of our newly added content: Props (Business Friendly): 5 props including bubble tea, iced chocolate, and mint lemonadeStock characters (Contemporary): 12 characters including casual dresser and office workerCharacter Creator items (Contemporary): 2 mustaches We mustache you a few questions: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Summer Stories Use this video template > Ooh yeah, summer is here ...and so is the new aspect ratio tool! This template contains videos in a portrait (9:16) aspect ratio, the perfect size for mobile format and sharing on social media. Use this collection of sun-and-sea-themed videos to kick start your own summer stories! Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Summer Travel Content Use this video template > International travel is back on this summer! Send your characters through the airport departure hall to a bus coach, visiting Chinese and Japanese restaurants, or exploring new destinations with Vyond’s latest travel and restaurant content. Here is a list of our newly added content: Travel content (Business Friendly): Scenes: 15 scenes including ticket counter and airport arrival hall Backgrounds: 10 backgrounds including bus interior and airport Props: 49 props including self-service bag drop and air traffic control Actions: 9 actions for Adults, including stamping, running and pushing, and placing luggage Characters: 2 agents Use this video template > Restaurant content (Business Friendly): Scenes: 11 scenes including strip mall, Chinese, and Japanese restaurants Backgrounds: 6 backgrounds including coffee shop and restaurant entrance Props: 67 props including archway, display cabinet and storefront glass doors Actions: 1 action for Adults for wok frying Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Sunny and Grumble Tackle Environmental Challenges Explore topics of environmental awareness with Sunny & Grumble in this new mini-series of custom-designed video templates.  Find them in the template library here > These engaging stories demonstrate the power of Vyond for impactful storytelling, as our Animation team explore animation styles beyond the classics.  If you’re interested in creating your own style or custom assets for your brand or business, reach out to support@vyond.com for more details. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Swap Mode Improvement   When swap mode is enabled, you can swap multiple assets in the scene with just one click. #### Swap VO partner VoiceArchive with inWhatLanguage In order to align our Voice-Over partners between Legacy Video Maker and Vyond Studio, VoiceArchive has been replaced with InWhatLanguage in our Legacy Video Maker. #### Take Steps to Restore Our Earth Use this video template > Earth Day falls annually on April 22. In this video you’re encouraged to think about some of the steps you can take to prevent further environmental destruction of our Earth. #### Talking Presenter Actions Use this video template > We have added new talking actions to help you deliver presentations more vividly! Use these actions to vary your characters’ speeches in your next video. Here is a list of our newly added content: Talking content (Business Friendly): Actions: 10 talking actions for Adults, including talking in happy, excited, and related manners Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Talking Props for Healthcare and Warehouse Scenes Meet the new selection of talking props featuring mouths and eyes without limbs, which have been paired with key healthcare items for a product demo. If you’re on an Enterprise, Agency or Government plan you can use the ‘Add Logo’ feature to create your own talking mascot.  Find it in the template library here > Explore our new warehouse scenes content pack, with scenes, characters and props that are perfect for logistics storytelling. Whether you’re in supply chain management, e-commerce fulfillment, manufacturing, retail distribution, or freight services you’ll find this pack offers a great selection of color-changeable animated assets for your stories and explainers about logistics, warehouse operations, and shipping processes. Find it in the template library here > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Talking Props Template Ready to serve up a delicious story? Talking prop characters are here by popular request! Spice up your next video with this template content pack, featuring Contemporary props turned into characters that you can apply actions to. Transform content from bland to grand! Find it in the template library here > How to update the props If you're on an Enterprise, Agency, or Government plan, you can use the 'Add Logo' feature to create your own talking mascot. 1. Select a character from the template. 2. Open the Color / Logo panel. 3. Select the Replace icon. 4. Select a new image from Your Uploads to replace the character's body. Note: You can upload your own image, or use an image generated using text to image. 5. Back in the Color / Logo panel on the right hand side, update the size and position to adjust the character. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Tap Into the Digital World Use this video template > Digital healthcare, virtual conference, online shopping, and more. Tap into the world of technology with our new content release! Here is a list of our newly added content: Technology content: Scenes (Business Friendly): 25 scenes including virtual healthcare, chatbot, and project workflowScenes (Contemporary): 19 scenes including slow internet and virtual conferenceProps (Business Friendly): 36 props including virtual meeting buttons for mic and cameraProps (Contemporary): 23 props including vertical monitor, tablet, and smartphoneActions (Business Friendly): 6 Adult actions including using a tablet stylus, and 2 Kids actions including using a tablet Miscellaneous Character Creator items (Business Friendly): 9 upper items, 9 lower items, 5 feet items, 3 face decoration items, including halo, bucket hat, swimsuit, and Mary Jane shoes Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Template Showcase Vyond unveils loads of awesome easy-to-edit video templates tailored for professionals working in human resources, learning and development, sales, and marketing, in different aspect ratios and with plenty more templates to come! Using templates to create a video The next time you hit “Create a video”, our template showcase will pop up. Here, you can find bite-size, single-scene videos on product promotion, short explainer videos with ask-and-answer cards, and medium-length videos that cover elaborate topics such as annual report presentations. These templates are perfect if you want to give video animation a go, or would like to create engaging and effective videos easily. As well as this template showcase available right at the point of video creation, you can still access the template library to browse for video inspiration. Starting with a blank template Don't worry! You can still start a project from a blank video by clicking the dropdown arrow on the “Create a video” button and selecting one of the options from there. Try out Vyond’s new template showcase and easily make your next video now > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Templates Celebrating Pride and Juneteenth A Few Facts About Pride. Find this template here > Use this short, customizable video to celebrate Pride. Make the template your own by adding images, photos, and additional facts. Celebrating Juneteenth. Find this template here > Juneteenth, short for June nineteenth, is an annual holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Vyond marks Juneteenth as a company holiday. Today, nearly all 50 states mark Juneteenth as either a day of observance or a state holiday. It is our hope that Juneteenth will soon be adopted nation-wide. About the Template Library You don’t need to make every video from scratch! The Template Library has videos pre-filled with backgrounds and props, ready for you to customize and add your own messaging. Browse the latest in our Template Library > #### Templates Recommended for You We are thrilled to release a ‘Recommended for You’ section in the Template Library, to help you find relevant videos quickly and create videos more easily. With this new selection, instead of combing through our extensive library looking for the perfect scenes, you can now see templates that may be useful to you right at the top of the Template Library. We hope you will enjoy a more personalized video-making experience on Vyond and create even better videos with our template recommendations. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Templates with Real-Life Scenes in Vyond Go We now offer templates in Vyond Go created in combination with assets from the Shutterstock library. Try one of these professional templates to mix up the type of media in your video. In addition, we now automatically adjust the scene duration to match with the length of any script edit made in Quick Edit, so you can edit videos more efficiently! Explore our wider range of creative templates in Vyond Go and a smoother workflow in Quick Edit now! *Please note, Shutterstock assets included in these templates are available to users on Professional, Enterprise and Agency plans only. Learn more about Vyond Go and Quick Edit > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Text Editing Improvement   Now you can type right away after selecting the text box. Double-clicking is no longer required to access the text field. #### Text Editing Just Got a Whole Lot Richer   Use this template > With this exciting update, you can now: Change the following properties for individual words within a text box: Font family Font weight Font color Font style (Bold, Italic) Horizontal alignment Input right-to-left text and apply text effects, e.g. Typing and Whiteboard Animation effects. Adjust line spacing We have also enhanced the dropdown menu by adding "In this video" and "My library" sections. So that you can easily find the fonts you want. