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The Layers panel now lets you rename, group, and hide elements. Scenes with lots of overlapping parts are a lot easier to manage.
What's included:
- Rename any layer by double-clicking it (actors keep their display name)
- Lock rework: locked layers freeze position and size only. Text and properties are still editable through the panel.
- Group nesting: group related layers into collapsible sections. Click the header to select all, or drag layers in and out.
- Hide/show: toggle any layer's canvas visibility without deleting it
- Spotlight contrast: non-spotlit elements dim to 10% opacity for easier focus
What this means for you:
- Scenes with many overlapping elements are easier to navigate and edit
- Locking a layer no longer blocks you from fixing a typo
- Templates with named, grouped layers are faster to reuse and update
Best,
The Colossyan Team
We rebuilt how "Apply to All Scenes" works for avatars. Previously, swapping an avatar across a full project could be unreliable. Now it works consistently, even with scenes that have different avatar positions or sizes.
How it works:
- Select any avatar in a scene
- Click "Apply to all scenes" from the avatar menu
- The selected avatar replaces the existing one across every scene in your project
What this means for you:
- Swap presenters across an entire project in one click
- No more going scene by scene to update avatars manually
Best,
The Colossyan Team
You can now edit text properties across multiple elements at once. Select several text boxes, change fonts, sizes, or colors in bulk. Multi-color replacement lets you swap specific colors across all text in your project.
How it works:
- Multi-select text elements across your project
- Edit font, size, color, or alignment for all selected elements at once
- Use multi-color replacement to swap a specific color everywhere it appears
What this means for you:
- Update text styling across a full project without touching each element
- Keep typography consistent when working with templates or rebranding
Best,
The Colossyan Team
You can now change colors across your entire project in one step. The re-styling modal lets you swap brand colors, apply your brand kit, and update multiple elements at once instead of editing them one by one.
How it works:
- Open the re-styling modal from your draft
- Pick which colors to replace and choose new ones from your brand kit
- Changes apply across all scenes instantly
What this means for you:
- Rebrand or update a project in seconds instead of editing each element manually
- Keep every project consistent with your brand guidelines
Best,
The Colossyan Team
Importing PowerPoint files into Colossyan is now up to 5x faster. We also added gradient support and automatic deduplication of repeated elements, so imported slides look cleaner from the start.
How it works:
- Upload any .pptx file and the import completes in seconds, not minutes
- Gradients from your original slides are preserved
- Duplicate elements (repeated logos, backgrounds) are automatically merged
What this means for you:
- Less time waiting and re-fixing imported content
- Your PowerPoint slides import closer to how they actually look
Best,
The Colossyan Team
Over the past six months, we shipped 13 avatar releases and 4 voice upgrades. Here's everything that's new.
Avatars
- 130+ new avatar additions including new characters and style/outfit variations
- Logo-Apply: your company logo on avatar clothing
- NEO rendering upgrade: more realistic, stable, and natural across all avatars
- Happier default expressions and clothing variations
Voices
- New premium voices on all self-serve plans
- Speech 2.8 with emotional depth and natural expression
- 34 new premium voice options
- Higher fidelity custom voice cloning
How it works
Open the avatar selector in any project to browse new characters and looks. Logo-Apply is automatic for NEO avatars when you upload your logo. New voices are available in the voice selector for all supported languages.
What this means for you
More diverse, realistic avatars. More natural-sounding voices with emotional range. Training content that looks and sounds like your brand, not like a generic tool.
We've added scenario avatars set in real-world environments, plus new cropping options for how avatars appear on screen.
Scenario avatars
- Malcolm in an office
- Connor in a clothing store
- Lauren in a government building
- Diego and Franklin on a construction site
- Riley in a new scenario environment
These avatars are placed within their environments so the training context feels authentic, not just a background swap.
Cropping views
Scenario avatars now support three framing options:
- Bubble view: avatar in a circular frame, overlaid on content
- Half-screen view: avatar takes up half the screen alongside content
- Full-screen view: avatar fills the screen for immersive scenes
How it works
Select a scenario avatar in the avatar selector, then choose your preferred view in the Appearance setting. Switch between bubble, half-screen, and full-screen depending on whether you want the avatar front-and-centre or more contextual.
What this means for you
Training scenarios that match real work environments. Role-play, compliance, and safety training that looks like the actual setting your teams work in.
You now have full control over every element on your canvas. A new Layers icon in the floating toolbar opens a panel that lists every visible element, organized into Action Buttons, Interactive elements, and Layers.
What's included:
- Drag-and-drop reorder to control which elements appear in front or behind
- Multi-select with Shift+click (range) or Ctrl/Cmd+click (toggle) for bulk operations
- Spotlight: click any layer to zoom and center on that element instantly
- Lock layers to prevent accidental edits
- Smart labels that auto-display actor names, shape types, text previews, and media types
- Bulk actions: Group, Ungroup, and Lock multiple elements at once
- Right-click context menu for quick layer operations
What this means for you:
- No more hunting for overlapping elements. Select, reorder, and edit anything on your canvas in seconds.
- Build complex, multi-element training scenes without losing access to buried content.
- Lock finished layers so collaborators can work on new elements without breaking what's already done.
Best,
The Colossyan Team
You can now share instant avatars, pronunciations, media library items, custom voices and brand kits across workspaces. Previously, these assets were locked to the workspace where they were created or shared inconsistently, which meant broken drafts and duplicated uploads for teams working across multiple workspaces.
How it works:
- Open any instant avatar, pronunciation, media item, or brand kit and click Share
- Select which workspaces should have access
- The asset becomes available to collaborators in those workspaces immediately
- Custom voices will follow the same model once released
What this means for you:
- No more broken drafts when sharing projects across teams
- Upload media once, use it in any workspace
- Keep brand pronunciations and brand kits consistent across your organization
- One sharing model across every asset type
Best,
The Colossyan Team
Colossyan Learn is now available. You can create fully structured courses with seamlessly embedded Colossyan videos, powered by AI from start to finish.
What’s available today:
- AI course generation to turn drafts or documents into structured courses
- Seamless integration of Colossyan videos inside course pages
- Rich text and stock media support for lesson content
- Branding options to align courses with your organization
- Built-in assessments to test learner understanding
- SCORM export for LMS delivery
What this means for you:
- Create structured training without switching between multiple tools
- Turn existing knowledge into courses faster with AI
- Combine video, text, and assessments in a single workflow
- Export courses to your LMS when needed
This is just the beginning. Colossyan Learn is the first step toward a complete system for creating and delivering training and enablement at scale.
Best,
The Colossyan Team
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