How do I use Spaces?

Learn how to add and customize Spaces to create realistic, professional-looking backgrounds for your avatar.

Written by Meg Farley
Updated yesterday

Add a Space to a Scene

1. Open your video in the Synthesia editor.
2. Add a new Avatar or select the avatar on your scene.
3. Navigate to the inspector panel and select Add space under the Space section.
4. Browse the available environments in the catalog or use the search bar to find a specific one. Alternatively you can select a Color or Gradient for your space.

✍️ Not all avatars work the same way with Spaces. Regular Stock avatars always include a background and can't be made transparent. Some angled avatars have no background, but work best with a Color or Gradient rather than a Space. For a fully transparent, flexible background, you need a Synthetic Avatar.

Usw a Space

1. When a Space is added, the avatar in the scene will be positioned within this.
2. You can further configure the Space by navigating to the inspector panel:
   • Crop the Space or adjust its appearance to Fullscreen, Circle, or Box in the Appearance section.
   • Replace the Avatar.
   • Change the Space selected.
   • Change the Opacity or add a Shadow effect to a Space.
3. To remove a Space, select the cross icon in the Space section of the inspector. Alternatively, select the background and press the delete key on your keyboard. This will also delete the avatar.

📚 Explore the Spaces documentation for more information

What's next?

💡 Did you now you can create background for our Synthetic Avatars? Check out our article on customizing backgrounds
📚 To learn more, check out How do I use an Avatar in Synthesia and How do I customize Avatar backgrounds (Spaces) in Synthesia
📚 For angled avatars and dialogue scenes, visit How can I create dialogue scenes with angled avatars.