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey to help us continue providing you with high quality Vyond Studio experience in the future. #### Text in Video   Text is an important visual element in a video, but less useful when it’s difficult to read. Here are some best practices for using text in a video: Title cards Make titles noticeable Align your title in the centre with plenty of space around it Text hierarchy Big information up top Enter effects draw attention in the right order Cut lengthy text When you can, use visuals instead Short bullet points help break down a paragraph Check there is enough time to read everything. If it’s too long, trim the words Charts Adjust text font size so that there is no overlap within charts Use camera movement to highlight key information To try these tips out for yourself, why not use this template> #### Text to Image Generation for Videos Reimagine what is possible with your videos! Explore fresh visual styles for video creation, with the latest AI-powered addition to Vyond: text to image generation. Generating images There’s now a tab in the content panel for image generation. Enter your prompt, and select a style. Select from six art styles: Block print Paper art Gradient vector Colorist Photo realism Concept art With more styles coming soon! Image or objects The selection allows you to choose full images, or images of the object without a background. Objects are great to use like props, layering over an image as a background. Generating and saving You’ll get two images per generation. Save these to your uploads or a collection to keep them for your projects. Learn more with tips for successful prompting > *Please note, this feature is available to users on Professional, Enterprise and Agency plans only. It's currently in Beta testing, you can leave feedback in the linked form below. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Text to Image Generation Page Turn your ideas into images with Vyond's upgraded text to image tool, now more powerful than ever with a smarter AI model and easier to find on its own page. Start from the Create button or the Tools section on the Home page, and download to use anywhere, not only in your videos! Additionally the text to image tool in Vyond Studio has been enhanced, giving you quicker processing and sharper results to bring your creative visions to life. Learn more about text to image > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Text-to-Speech: Tone, Speed, Pitch and Preview Vyond’s latest advanced text-to-speech (TTS) settings allow you to create realistic TTS voiceovers and improve your video narrative. Also it's now possible to preview voices before generating audio! The next time you edit any TTS file settings, you will see a new “voice style” section where you can adjust the speed and pitch of the audio file on voices. You'll notice that some voices, marked with a speech bubble icon next to their voice name, also have the option of adjusting the tone. How to adjust voice settings: In the “tone” dropdown menu, preview and select different tones to add expressions to your TTS voiceover. In the “speed” section, adjust the speed of your speech to enhance your story’s pacing. Finally, in the “pitch” menu, vary your voiceover pitch to heighten your story’s narrative. Please note that the availability and variety of tones, speed and pitch depends on which voice is selected. If any of the options are greyed out, the voice adjustments are not available for that voice. Create expressive and realistic text-to-speech voiceovers and storytelling experiences with Vyond’s new TTS settings today! Learn more about tone, speed and pitch in our help center article on text-to-speech voice styles > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Thalita and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 7 new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: Multilingual: Jane (Latest) Multilingual: Alessio (Latest) Multilingual: Isabella (Latest) Multilingual: Macerio (Latest) Multilingual: Thalita (Latest) Mandarin, China: Yunye (Flash) Arabic, Standard: Zeina Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Thanksgiving and Other Templates In this template library content release, we have added 5 new templates on the topic of Thanksgiving and 4 previously released 'Get inspired' videos. Celebrate Thanksgiving with 1 full-length video about the season in the office and 4 simple, customizable templates with celebratory messages and dinner invitations. We have also added 4 previous 'Get inspired' videos to the template library, including 'After work happy hour', 'Company communications', 'HR newsletter' and 'Video resume'. We update our template library regularly so make sure you check the page to see our latest additions! Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Thanksgiving Videos as Easy as Pie Use this video template > Falling leaves, roast turkeys and homemade pumpkin treats. It’s time for Thanksgiving! Here is a list of our newly added content: Thanksgiving templates (Business Friendly): 3 templates including kitchen and food delivery scenesThanksgiving props (Business Friendly): 15 props including garlands, dried flowers and pumpkin piesThanksgiving actions (Business Friendly): 2 actions for holding items and unboxingStock characters (Business Friendly): 4 delivery peopleCharacter Creator items (Business Friendly): 4 upper items for crew neck shirts Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### The Hero’s Journey Use this video template> Do you ever get stuck wondering how to write a story? The Hero’s Journey is a storytelling template popularized by Joseph Campbell. It uses a circular narrative to construct a storyline by identifying the different stages of adventure. Usually the story begins with a hero or heroine who lacks something, goes on an adventure and experiences difficulties, then comes out the other side transformed. The video explores an example of this story format and hopefully inspires you to create your own hero’s journey! #### Themed Content Packs, Faceless Characters and More We have a new type of content pack - themes! These are collections of templates based around a theme that you can use to easily create presentation-style videos, like when you’re pitching your ideas, presenting new information, or updating the team on HR changes. These templates come in a wide range of styles, from professional-looking corporate themes to fun and playful themes such as comic book and space. They are composed in ways that you can conveniently apply different messages to them. Additionally, our e-commerce and insurance-themed templates also feature faceless characters for neutrality. Search for “theme” in our template library to find our themed content packs. As for scene content packs, we have added more locations such as home construction, supermarket warehouse, and biotech manufacturing. Lastly, to mark Global Wellness Day on the second Saturday of June, we have one template to help promote the importance of good living and stay healthy physically and mentally. We update our template library regularly so make sure you check the page to see our latest additions! Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Thinking Outside the Box with Sound Effects I hear the clip clop of horse hooves. Except... Those are coconuts! Sound effects are a great way to enhance the movements you see on screen. But the original source of the sound doesn’t always match the action you see. In this video we have used sound effects from our library and paired them with a visual that may or may not be the same. Can you identify the sound effect? Have fun exploring the sound effect library and bringing your stories to life. Use this video template > #### Three Black Inventors to Know and Other Templates Three Black Inventors to Know. Though Black inventors have had to face many social and legal barriers to be recognized for their work, they have still managed to make prolific contributions to society. Originally created for Black History Month, this template can be used year-round to help and share stories that matter. Three Reasons to Attend an HBCU. Find this template here > This video breaks down what Historically Black Colleges and Universities are, using real images with animated hand gestures and narration. This template can easily be modified to showcase any location with replaceable photo templates that can be used to feature a school or other destination. Black Characters in Children’s Books. Find this template here > This video articulates why representation matters in children’s literature, showcasing three excellent children’s books about joyful, self-determined, and unique Black protagonists.  About the Template Library You don’t need to make every video from scratch! The Template Library has videos pre-filled with backgrounds and props, ready for you to customize and add your own messaging. Browse the latest in our Template Library > #### Thumbnail Preview   Sliding your cursor over the video thumbnails lets you preview all your videos directly on the video listing page without going to the video page. #### Timeline Display for Text-to-Speech When it comes to giving your characters a voice, there are a variety to choose from in our text-to-speech library. We’ve enhanced the display in the timeline so you can see at a glance which voice is being used. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Tips for Branding Videos When you use branding across your videos, it helps an audience to identify and connect with your brand. We set up sample brand guidelines to give you an idea of how you can replicate branding across your video projects. Sample guidelines: Sample video: Use this video template> For more in-depth tips on how to brand your videos in Vyond enjoy this webinar on the topic> Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Tips for Celebrating the Holidays Safely Things are different to usual this year and that includes how we celebrate holidays with loved ones. We’ve created a video with tips for enjoying the holiday season while staying mindful of Covid-19. Try out this template with your own Dos and Don’ts. Use this video template > #### Tips for Creating Emotions Through Characters It’s through characters that we can identify with a story. With a few video production techniques, you can connect with your audience on an emotional level through your videos too! Watch this video for tips on set design, lighting, and different camera movements and angles to highlight your characters’ actions and changes in emotion. These tips will help elevate your video production and storytelling skills, tell a more compelling story, and bond with your audience more closely. Incorporate these tricks into your next video and see the difference in your audience’s reaction! This template is available to download in the template library > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Tips for Happy Prompting with Vyond’s Text to Image With so many options at your fingertips, sometimes it can be hard getting started with generative AI. Vyond’s text to image generation sits snuggly in the content panel, making it easy to find and create images you can use alongside other assets. Read on for some tips for successful prompting using Vyond's text to image generation. Backgrounds and objects work together You’ll notice the text to image generator has two image format options in Vyond: one is a full sized image and another is an image of an object with the background already removed. The larger image is designed to work really well as a background for easier video making, and will largely generate locations, settings, and backdrops with less happening in the foreground. Then you can layer objects on top, paired with motion path to create a dynamic scene. Either option can also be used standalone in a scene as a focal point. Delivery on time | Use this video template > Background prompt in photo realism style: inside a bright warehouse. Object prompt in photo realism style: a large pile of carton boxes of different sizes, stacked up at random. Scholarship program | Use this video template > Background prompt in colorist style: Blue sky with full of clouds generated. Object prompt in colorist style: a happy student carrying a big backpack shouting through a megaphone. Vyond content library: school stationery in Whiteboard style. Camera angles Explore different viewpoints when you're prompting! You can experiment by including different camera shots in your prompt, such as close up, long shot, ultra-wide, or even bokkeh effect! For objects consider if you need side view, front view, or top view. Sustainability | Use this video template > Background prompt in paper art style: Very high camera angle of several wind turbines in green and yellow mountains, large bright blue clear background, no clouds. Notes on text in an image AI models are still in development and don’t always get it right when it comes to text in images. For now, you’ll find more success prompting for images without text, and then use Vyond’s editable text assets that can be adjusted to your brand’s font and color. Coworking space | Use this video template > Object prompt in block print style: office people in a team, office background. Le Bistro | Use this video template > Background prompt in colorist style: a red stand alone boat with clear background. Object prompt in block print style: Red and white lighthouse in colorist style. Delicate golden curve lines like elongated S shape. Vyond content library: seagulls and sign. How to pick the right style Block print is modern, sleek and simple making it easy to add a Contemporary character with it to the scene. Paper art is textural, light and very playful. Our in-house video producers recommend using this style for topics related to wellness, health and when you need something playful or related to nature. Gradient vector pairs well with Vyond's Contemporary characters and appeals for its modern look. Great for marketing and social media videos. Colorist is a drawing style featuring a clear strong outline and a rich color texture. Try layering with Whiteboard and Business Friendly props. Photo realism is for videos where you want to blend photos and location. Concept art is a powerful art style for fantasy, magic, sci fi and storytelling themes. There are more styles on the way! Rise of robots and AI | Use this video template > Background prompt in photo realism style: Robot in the foreground, blue financial city by the harbor. Vyond assets with your generated images Vyond's content library contains plenty of color-customizable props and characters that can be updated and layered with your generated images. Try adding a character to your image, and use actions to have them interact with the space around them like sitting on a chair or working behind a desk. Work smart | Use this video template > Background prompt in gradient vector style: Model light blue elegant office. Learn more about mixed media styles > Simple or specific? Using a simple prompt can give you a fresh perspective and some new ideas for how to take your video forward, like in the video below which started with the prompt 'nice modern street'. You can also get specific, providing specifics to give the generation more direction, such as color or number of items that appear in the image. Smart city | Use this video template > Background prompt in gradient vector style: nice modern street. Taste of the ocean | Use this video template > Background prompt in concept art style: Japanese wave pattern. Object prompt in photo realism style: bottle of dressing with Japanese and seafood package, clear background. Explore text to image generation with Vyond and create dynamic, engaging videos your way. Learn more about text to image generation > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Tips for Stronger Searches and Other Templates 4 Tips for Stronger Google Searches. Find this video template here > Adding animated annotations in Vyond Studio can help you highlight important elements and illustrate abstract ideas right on top of the recording. This video about stronger google searches is a great example of how to embellish a screen recording. 3 Stages of Money Laundering. Find this video template here > It is fundamental to teach your employees about the mechanics of money laundering to prevent illegal practices from taking place. Luckily, animated videos can turn a tedious topic into a fun and engaging one that will surely capture the attention of your audience. Use this video template to create your own dynamic training video in Vyond Studio. What Are Stock Options? Find this video template here > Many times, attracting the right talent requires offering coveted benefits that are appealing on paper but confusing and difficult to understand. Benefits like 401k matching contributions, expense reimbursements, and stock options. With this video, you can communicate your company stock option benefits with ease and efficacy. Simply edit and share this animated video with your prospecting candidates and impress them with the simplicity and effectiveness of video. About the Template Library You don’t need to make every video from scratch! The Template Library has videos pre-filled with backgrounds and props, ready for you to customize and add your own messaging.Browse the latest in our Template Library > #### Transform Documents into Dynamic Videos In a fast-paced world, a crafted video can convey the same message as a lengthy document in a fraction of the time. Turning your marketing, training and internal communications documentation into a video is easier than ever with Vyond Go. Simply upload to Vyond Go, it'll extract the key information and generate it into a video in no time. Download and use as is, or continue to edit further in Vyond Studio for further customization options. Try these different ways of transforming your documents into dynamic videos and save time! Website to Video Let’s say you want to create a snappy video about your business and its services, perfect for capturing and engaging fresh faces on social media. Your website is already a treasure trove of curated information, so why not start there? Simply download a pdf of your website’s landing page and convert it to a dynamic video with Vyond Go. You don’t need to worry about the height of long pages, select the scrolling layouts and the video will auto scroll through them! User Manual to Video These days people often search for video tutorials to help them navigate through step-by-steps. Make your manuals engaging with video, and share them on YouTube. Slides to Video You gave a fantastic presentation - crushed it! But with some key team members missing the session, you want to ensure they’re on board too. Transform your slides into a video! With Vyond Go, your presentation decks evolve by combining audio, visuals, and motion to convey your message more powerfully. Share your video to stakeholders by email or through your team’s chat app to hammer the point home! Poster to Video Breathe life into static graphics to condense complex information. Format your posters into bite-sized social media reels. Infographic to Video You’ve compiled the data – time to bring the numbers to life. Add animated transitions, highlight key statistics, and tell a visual story that brings the numbers to life. Whether for internal presentations or sharing on public platforms, your data will be communicated effectively and memorably. Banner to Video  Perfect for marketing campaigns that need a little extra spark. Upload your banner, convert to video with Vyond Go and head to Vyond Studio to animate and edit further with your own music and sound effects. Learn more about Vyond Go > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Travel Vlog Use this video template> Don’t know about you but recently we’ve been reminiscing on our favorite travel memories. We combined video, photos and animation to create this multimedia-rich vlog episode. Tips: Trim your videos to size before uploading to make them easier to add to scenes Create a character to look like you and act things out for you on the screen You can record audio with your microphone and attach it to your character to lip sync Create frames and use enter and exit effects to make your photo albums come to life  Learn more about this in our help center article on importing videos > #### Trim and Mute Uploaded Videos Cut! Vyond is pleased to add the ability to trim the length and adjust the volume of uploaded and Shutterstock videos in Vyond Studio. This feature is designed to streamline your video editing workflow and save you time. To get started, add a video to a scene and open the ‘Video playback’ toolbox. Here, you can preview your added video and drag the marker to trim it. For more precise cuts, you can use the timestamp editor. You can also adjust the video volume in this panel, or even mute it. Click ‘Save’ when you’re done. Enjoy simplified video trimming, and a more seamless video production experience in Vyond Studio. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### TTS Languages in Vyond Studio We are now supporting 29 languages (same list as the Legacy Video Maker) in the Vyond Studio. #### Turn Static Props Into Animated Designs Use this video template > Looking for a way to add motion to your static props? Watch this tutorial to see how to use the 'Instant' enter effect and motion path to animate your designs! Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Two New Tools: Align and Distribute Use this video template > There are two new tools available in Vyond Studio: align and distribute. Both of them are great productivity enhancements that ensure your props and characters are quickly and perfectly spaced across your scene. Align Use this tool to quickly bring all props in alignment. To use it, select your props and right click to find ‘Align’ in the menu.  Distribute Once you’ve selected a group of props, right click and choose ‘Distribute’ to arrange them evenly. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### UK Themed Content Use this video template> We’re positively chuffed to bring you lots of new props, character components and backgrounds that reflect the UK in both Business Friendly and Contemporary styles. Use this video template> Also we put together some typical scenes using the new props. Use the link to copy them into your own videos! Here is a list of our newly added UK themed content: Backgrounds (Business Friendly): 9 including a London skyline and sweeping countrysideBackgrounds (Contemporary): 3 including a courthouse settingProps (Business Friendly): 80 including a double decker bus and bus stopProps (Contemporary): 42 including bagpipes and red post boxCharacter Components (Business Friendly): 2 hair items, 4 accessories, 13 upper wear items, 3 lower wear items, including uniform worn by UK emergency service staffCharacter Components (Contemporary): 2 hair items, 4 head items, 14 upper wear, 4 lower wearActions (Business Friendly): 13 including toasting with beerActions (Contemporary): 2 actions with a fire hose #### Understanding Multi-Factor Authentication Use this video template > Not quite sure what multi-factor authentication is? This explainer video goes into the details and shares some tips on how you create a useful passphrase. Update the video with your own organization guidelines and keep your team secure! Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Up Your Storytelling Game Use this video template > New gaming chair and steering wheel props, gaming actions from winning to rage quitting. Level up your video design with our new gaming content! Here is a list of our newly added content: Gaming (Contemporary): 11 props including gaming consoles and joysticks and 10 related actions for AdultsThanksgiving templates (Contemporary): 3 scene templates including kitchen and living room scenesThanksgiving (Contemporary): 15 props including garlands, dried flowers and pumpkin piesGaming (Business Friendly): 6 props including gaming consoles and joysticks and 10 related actions for Adults and 2 for KidsCharacter Creator items (Business Friendly): 5 face decoration items for Adults and Kids including baseball caps and beaniesCharacter Creator items (Business Friendly): 7 headgear items including cowboy hats and beanies Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Update Text in Bulk How often do you need to make sweeping changes to the text in a video? With this update you can export all the text in a video; that includes all the text on the stage, and any text saved in dialogs for text-to-speech and recordings. With everything neatly lined up in a spreadsheet, you can use the New Text column to put your replacement text and import the file to get everything sucked back in and replaced by Vyond.  This is great for videos in a series, updating text based on feedback, or adding a new translation. In fact, if there is new dialog text detected during the import, you can select to automatically update the text-to-speech voice too! *Please note this feature is available to Professional and Enterprise users. Learn more about the feature in our help center article on export and import text > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Updated Flip Function: Flip Action and Mirror   We had many requests for an updated “Flip” function, and now it’s here! Previously, selecting “Flip” on a character gave you a mirrored appearance, meaning hair and accessories would also swap sides. Now, when you select “Flip Action” the characters will move their arms and actions to the other side, but outfits will stay the same. You can still invert the character image as you did before, but we’re calling this “Mirror” from now on.   How it works Here, our models are showcasing the latest features. To try the “Flip Action” or “Mirror”, first select a character. Then you can: Right click and select from the dropdown menu, or On the upper right toolbar panel look under the “More” tab to find the two icons.   Flip Action: For “Flip Action” you can see that whichever direction our models are facing, the pockets, scarves and hair are all styled in the same way for seamless movement.   Mirror: For the “Mirror” feature we can see the same style but as a mirror image, so the accessories are inverted after the flip. You can mix and match the “Flip” functions as well as changing facial direction to get the look just right.   Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey to help us continue providing you with high quality Vyond Studio experience in the future. #### Updates to Editing Characters in Vyond Studio Following our recent in-studio character color editing feature release, we are excited to announce further improvements in the ‘character color’ toolbox to make editing characters easier! Make bulk color changes to business-friendly and contemporary characters Now, you can select the same character in Vyond Studio's asset view and change their colors across scenes. Customize the strokes of whiteboard characters Moreover, you can customize the stroke color of your whiteboard characters within Vyond Studio. Assembling your cast of characters donning brand colors has become even easier! We hope these enhancements to our in-studio character color editor improve your flexibility and control when working in Vyond Studio. Learn more about editing characters colors in Vyond Studio > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Upload MOV Files You can now upload videos in MOV format to Vyond Studio! We hope this offers greater flexibility for video making. Learn more about uploading files to Vyond > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Urban Neighborhood Video Template   Use this video template >   Templates include: Wide shots: Street, rooftop, house entrance, living room, bedroom Medium shots: Robot dog and cat, mouse in pipe, pigeons drinking #### Useful Building Blocks for Auto Insurance Videos Do you ever worry that your audience's eyes glaze over as soon as you start mentioning terms like "liability coverage" or "claims processing"? Instead of only showing terms, conditions and procedures etc., you can also add different scenarios to the videos. Here are three sample videos:   Sample Video 1 - Claims Process. Use this video template > Sample Video 2 - Liability Coverage. Use this video template >   Sample Video 3 - Driving Tips. Use this video template >   Building Blocks In the above sample videos, you can see they follow the same basic three-part structure: introduction, body and ending. This can help you break up the larger concepts into easily digestible pieces. At the same time, this format improves both the audience's retention and engagement.   Introduction This is the hook you use to get your audience's attention so that they understand your topic and want to know more about it. Use building blocks >   Body This is the main body of your message, where you go into detail about your topic, and the services that you offer. The best way to keep your message clear and concise is to break up larger blocks of texts by using visual elements. Use building blocks >   Ending Summarize the main takeaways of your video. The repetition of these key points will make it easier for the audience to retain the information after viewing. You might also consider adding an epilogue! Use building blocks >   This structure is very useful for training videos as well. Try creating your own!    Share Your Feedback: We are experimenting with posting video production tips articles like this on the product release page. Please fill in a one-minute survey to help us continue providing you with high quality articles in the future. #### User Guideline Alerts for Enterprise Admins Enterprise account admins can now enable a pop up alert for their team. The pop up can be customized with reminders about compliance, branding tips, and credit limits. Learn more about admin controls > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### User List Sorting Team admin users will be pleased with our user list sorting bar enhancement. Now it’s easier to sort the user list by name, email address, role, status and the number of videos. *Please note, this feature is available to users on Enterprise and Agency plans only. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### User Personas Template User personas are fictional character profiles that your design or sales team might create to help to represent a group of your customer base. It helps to understand user needs, experiences and behaviors. There’s now a video in the template library all about user personas. Switch characters up to represent your team's user personas or customize the template to introduce actual team members, or characters in an eLearning series. Find it in the library here > We update our template library regularly so make sure to check out the latest additions. