This guide provides an overview of the key features in the Colossyan Script Editor, designed to streamline your video creation process.
✍️ Structuring Your Script
Paragraphs
We recommend using paragraphs while creating your script.
- Press Enter/Return to start a new paragraph, ensuring clear separation of ideas.
Pauses
- Use the forward slash
/menu to insert breaks between words or sentences. Simply type,/click on Pause, and select the duration. - You can edit the duration of the pause by clicking the pencil icon (✏️)
- You can delete the pause by using the bin icon (🗑️)
Character Limit
💡 You can add up to 5000 characters to the script per scene with all our paid plans (Starter, Business, and Enterprise). With our free trial, this limit is 1000 characters per scene.
Animations
You can learn more about Animations here.
You can add animations to your text, media, and shapes on your scenes (where you want something to appear or disappear). To do so, you have to place animation markers into your script.
To add an animation marker:
- Type
/ - Click on Animation marker.
You can move this marker anywhere in the script by dragging it with your mouse.
You can delete the animation marker by placing the cursor behind it and pressing the Backspace button.
How to apply an animation to an element:
- In the scene: click on your preferred text, image, or shape.
- Select "Animate" from the left-side menu
- Choose one from the animation types:
- (None, Fade, Slide, Grow)
- Select the Behavior:
- (Enter, Exit, Both)
- Apply the "Start at" / "End at" values to your animation markers
Script audio upload
You can learn more about "Audio upload" here.
Make sure your audio upload file is in one of the supported languages
Navigate to the Script tab
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Select Upload audio
Upload your audio file
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The system will automatically identify the language uploaded
Choose Narration only if you are doing a voice-over scene
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Assign the avatar from the scene to the audio file
Preview your video to check for errors
Generate your video to see the result
Narration only or avatar lip sync
You can mix avatars and voiceovers in the same scene.
Create multiple paragraphs in your script using the Enter key
Use the + icon at the beginning of the paragraph to assign a voice
Select Narration only for voiceovers or assign an avatar
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Voice and Language
To know more about voice settings and previews, see the "Pick and preview a voice 🌍" article.
The default language variant is automatically detected as you start typing in the Script editor. To change the voice, click on the voice (GB - Bella, for example).
If you select the Other - SSML support filter, you'll get results where you can control pitch and speed.
Preview
You can learn more about "Previews" here.
You can preview a section of your script either by using the paragraph preview button or by selecting the section that you want to hear and previewing only that section.
The uploaded audio will be the same as when you uploaded it. To make sure that it fits the tone and speed of any speaking sections before or after it, you can preview it using the play button.
Edit with AI
You can learn more about the "Colossyan AI Assistant" here.
You can use the Edit with AI feature if you need help with your script. Either select a section of text or click the AI Assistant button at the bottom of the Script and start using it.
Pronunciation
You can learn more about "Pronunciation" here.
With the Pronunciation tool, you can specify how certain words in your script should be pronounced. This includes company names, technical terms, acronyms and any other expression that might be challenging for the AI to pronounce accurately.
Click on Add new word
Specify the Written form - how the expression should appear in your script and subtitles
Add Phonetic spelling - how the word should be pronounced
Select the voice that you would like to use
Listen to the pronunciation with the Play ▶️ button.
Click Save to save your changes