Animate a character from audio in Adobe Express

How to create an animated character video from audio in Adobe Express

https://new.express.adobe.com/

Creating animated video introductions provides educators and students with an accessible, low-barrier method to establish social presence and creative engagement across digital learning environments. This activity guides educators through scripting a short spoken bio, customising an animated character and setting, and recording voiceover using speech enhancement in Adobe Express. By animating speech without requiring manual keyframing, participants produce ready-to-share introductory icebreaker videos suitable for course onboarding, unit orientation modules, and interactive multimedia student presentations.

1. 00:53 Prepare a spoken introduction script. Write a concise introductory script to read aloud during recording, covering four core points:
   • Name: Your preferred first and last name.
   • Discipline: Your academic field or disciplinary area.
   • Role: Your teaching or professional role at the institution.
   • Passion: A specific project, hobby, or topic you are passionate about.
2. 01:05 Open Adobe Express and launch the animation tool. Navigate to 'https://new.express.adobe.com/' in your browser and sign in. Click the blue '+' button in the top left navigation menu under the Adobe Express icon, select 'Quick actions', and click 'Animate characters'.
3. 01:52 Select and scale your character. In the right-hand panel under 'Character', browse through the character gallery and select an avatar. Click on the character on the canvas to display its bounding box, then drag the corner handles or use the 'Character scale' slider to resize and position it.
4. 02:12 Choose a background scene. Click the 'Background' tab in the right-hand panel. Select an environment thumbnail to insert a backdrop, or select 'Transparent' if you wish to layer the animation over other media later.
5. 02:32 Set the video dimensions. Click the 'Size' tab in the right-hand panel. Open the platform dropdown menu (such as 'YouTube' or 'Facebook') and select an aspect ratio format, such as '16:9' ('Landscape').
6. 03:26 Record your dialogue with speech enhancement. Toggle the 'Enhance speech' switch to active below the canvas. Click the blue 'Record' button, grant browser microphone permissions if prompted, wait for the three-second countdown, pause for one second, speak your scripted introduction clearly, pause for one second, and click 'Done'.
7. 04:14 Preview and export your animated video. Wait for Adobe Express to compute lip sync and generate your preview. Click the play button on the video preview canvas to review the animation. Click 'Download' to save the finished MP4 file to your computer, or click 'Open in editor' to add additional text, filters, or graphics.

Related skills

• Create multimodal outputs — Participants combine voice recording, automated lip-sync animation, and visual scenery into an MP4 video asset.
• Explore AI tool features — Learners explore voice enhancement and audio-driven character animation within Adobe Express quick actions.

Software used in this activity