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Using Animation for Serious Topics   One of the striking things about animation is its ability to make serious and complex topics a bit more accessible. In this video, we cover the topic of cybersecurity, showing an example of how to use story to highlight your message and start a discussion. Use this video template> #### Using Vyond Go for URL to Video Going from prompt to video is super simple with Vyond Go. With the newest update, turning web content into engaging videos is as easy as pasting a link. Just drop in a URL, and let Vyond Go handle the rest—fast, effortless, and ready to impress. Blog Layout: Narration > Apex insights You've already written up your blog posts, and now it's time to take that content further by generating a video with it. You can embed the video at the top of the webpage, or share across social media. For this video we've taken a blog article about sales enablement and used the 'Apex insights' template. Help Center Layout: Talking Head > Document spotlight The Help Center is a great source of information, helping your customers find their way around and getting the support they need. Boost this even more by using the help article to generate a video, allowing people to listen to the guidance as they work their way through each step. This video was generated with a Talking Head template, 'Document spotlight'. Release notes Layout: Conversation > Reception area Your content is fresh, new and engaging, but not everyone has time to read! Capture your audience in new spheres by turning your release notes or marketing website pages into a video to help create buzz during their morning social media video scroll. This template uses 'Reception area'. Home page Layout: Narration > Document scrolling You already have a stunning website that shares all about your company! Use Vyond Go's website to video generation to capture it and share it with a new audience who haven't found your page yet. The 'Document scrolling' template lets you share the website paired with Vyond Go's narration summary, so that your audience doesn't need to read through the whole page. Learn more about using Vyond Go > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Vaults, Jails, Theaters and More Vaults Jails Theaters and More Indoor Locations Use this video template > Nervous conversation actions Use this video template > Let your summer holiday adventures take the center stage with our latest content featuring vaults, jails, theaters and more. Here is a list of our newly added content, mostly in Business Friendly: Scenes: 18 scenes including jail interior, inside a vault and theater with audience Backgrounds: 12 backgrounds including jail corridor, hotel room and theater backstage Props: 60 props including barbed wire fence, vault door and stage curtain Actions: 20 actions for Adults, including using remote control, writing on clipboard and passing food tray Nervous conversation actions (Contemporary): 4 nervous conversation actions Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Vehicle Props, Runway Actions, Healthcare and More   Use this video template > Start your engines, and may the best vehicle prop win! Our latest selection of new content includes driving-related content like snow plows and trucks, catwalk actions for the runway, and more characters related to healthcare. Here is a list of our newly added content: Driving actions (Business Friendly): 4 actions for AdultsVehicles (Business Friendly): 30 props in different angles including cube truck and snow plowRunway (Business Friendly): 3 catwalk actions for Adults Runway (Contemporary): 2 catwalk actions Healthcare (Business Friendly): 8 new stock charactersHealthcare and characters in face masks (Contemporary): 16 stock charactersBabies (Business Friendly): 15 props including in car seatsPaywave (Business Friendly): 1 template, 1 prop, 1 action for digital paymentPaywave (Contemporary): 1 template, 1 prop, 1 action for digital paymentPetting or feeding animals (Business Friendly): 3 actions for Adults, 2 actions for KidsPetting or feeding animals (Contemporary): 2 actionsFalling (Business Friendly): 2 actions for Adults tripping overFalling (Contemporary): 2 actions of tripping overWhispering (Business Friendly): 3 actions for Adults, 3 for KidsWhispering (Contemporary): 3 actionsFishing (Business Friendly): 2 actions for Adults and 3 propsStatic handshake pose (Business Friendly): 2 actions“Come on” actions (Business Friendly): 2 beckoning actions for Adults“Look up” actions (Business Friendly): 2 actions for Adults and 2 for KidsReading and frantic page turning (Business Friendly): 2 actions for AdultsReading and frantic page turning (Contemporary): 2 actionsMusic symbols (Business Friendly): 10 propsMusic symbols (Contemporary): 6 propsPalisade gate (Business Friendly): 3 props #### Vehicles, Hearing Aids and Walking Sideways Use this video template > Beep beep! Make way for this bumper pack of vehicle props. We’ve also included some hearing aids, cochlear implants and walking actions.  Here is a list of our newly added content: Vehicles (Business Friendly): 105 vehicle props from different anglesHealthcare props (Business Friendly): 3 props including a hearing aid, cochlear implant and wheelchairHearing aid items (Business Friendly): 3 ear options wearing a hearing aid for Adults and Kids in the Character CreatorCochlear implant items (Business Friendly): 2 accessory items for Adults and Kids in the Character CreatorHearing aid props (Contemporary): 2 props including a hearing aid and cochlear implantHearing aid items (Contemporary): 3 ear options wearing a hearing aid in the Character Creator Walking sideways and backwards (Business Friendly): 6 actions for AdultsWalking sideways and backwards (Contemporary): 6 actions Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Version History Chapter 1: Restore a Version   Chapter 2: Copy a Version   If you have accidentally overwritten a useful scene in your video, you are now able to restore it! Open the version history panel under the dropdown menu of your video on the video page or the video listing page. Simply select the video version you want in the list. Preview and restore it. You can also make a copy of any versions in the list. #### Video and Folder Layout Enhancements in List View You may notice a new layout in Your Videos! We made some big updates to list view thanks to your feedback. Now you can organize your video library more efficiently with this latest update that sees large thumbnails for recent videos, a new navigation path, as well as bulk actions on folders and videos. Share your feedback on the latest enhancements in the survey below, as we prepare for grid view’s retirement. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Video Call Backgrounds Mix things up with a new Zoom virtual background! It's easy to make your own video call backgrounds with Vyond, so to mark the release of our text to image generator, we've prepared a handful of fun backgrounds using Vyond's text to image and content library assets. Read on to find some videos and image stills that you can use as your virtual background! How to use these videos Select the video you'd like to download, and navigate to the video's controls on the bottom right of the video player. Select "Open sharing menu". Select "Download". *Please note that some images in these videos have been created using generative AI. Review and edit accordingly. Balcony view   Cozy treehouse   Three thumbs up Treasure cave   How to use these images Select on the link to open up an image in a new tab. Select an image's context menu (e.g. by right clicking on the image). Select "Save image as..." Download image. Stills from the videos Balcony view > Cozy treehouse > Three thumbs up > Treasure cave > Bonus image backgrounds Futuristic cabin > Brainstorm session > Living room > In the forest > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Video Download Email Preferences You can now customize your email notifications by disabling alerts when your videos are ready for download. To make this adjustment, go to ‘Profile Settings’ and scroll down to ‘Other Preferences’. Learn more about video download > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Video Import   Now you can upload MP4 videos to the Vyond Studio and mix them with all other cool assets. Here is the information about the supported format: Video format: MP4 with H.264 codec File size: Maximum 100 MB Dimension: Maximum Full HD 1080p (Support both landscape and portrait dimension) #### Video Resume Template Video resume. Find this video template here > Impress employers by making a video resume. The video format is a fun, creative way to highlight your skills, experience, and educational achievements. Update the character details to reflect yourself, and edit the text to share your background details and contact information. About the Template Library You don’t need to make every video from scratch! The Template Library has videos pre-filled with backgrounds and props, ready for you to customize and add your own messaging. Browse the latest in our Template Library > #### Video Sharing with Individuals for Professional Plan Share Projects with Individual Team Members   If you are a Professional Plan subscriber, you can now share projects with individual team members and even grant different access rights to specific people. Here are the options: View Only: People can view the video Copy Only (NEW!): People can view and copy the video Edit: People can view, edit, copy and download the video Full Access: People can view, edit, copy, download, delete and share the video A small shared icon will be added on the video card for videos shared with others. Share Password Protected Videos with Visitors   With the password protection feature, you can share confidential videos in a secure way. #### Video Template for Question and Answer Reveals   What’s a great way to keep your audience’s attention? Suspense!  By asking your audience questions and giving them enough space to think about their response, you are allowing them time to engage in your topic. When the answer is surprising, or presented in an unusual way it can keep an audience excited for more. A great reveal can really make an impact! We’ve created a video template with five reveals that you can use in your next video. Use this video template> #### Video Templates for Freelancers and Small Businesses It’s no secret that video content is king. Businesses of all shapes and sizes are turning to video. For small businesses and freelancers, though, the cost and time it takes to create their own videos. Fortunately for Vyond video makers, you have access to a whole library of free video templates to use. Read on to find more video templates for small businesses and freelancers > #### Video Tips and Content Packs In this template library release, we offer a mix of video tutorials and content packs to help you create more captivating videos. We have added 3 simple yet effective presentation layout templates featuring a mix of notepad, comic book, and animated frame designs. Look for “presentation” to locate them in the template library. A set of 10 Get Inspired videos are now available in the template library to help you discover and use Vyond to its fullest potential. Find them easily with the newly added filter next to the search bar called Video Tips. Last but not least, we have added 4 new sets of content packs covering themes of travel, indoor sport, pastime and virtual meeting. We update our template library regularly so make sure you check the page to see our latest additions! Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Videos Supporting Healthcare in the Digital Sphere Dynamic video can communicate critical information in a more understandable format than pages of photocopies. Provide care instructions that patients can reference again and again to ensure they follow the advice of their physician — or, in this case, veterinarian! To illustrate the idea of an aftercare video, we teamed up with the veterinary specialists at Lenity to teach puppy parents how to take care of their dog after TPLO surgery. Read on to find more video ideas and templates for healthcare > #### Virtual Business Card Use this video template > In an increasingly digital world, why not make your business card digital too? Try uploading your logo for color detection to get the color palette you need. You can upload your favorite headshot and use the Remove Background feature to add it to your virtual business card, too. Adjust the template with all the information you need to share. You'll certainly make your introduction memorable with a virtual business card! Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Visual Search Save time with visual search! Next time you are looking for the perfect prop, background or scene, open up the panel and in the search box you’ll see a camera icon. Click the camera icon and drag a photo to upload for search. With Vyond doing all the work in the background, you’ll be offered similar items detected in the image. Great for visual thinkers and finding assets faster. Tips for best results Upload an image that’s at least 512 x 512 pixels  Choose photos with objects that are in focus and have a clear subject for better search Learn more about the feature in our help center article on backgrounds > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Volume Control Panel Enhancements We’ve made a few enhancements to make it faster and easier to adjust volume in the audio settings panel. 1. Keyboard shortcut When an audio clip is selected, you can open the audio settings panel with a keyboard shortcut. Windows: Ctrl + Shift + AMac: Cmd + Shift + A 2. Adjust volume two ways Just like selecting font sizes, you can now choose volume level from a list. You can still type in another number if you want to adjust to a custom volume. 3. Panel stays open As well as making it easier to open up the audio settings panel, now it’s more convenient to adjust multiple tracks. When you click between audio tracks, the panel will stay open. The panel remains open even if you split a track. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Vyond as a Vlogging Tool Vlog content is about building a personal connection with our audiences. When we share our own experiences and document compelling stories, we can engage viewers in impressively impactful ways. Read on to find more ideas for vlogging with Vyond > #### Vyond Go and Quick Edit Jump head first into the future of video making with our AI-powered video creator Vyond Go, and use Quick Edit to make snap changes to your video script! Vyond Go Enter your topic idea into the prompt box. If you want, you can even copy text from a document, and paste it into the prompt box to include some of the key points of your video. Tweak the settings to boost your messaging: Vibe: Whether you want your script to sound more Formal, Informative, Casual, or Playful, select one of these vibes to hear a different tone of voice in the text. Format: Choose from Anecdotal, Announcement, Debate, Diatribe, How-to, Overview, or Tips to see how the characters communicate your information. Layout: With the Conversation option you’ll see two characters talking together in your video. Stay tuned for our ‘Talking head’ option coming soon. Pick a template for your video, from city park to the supermarket and many more scene locations featuring a diverse mix of characters, across both Business Friendly and Contemporary style. When you select “Create This Video” you’ll get a script and video that’s ready to go!  Quick Edit Your new video will open in Quick Edit mode. This feature allows you to update text in the right hand panel and instantly see changes in the video. You can access Quick Edit on any video you’ve made! To find Quick Edit from Your Videos, hover over a video and click on the play button to preview. From the preview page, you’ll see the Quick Edit option up top. More about these features We’re delighted to share these new tools with you. Just to know they’re still in Beta, so we are gathering your feedback and insights on how to make this the best it can be and have lots more to add to them.  Vyond Go has daily limits which vary by plan type, so be sure to come back the next day to see what new videos you can create! Learn more about these features in our help center article on Vyond Go and Quick Edit > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Vyond Go for Internal Communications This template is available in the template library > In this video enjoy some tips and tricks for human resource managers to transform a company’s internal communications through varying video prompts and layout choices with Vyond Go. Tips on writing a prompt When it comes to writing a prompt for Vyond Go, we found that adding at least 50 words to the prompt gets the best results. You can write in the topic box a general description of what you're looking for and let Vyond Go do the work of fleshing out the details. Or if you already have key information you want to include, such as business plan details, or highlights from an announcement that should be included in the script, you can also paste those in. Vyond Go layouts The template layouts define how many characters are talking in your video. A 'Talking head' video will have just the one, and it's great for addressing an audience directly. A 'Conversation' layout will feature two characters talking together, and these are great for having a video that feels like people are sharing news, anecdotes or informing one another. Watch the video for more tips on how to keep your internal communication materials fresh with Vyond Go. Learn more about how to get the best prompt results from Vyond Go > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Vyond Go Gets AI Avatars Transform text into polished avatar videos in Vyond Go! With this release, we’ve added 12 new purpose-built AI avatar templates to use in Vyond Go enabling quick video creation from prompts, documents, URL, or scripts and giving you professional videos spanning industry-specific looks, presentation styles, and even document-based layouts. Avatar videos created in Vyond Go can also be updated in Quick Edit, allowing credit-efficient adjustments to your avatars without starting over. Fine-tune text-to-speech settings like voice and script, swap avatars, or modify your on-screen text to perfect your message. Learn more about avatar templates in Vyond Go > Share your feedback:  Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Vyond Go Gets Smarter We have improved a selection of the Vyond Go templates to deliver even more captivating videos that align with your prompt in seconds! Using script-specific Vyond library props and even Shutterstock assets, the generated videos are even better tailored to your prompt. See above one of the videos generated with Vyond Go's enhanced template. Moreover, a handful of new templates feature new types of characters in ‘Talking head’ layouts. Between making presentations and explainer videos, you can connect more easily with your audience using Vyond Go. While Vyond Go is open to users in all plan types, Professional and Enterprise users can enjoy all of the videos including Shutterstock assets without a watermark. Try out our latest template styles and selection in Vyond Go now. Learn more about Vyond Go layouts > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Vyond Go Updates With Vyond Go, you’re able to supercharge your video making. We’ve added more tools to make it even better! Website to video Vyond Go now supports links! Simply paste a website URL and Vyond Go will transform the content into a video in no time. It's never been easier to turn your existing content into engaging, shareable videos. Customize characters before generation After you’ve entered your prompt and chosen a template, now you can also update the characters that appear in the template. Choose your character from the stock library, your library, or make a new one! Then select a text-to-speech voice to match, and generate your video. Learn more about using Vyond Go > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Vyond is FedRAMP® Authorized Vyond is now authorized to operate and listed in the FedRAMP® marketplace! Thousands of federal agencies and US government entities are now able to apply for a reciprocal ATO to securely create engaging videos with Vyond for Government. Learn more about FedRAMP® authorization > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Vyond is Getting Smarter: Fall 2022 Release Webinar Vyond is getting smarter to help you communicate better! Join Danwen, Designer Manager, and Tracy, Product Manager, from the product team on Nov 9 at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 7pm UTC to learn more about the latest features from Vyond’s Fall 2022 Release. From AI-driven features to our unmatched content library, discover how Vyond helps you create fast, relevant and powerful videos. Here are the features that we will cover: Photo to characterExport and import textAuto-translationColor palette detectionSVG importAdvanced chartsBrand control with default shared spaceNotes panelContent packs Register now > #### Vyond Mobile: Effortless Video Creation on the Go Create videos anytime, anywhere from your mobile device with Vyond Mobile. You’ll have on-the-go access to Vyond Go, so you can generate videos on the spot. With our Smart Capture feature, you can use AI to match props, backgrounds, and characters from our library to your photos. You can even seamlessly save captured content to your library for future