Character Builder

The Character Editor lets you build your own animated characters from skin tones, faces, hairstyles, outfits and accessories. Every character you make is pre-rigged, so it works straight away with the action library, 30 facial expressions and automatic lip-sync. If you already have character art, you can upload it and rig it with a step-by-step wizard instead.

Mix faces, hair, outfits and accessories to build your own cast.

Getting Started

1. Open a design in the Glintia editor
2. Click Character in the left rail
3. Click New Character (the button also shows how many character slots your plan has left)
4. The Character Editor opens. Pick a base character, then choose Create from scratch or start from one of the ready-made character templates

Note

The Character Editor needs a desktop or laptop screen. On a phone, Glintia asks you to switch to a larger device.

Customization Options

The editor’s category rail has five sections:

Skin

Pick one of 10 skin-tone presets.

Outfits

Complete looks in one click, such as Scrubs, Chef, Police Officer, Firefighter, Pilot, Astronaut, Surgeon, Flight Attendant and Construction Worker. Search by name or tag: “doctor” finds Surgeon.

Head

Face, hair and features: head, hair, eyes, brows, nose, mouth, ears, beard and mustache.

Body

Garments one layer at a time: base, mid and top layers, pants and shoes.

Accessories

Hats, masks, bags, belts and gloves, grouped by where they go: Head, Face, Hands, Neck, Waist, Hip, Back and Legs.

Colors

When a selected part has colors, such as hair, eyes or clothing, colored dots appear next to its section. Click a dot to open a color picker with a hex field and 14 quick swatches.

Tip

Set clothing to your brand colors so your characters look consistent across all your videos. On the Advance plan, the Brand Kit can also recolor a whole design, characters included.

Handy tools

• Surprise me: picks a random head, hairstyle and face to start from
• Search parts: finds a part by name instead of browsing
• Revert: takes you back to the look you started with

Animations

Select a character on the canvas and its toolbar gives you:

• Actions: the pre-animated action library, with 76 actions such as idle standing, presenting, pointing, waving, walking, talking on the phone, carrying a heavy box, standing up and clapping, a happy dance and jumping jacks. Characters blend smoothly from one action to the next.
• Expressions: 30 facial expressions: Neutral, Smile, Laugh, Giggle, Surprise, Shock, Awe, Eureka, Fascinated, Confusion, Skeptical, Worried, Nervous, Fear, Angry, Frown, Disappointed, Cry, Sob, Embarrassed, Bored, Tired, Sleepy, Yawning, Dizzy, Hungry, Silly, Smirk, Wink and Whistling.
• Lip Sync: makes the character speak a script, your microphone recording or an uploaded audio file. Use Mouth shapes to fine-tune individual mouth positions.

Eye blinking is on by default, so characters blink on their own. If the library has no action for what you need, you can create your own animation, for example by acting it out on your webcam with motion capture.

Saving Your Character

1. Customize your character in the Character Editor. There is no save button: every change saves automatically, and the editor shows “Saving…” and then “Saved”
2. Close the editor when you’re done
3. Your character appears under My Characters at the top of the Character panel
4. It is saved to your account, so you can add it to any of your designs

Upload Your Own Character

1. In the Character Editor, choose Upload your own SVG
2. Upload an SVG (up to 2MB, recommended) or a PNG or JPG picture (up to 6MB). A picture becomes an image character, with expressions generated by AI
3. Follow the wizard’s steps. For an SVG: Upload, Map body parts, Place joints, Test and Save. For a picture: Prepare, Place joints, Test and Save
4. Enter a Character name and click Save my character

Note

Rigged characters join your My Characters list and work with the same action library as the built-in cast. An SVG character blinks, lip-syncs and changes expression only with the eyes, mouth and face parts you map. An image character moves as a whole picture, without blinking or lip sync. See Upload and Rig Your Own Character for the full walkthrough.

Best Practices

1. Start from an outfit: a complete look gets you most of the way, then adjust individual parts
2. Match your brand: reuse the same colors and saved characters across a series
3. Consider your audience: a suit for a business explainer, a uniform for a workplace training video
4. Test actions and expressions: preview a few on the canvas before you build the whole scene

Related Features

• Quick Start Guide - Get started with Glintia
• Create First Animation - Full tutorial
• Whiteboard Videos - Different animation style