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The EU AI Act asks organisations publishing AI-generated content to label it clearly, so we have made that a one-click step. When you click Generate, you can now choose to add an AI-generated watermark to the video, using the EU's own AI labelling icon. Anyone watching can then see at a glance that the video was made with AI. It is opt-in and set per video, so nothing changes unless you tick the box.
How it works:
- Build your video as usual and click Generate
- Enable "Add AI-generated watermark" in the generation options
- Generate, and the label appears on the finished video
What this means for you:
- Label your AI-generated videos with the icon regulators recognise
- Handle it at generation time rather than adding a label yourself afterwards
- If your video already carries the Colossyan watermark, the two sit together as one combined mark instead of stacking on top of each other
Good to know
Whether you need the label depends on where and how you publish your videos, so it is worth checking your own requirements. The option is there whenever you want it.
Best,
The Colossyan Team
You can now choose whether viewers see the timeline on an embedded video. Turn it off and there is nothing to scrub, so people move through the video in the order you built it instead of dragging ahead to the end. Works on both interactive and regular videos. We also rebuilt the embed modal while we were in there, so getting your embed code is quicker and clearer than before.
How it works:
- Open the share page for your video and go to the Embed tab
- Select the "Hide progress bar" option
- Copy your embed code from the redesigned embed modal
What this means for you:
- Training gets watched in full rather than skimmed to the finish
- Interactive journeys play out in the sequence you designed
- Keep the timeline where free navigation is the point, such as reference material people dip in and out of
- Setting up an embed takes fewer clicks and less guesswork
Best,
The Colossyan Team
Your videos can now speak every language your training does.
Upload a video, choose a language, and get natural-sounding narration back, without losing the voice of the person who recorded it. No re-recording, no waiting on a translation vendor, no lip-sync guesswork.What changed
- Dub any video into another language in a few clicks.Pick a language and Colossyan handles the rest, timing, pacing, and lip-sync included.
- The speaker's voice stays their own.This runs on the same voice technology as the rest of Colossyan, so the output sounds like the person who recorded it, not a generic voiceover swapped in.
- Works on more than your usual Colossyan exports.Test it on interviews, screen recordings, even something shot without a script. If the source audio is clean, dubbing holds up.
Good to know
Dubbing is included with your plan at no extra cost, so there's no separate add-on to buy.
We'd love to hear what you think. You can try it here: https://www.colossyan.com/free-ai-tools/video-dubbing/
Thanks for choosing Colossyan, and happy creating!
Best,
The Colossyan Team
Free AI tools for the groundwork of building training.
Free in the browser, built on the same AI engine behind Colossyan, the AI Platform for Training & Enablement. Do the groundwork here, then bring it into Colossyan and build the video.
Live now
- Video Dubbing:Dub any video into 100+ languages with lip-sync.
- *Learning Objectives Generator:* Build measurable objectives with Bloom's verbs, across all six levels.
- AI Assessment Generator:Generate quizzes and knowledge checks from your own content, with more than five question types.
- Course Outline Generator:Turn a topic into a structured course outline in seconds.
- AI SOP Generator:Turn a process into a clear standard operating procedure, structured across nine sections.
- SCORM tools:Convert PowerPoint or HTML into a SCORM 1.2 package for your LMS, then preview and test it with the SCORM Viewer before you upload.
Also in ChatGPT
The AI Assessment Generator and Course Outline Generator now run as ChatGPT apps, so you can use them without leaving the conversation. Video Dubbing is coming to ChatGPT soon.
Why free
The groundwork of building training should not sit behind a paywall, and free should not mean generic. The training design tools are built on real instructional design principles, not just a prompt, so the output respects how people actually learn.
More on the way
We are adding to the hub regularly, with much more coming. New tools go live as they ship.
Try them at www.colossyan.com/free-ai-tools
Best,
The Colossyan Team
Our standard avatar model just got a major upgrade.
NEO is the model behind most of the videos you make. We rebuilt it, and the difference is big enough that you will see it in the first video you render. The short version: your avatars now look like a real person even in the moments when they are not talking.