use. Vyond Mobile gives you the ability to create powerful videos that educate, engage, and expand your reach wherever inspiration strikes. Download Vyond Mobile for free on Android or Apple. Learn more about Vyond Mobile > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Vyond Studio as Default Experience   On August 14, 2019, all user accounts will default to Vyond Studio. This change is in preparation for the retirement of the Legacy Video Maker in December of 2019. The Legacy Video Maker and all legacy videos will be available for migration to Vyond Studio after the Legacy Video maker is retired. Start using Vyond Studio today! For more information, please visit this blog post > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey to help us continue providing you with high quality Vyond Studio experience in the future. #### Vyond Studio for Podcast Episodes As podcasts continue to grow in popularity, using engaging visuals is one way to break down complex ideas and keep your audience engaged. You can share your ideas on different topics with Vyond’s video templates, and even personalize your video by creating your own characters and making them talk. Scenes from this video are available in our template page. Create podcast slides that compliment your episodes and make your channel stand out in the crowd today! Video 1. In the studio. Use this video template > Video 2. Sports podcast. Use this video template > Video 3. Travel podcast. Use this video template > Video 4. Comedy podcast. Use this video template > Video 5. Health and beauty podcast. Use this video template > Video 6. Love and relationships podcast. Use this video template > #### Vyond Welcomes You Home Welcome to Vyond's Home page! Designed to help you find everything you need to create your next video, pick up where you left off, and discover useful templates. Use the left hand panel to navigate between Home, Your Videos, and for team accounts any shared folders or spaces you may be in. Quick access in the top banner Jump into video making with quick access to our top five most popular ways to start video making. Maybe you'll choose Vyond Go for a quick editable script and video, or head in to Vyond Studio to get started with a blank canvas. If you are looking for inspiration browse the growing template library, or you can start off by creating a series of characters. Or even try importing your presentation slides to animate them and turn your presentation into a video! Recommended templates and recent projects Below the top banner, you will find personalized template recommendations for video inspiration, and your most recent projects. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Watermark Your Brand's Projects Watermarks protect your company’s valuable assets and lower the risk of misuse. Now, you can easily add watermarks to your videos in Vyond too! Enabling watermarking To get started, account owners can enable watermarking in the ‘Branding and Approval’ settings page and control who can edit and use company watermarks. Setting up watermarks Users with watermarking access can right-click on images from the Uploads” panel and select them as watermarks. You can also adjust the position and opacity settings according to your preference. Finally, click ‘APPLY’ to add the watermark to all scenes within the video. Managing watermarks Inside the studio, users with watermarking access can conveniently edit the watermark preferences from ‘Video Settings’. Protecting your brand identity has never been easier! Please note that while there is no limit to the number of watermarks you can create, each video is restricted to using a single watermark. We continue to release features such as collections and color palettes to improve brand consistency across your projects. Stay tuned for more features to come and for now, try our latest watermarking tool and keep your brand identity safe! *Please note, this feature is available to users on Enterprise and Agency plans only. Learn more about watermarks > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Waves as Visual Metaphor   When you want to inspire your viewers, visual metaphors are a great opportunity to emphasize your message in a quick, familiar way. A wave, for example, can represent an unstoppable force. We may think about “riding the wave” of an experience, or finding calmness in the waves that gently lap at the shore. These are all great for storytelling imagery. Find out how to use props in Vyond Studio to create a wave transition:   To try this yourself: You’ll want to prepare two scenes first, in this example one scene is a surfer riding a wave, while the second is on the beach. Select the dripping water prop from the library and rotate so that the long flat side is at the bottom.  Duplicate the prop so that you have three waves. Make the color of each prop a slightly different shade. Line up the three props so there is some overlap; this creates a sense of texture and looks like a crashing wave. Add a rectangle prop and place it at the bottom of the wave. Change the color of the rectangle to match. Select all of these props and right click; from the dropdown menu select Group. In the first scene, use Camera to frame the main action you want viewers to focus on. Place the grouped props to start just under the orange camera frame. Add Motion Path from the effects menu, and you’ll see a transparent copy to show the end position. Place this end position to cover the camera frame entirely.  In the timeline, set the wave’s motion path to be the last thing that happens in the scene. Copy the wave’s end position into the beginning of the second scene. Just as in the prior scene, you want the wave to entirely cover the camera frame. Add Motion Path and this time move the prop’s end position to below the camera frame. Done!   Extra:   For an advanced version of this trick, use the wave props without grouping them. You can set the Enter Effect to Slide - Up and stagger the timing for each wave. For a beach scene, you can make text appear to wash away; select the Exit Effect to Fade. Use this template>   To see more tricks to make rich animation check out this article>     Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### WebM Support in Vyond Studio We're thrilled to introduce the option to upload WebM files to Vyond Studio, enhancing the scope of your content creation to include transparent backgrounds.  WebM is a media file format used for audio and video content. With this update you’ll be able to update the background of your video to select 'Transparent'. At the moment you’ll be able to download transparent videos in WebM format, with more file formats in the works. Stay tuned for more updates on transparent videos in Vyond! Learn more about transparent backgrounds >  Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### What Causes Climate Change? Use this video template > Climate change has brought on a series of extreme weather events across the world. Watch this video to see how different human activities contribute to global warming. Here some related video templates: Take Steps to Restore Our Earth >Building a Green Community >Climate Change Pledge > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### What's in This Video? “I see it, I like it, I want it!” Do you see elements from our templates or a shared video that you wish to add to your own project? Maybe our existing "In this video" feature can help! In the asset panel, select the film clip icon to access the "In this video" panel and see all the items used in a video. You can hover over the elements to get their display names and find them in our inventory library, or import your inspiration video to your project and add the desired elements from the "In this video" panel. “I see it, I like it, I want it, I got it!” Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Wheelchair for Children, Amputee Actions and Contemporary Skirt Update Use this video template > With this release, we are adding more disability actions for kid characters in Business Friendly style, including options featuring prosthetic arms, legs, and wheelchairs. Additionally, we’ve expanded disability actions for Business Friendly adults by adding prosthetic arms. These actions can be applied to any character, making it easier to create inclusive and representative videos. For our Contemporary characters, we’ve updated how skirts move during actions. Previously, skirts had sharp corners at the knees, which felt less realistic. With this update, skirts now have rounded corners for smoother and more natural movement. These updates are designed to help you create more inclusive, polished, and professional videos. Learn more about creating characters with disabilities > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Whiteboard Animation Props are now Color Changeable Use this video template > In this feature update, we enabled color change in our Whiteboard Animation style props! You can highlight key messages by adjusting the fill and stroke colors of the props. Beside changing colors to highlight key messages, listed below are some more tricks to create Whiteboard Animations: Apply the Whiteboard hand-drawn effects Add camera movements which follow the narration Synchronize visuals with some sound effects Use zoom-out at the end to summarize the video Watch the sample video:     Share Your Feedback: We are experimenting with posting video production tips articles like this on the product release page. Please fill in a one-minute survey to help us continue providing you with high quality articles in the future. #### Whiteboard Conversation in Vyond Go Whiteboard style templates are now available under the Conversation layout in Vyond Go. Try them out and create videos with two Whiteboard characters having a conversation in an instant. Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Wider AI Avatar Access Plans and prices have been updated effective May 7, 2025. This update introduces a credit system to unlock access to all powerful AI features, including AI avatars! No need for avatar add-ons.  We’re excited to bring you these enhancements designed to give you more flexibility, value, and efficiency in your video creation. Learn more about credits > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Wider Range of Facial Expressions Use this video template > Count down to Christmas with more facial expressions! See different ways to incorporate them in your video with our video template. