How to create your new 3D avatar on TikTok

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It is increasingly common for people to interact in virtual spaces, so digital platforms are striving to provide new creative tools to users for a more engaging experience. In this sense, TikTok has announced, through a statement, the launch of its new 3D avatar creation function .


According to the company, avatars are Email Data one more way to encourage creativity among its users and join a series of innovations such as Effect House, Library and extending the duration of their videos up to 10 minutes.

TikTok said in its statement : “We are excited to launch the first version of TikTok Avatars globally and will continue to improve and innovate to ensure the experience is truly representative of everyone on TikTok . From outfits to skin tones and hair color to texture, creating inclusive features and experiences remains our priority, and we will continue to listen to our community and seek creator feedback every step of the way. .”

In reality, 3D avatars are not really new and in fact TikTok has been the last digital platform to incorporate them. The functions provided by TikTok are very similar to Apple's memoji, a type of virtual puppet capable of imitating people's actions when looking at the camera. Likewise, Meta's 3D avatars are very advanced and are available for use on Facebook and Instagram. Snapchat also has its own avatars called bitmoji.

How to create your own 3D avatar from a video
To start creating your own 3D avatar on TikTok, you must first start making a video and look in the “effects” section for the “TikTok avatar” option within the “interactive” category . You can choose to use pre-configured avatars or start your creation from scratch to better fit your image and likeness.



One feature that differentiates the process of creating 3D avatars on TikTok from other applications is that it is not based on a photo . On the contrary, you must manually choose the skin tone, hairstyle, face shape and other features such as eyebrows, mouth, ears and beard. After this you can access a gallery of accessories to further customize the avatar such as earrings, makeup, piercings, hats and glasses, among others.

When you have finished creating the avatar, it is saved and you can  easily access it from the 3D avatar filter,  so you won't have to configure it again next time. After saving, you can use it for your next videos like any other filter.