What you will notice
- Pauses look natural.When there is a beat of silence mid-sentence, the face keeps breathing and looking around, the way a person does. It no longer goes blank and waits for the next line.
- The face stays the same face.Across a long take, your avatar keeps looking like the person you picked, instead of slowly drifting into someone slightly different.
- Tricky words hold up.Names, technical terms and fast speech no longer knock the mouth out of shape.
When to use NEO, when to use NEO 2
Same avatar, two models, two different jobs.
- NEOis for when the message is the star. Head and shoulders, calm and precise, the viewer focused on what is being said.
- NEO 2is for when the delivery is the star. Full body, natural gesture and movement, for the moments that need presence and energy.
You are not picking a better or a worse model. You are picking the performance the moment needs.
You don't need to do anything to switch it on. Every video you render with a NEO avatar is already on the new model.
Best,
The Colossyan Team
Three upgrades landed in the editor:
- Scene previews for jump destinations
- Button visual hints for the viewers
- Sharper AI-generated images.
Scene previews for jump destinations.
Setting up a jump target for an Action Button now shows a preview of each scene, instead of clicking through them one by one. Once you're past 30 scenes in a branching video, this saves a lot of hunting around.
A visual cue for where to click.
Action buttons can now show a hint, a small dot that points viewers to exactly where to click. Handy for screen recordings and demo walkthroughs.
Better AI-generated images.
We upgraded the model behind AI image generation in the editor. Expect noticeably better results.
Three upgrades to make the editor smoother and easier to work in.
Best,
The Colossyan Team
Pronunciation control just got a lot better.
You could already fix how words are said in the pronunciation dictionary, but the IPA behind each entry was generated invisibly, with no way to see it or correct it. Now that control is yours: see the IPA, edit it, and preview the result before you commit. It is on by default for everyone, no phonetics background needed.
What changed
- You can now see and edit the IPA.Click a word and a single window opens with every voice variant for it. Adjust the phonetic spelling or the IPA, choose the voice, preview, and save in one place. No more retyping pronunciations into your script.
- AI generation is far more accurate.When you let the editor write the IPA for you, the results land much closer than before, so there is less to fix by ear.
- Voice-specific entries, now spelled out.Each entry applies to the voice you set it for, so switching voices means adding a variant for the new one. This was the most common point of confusion, and the editor now makes it clear.
IPA editing works with US English voices today. More language coverage and polish are on the way.
Open any script, click a word in the pronunciation dictionary, and see the difference.
Thanks for choosing Colossyan, and happy creating!
Best,
The Colossyan Team
You can now choose a cartoon avatar in the editor. It is a fully animated style that sits alongside the realistic avatars, for when you want a character rather than a conventional presenter.
How it works:
- Open the avatars panel in the editor
- Switch on the Cartoon filter to see the animated styles
- Pick a cartoon avatar and add it to your scene
What this means for you:
- Give your training a character and a story, not just a talking head
- Reach for an approachable, animated look when a realistic presenter is not the right fit
- New styles are on the way, so the selection will keep growing
Best,
The Colossyan Team
Finding the right voice used to mean scrolling through hundreds of options. Now you can pin the voices you use most, and they stay right at the top of the list, ready whenever you open the voice selector.
Your most-used voices are always one click away, no matter how large your library gets.
Best,
The Colossyan Team
Your instant avatars just got a serious upgrade.
Instant avatars can now be rendered using NEO 2, our latest avatar rendering model. Until now, NEO 2 was only available for Colossyan avatars. That changes today, bringing the same expressive, lifelike output to the avatars you've built from your own footage.
How it works
When creating an instant avatar, you'll notice a few changes to the wizard:
- Upload a JPG photo to get started. NEO 2 produces the best results from a still image, so we've made that the recommended starting point. The video upload option remains available too.
- The default voice selector has a refreshed layout, though the functionality stays the same.
What this unlocks
- Your custom avatars now match the quality of our best Colossyan avatars
- Branded characters and personas can finally be rendered at NEO 2 quality
Your instant avatars, made better automatically. No reshoot required. 🚀
Best,
The Colossyan Team
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