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### World Mental Health Day, ‘Talking Head’ Content Packs and More Video Tips Update this video template with your own key messages to mark World Mental Health Day on October 10. Also you'll find two content packs created in the ‘Talking head’ layout in which you can replace the narrator with your own character create your explainer video more quickly. Additionally, we have added four video templates from a previous article on Making Rich Animation. Search for ‘video tips’ in the template library to find them. We update our template library regularly so make sure you check the page to see our latest additions! Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Xiaoyou and Xiaoshuang Multilingual Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes two new voices, which are both multilingual and can be used across 91 different languages. Here is a list of our newly added voices: Multilingual: Xiaoyou Multilingual: Xiaoshuang Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Xiaozhen and More Voices We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This enhancement includes three new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: AIGenerate1: English, United States Xiaoyi: Chinese, Mandarin Xiaozhen: Chinese, Mandarin Learn more about tvoices in our help center article on text-to-speech > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Yeehaw for More Cowboy Content Use this video template > Flaunt your bootstrapper adventures and precise shooting skills with our latest western content addition. Here is a list of our newly added western-themed content: Backgrounds (Business Friendly): 8 backgrounds including mine entrance, western plains, and canyonsProps (Business Friendly): 34 props including stagecoach, suspension bridge, and shooting targetActions (Business Friendly): 14 actions for Adults, including taking cover while holding guns, shooting a rifle and playing banjo Additionally, we have added more skin color options for hands in enter and exit effects and scene transitions. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Yes, You Can Upload SVG Files! Get ready to use your logos, icons and other scalable vector graphics in your videos because Vyond Studio now supports SVG file import. Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Yunbiao’s Voice and Other Enhancements Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 1 new voice for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: Chinese (Mandarin), China: Yunbiao We have also made an improvement to the way our voices are displayed in response to your feedback. The next time you open the dropdown menu for voice settings, your selected voice will be anchored and highlighted by default making it easier to find in the list. Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. #### Yundeng and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use more voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes four new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: Yundeng: Chinese, Mandarin Xiaoni: Chinese, Mandarin Yunxiang: Chinese, Mandarin AIGenerate2: English, United States Learn more about voices in our help center article on text-to-speech > Share Your Feedback: Please fill in a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond Studio experiences. #### Yunyi and More Voices Vyond gives you the power to use lip sync voices in different scenes so you can deliver the most engaging videos. We periodically update the text-to-speech tool with more voices. This latest enhancement includes 5 new voices for you to use. Here is a list of our newly added voices: Mandarin, China: Xiaochen (Flash) Mandarin, China: Xiaoxiao (Flash) Mandarin, China: XiaoxiaoConversational (Flash Conversational)  Mandarin, China: Yunxiao (Flash)  Mandarin, China: Yunyi (Flash) Learn more about text-to-speech > Share your feedback: Please fill out a one-minute survey and help us continue to provide high quality Vyond experiences. ### Pages #### Discover Vyond < Back   Camera Movement Click the Camera icon. Click Add Camera. Click and drag the orange camera box to resize. Click Add Camera Movement to make a zoom effect. Done!     Explore other features about talking character: Learn Learn Learn #### Discover Vyond < Back   Motion Path Duplicate the character. Place the 2nd character on the same position as the 1st one. Change the action of the 2nd character. Expand the timeline. Select both characters and add the “instant” enter effect. Adjust the timing of the effects. Done!     Explore other features about talking character: Learn Learn Learn #### Discover Vyond Talking Character   This video includes the following features: Learn Learn Learn Learn From Static to Motion   This video includes the following features: Learn Learn Learn Learn Advanced Customisation   This video includes the following features: Coming soon Coming soon Coming soon Coming soon #### Discover Vyond < Back   Effects & Transitions Prepare two scenes. Add a prop to the 1st scene. Scale it until it covers the whole stage. Copy the prop and paste it to the 2nd scene. Add the “slide left” enter effect to the prop in the 1st scene and delay its entering time. Go to the 2nd scene. Add the “slide left” exit effect to the prop and move the track to the beginning. Done!     Explore other features about talking character: Learn Learn Learn #### Discover Vyond < Back   Animated Props Search for a prop with a keyword. In your results. Thumbnails with a magnifier icon at the corner are static while those with a small play icon are animated. Preview props and pick your favorite one. Done!     Explore other features about talking character: Learn Learn Learn #### Discover Vyond < Back   Actions Select the character. Open the action panel. Select action.     Explore other features about talking character: Learn Learn Learn #### Discover Vyond < Back   Expressions Select the character. Open the expression panel. Select expression.     Explore other features about talking character: Learn Learn Learn #### Discover Vyond < Back   Lip Sync Select the character. Add dialog. Pick one add dialog option. Preview and see the character’s lip movement automatically matches with the audio.     Explore other features about talking character: Learn Learn Learn #### Discover Vyond < Back   Text-to-Speech Select the character. Add dialog. Pick the Text-to-Speech option. Enter scripts, choose voice and generate voice. Preview and see the character’s lip movement automatically matches with the audio.     Explore other features about talking character: Learn Learn Learn #### Discover Vyond Talking Character   This video includes the following features: Learn Learn Learn Learn #### How to succeed your first video in 5 steps < Back Step 2: Assets library   You will learn Explore the asset library including characters, props, charts, text components and audios Upload your own media files including images, audio and fonts, and find them in your library Use character creator to create characters that look like you Add audio by recording your voice or using text-to-speech   Go to Step 3 > #### How to succeed your first video in 5 steps < Back Step 5: Preview your video   You will learn Preview from current scene and preview from start Adjust timing when previewing   Well done! You just finished making your first video! More tutorials? #### How to succeed your first video in 5 steps < Back Step 4: Edit timeline   You will learn Expand the timeline Adjust timing of effects and motion by dragging the green and blue bars respectively Adjust the working area of timeline by dragging the ruler Zoom in/out the timeline   Go to Step 5 > #### How to succeed your first video in 5 steps < Back Step 3: Customize this scene   You will learn Change prop colors (available in the Contemporary style) Swap with different asset types Preview and apply actions and expressions Add effects, motion path and scene transitions   Go to Step 4 > #### How to succeed your first video in 5 steps Step 1: Use templates   You will learn Explore the template library The 3 visual styles of templates Add templates and build your story   Go to Step 2 > #### How to succeed your first video in 5 steps Step 1: Use templates   You will learn Explore the template library The 3 visual styles of templates Add templates and build your story   Go to Step 2 > #### Premium - Tester 03 Skip tour 1. Add a new scene (blank scene or start from template) Click the “+” button on the timeline to add pre-built templates. 1  2  3  4  5   I   Next > #### Professional Administrator - Tester 01 URL: https://product.vyond.com/professional-administrator-tester-01/ #### Professional Administrator - Tester 02 URL: https://product.vyond.com/professional-administrator-tester-02/ #### Professional Administrator - Tester 03 URL: https://product.vyond.com/professional-administrator-tester-03/ #### Professional Member - Tester 01 URL: https://product.vyond.com/professional-member-tester-01/ #### Professional Member - Tester 02 URL: https://product.vyond.com/professional-member-tester-02/ #### Professional Member - Tester 03 URL: https://product.vyond.com/professional-member-tester-03/ #### Quick Tour Skip tour 1. Add a new scene (blank scene or start from template) Click the “+” button on the timeline to add pre-built templates. 1  2  3  4  5   I   Next > #### Quick Tour Skip tour 1. Add a new scene (blank scene or start from template) Click the “+” button on the timeline to add pre-built templates. 1  2  3  4  5   I   Next > #### Quick Tour Skip tour 2. Add characters & props Use the menu on the top left to add characters, props, charts and royalty-free music. 1  2  3  4  5   I   Next > #### Quick Tour Skip tour 3. Customize content Select a content, and use the menu on the top right to customize. 1  2  3  4  5   I   Next > #### Quick Tour Skip tour 4. Preview Click “PREVIEW” button on the top right to play the video. 1  2  3  4  5   I   Next > #### Quick Tour Skip tour 5. Edit timeline Change duration and sequence on timeline assets. 1  2  3  4  5   I   Done! #### Quick Tour Skip tour 1. Add characters & props Use the menu on the top left to add characters, props, charts and royalty-free music. 1  2  3  4  5   I   Next > #### Quick Tour Skip tour 1. Add characters & props Use the menu on the top left to add characters, props, charts and royalty-free music. 1  2  3  4  5   I   Next >