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HeyGen Talking Photo

HeyGen · Video · Image → Video

Animate any photo into a speaking avatar with natural lip-sync.

Model ID: heygen-talking-photoWorkflow: heygen/v1/video/generate
Image InputVoice SelectionLip Sync
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Overview

Alongside the unified model APIs, we expose compatibility APIs that take each vendor's original parameters exactly as the vendor defines them — nothing renamed, nothing reshaped on the way through.

That makes them the shortest path onto Picsart if you already work with the vendor directly: the request bodies you've already written keep working as they are. You keep their parameter names and defaults, and you get the vendor's full parameter set rather than the subset that is shared across every model.

The cost is that a request is written for one vendor — switching models later means rewriting it, and results come back in the vendor's own shape. When you'd rather write once and change models freely, use the unified API.

Make a request

Call the workflow with ai.apis.run() in TypeScript, or hit /workflows/{workflow}/execute directly — params is passed through untouched either way.

These endpoints are addressed by workflow name rather than model id: the one in this model's header, since one model runs as one workflow. Authentication is unchanged — your Picsart API key as a bearer token (see Authentication).

ts
import { createClient, ApiRunMode } from '@picsart/ai-sdk';

const ai = createClient({
  apiKey: process.env.PICSART_API_KEY,
  apiUrl: 'https://api.picsart.com',
});

// Calls the 'heygen/v1/video/generate' workflow directly — params are sent as-is.
const { result, usage } = await ai.apis.run('heygen/v1/video/generate', {
  script: "Hello, welcome to our product demo."
}, {
  mode: ApiRunMode.SYNC,
});

console.log(result); // workflow-specific output
console.log(usage?.credits); // credits charged

Async (submit & poll)

This model can run longer than the sync limit (~20s). In TypeScript, ai.apis.run(…, { mode: ApiRunMode.ASYNC }) polls for you; over HTTP, submit and poll yourself.

ts
import { createClient, ApiRunMode } from '@picsart/ai-sdk';

const ai = createClient({
  apiKey: process.env.PICSART_API_KEY,
  apiUrl: 'https://api.picsart.com',
});

// mode: ASYNC submits the job and polls under the hood — you just await.
const { result } = await ai.apis.run('heygen/v1/video/generate', {
  script: "Hello, welcome to our product demo."
}, {
  mode: ApiRunMode.ASYNC,
});

console.log(result);

Parameters

18 parameters, sent inside params. These are the vendor's own names, so they line up one-for-one with the vendor's documentation. Required ones must be supplied; the rest fall back to their defaults.

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultDetails
engine
Rendering engine; defaults to avatar_iv. avatar_v needs an avatar whose catalog meta.engines lists it
stringno—
avatar_ivavatar_v
avatar_id
HeyGen avatar ID for photo or video avatars
stringno——
image_url
Public URL of image to animate
stringno——
image_asset_id
HeyGen asset ID of uploaded image
stringno——
script
Text for avatar speech (requires voice_id)
stringno——
voice_id
Voice identifier for TTS
stringno——
audio_url
Public URL of audio file for lip-sync (conflicts with script)
stringno——
audio_asset_id
HeyGen asset ID of uploaded audio (conflicts with script)
stringno——
title
Display name in HeyGen dashboard
stringno——
resolution
Video resolution
stringno—
1080p720p4k
aspect_ratio
Video aspect ratio
stringno—
16:99:164:55:41:1auto
motion_prompt
Natural language description of body motion (photo avatars only)
stringno——
reference_look_id
Look from the same avatar group to take the motion reference from (avatar_v only)
stringno——
expressiveness
Avatar expressiveness level (photo avatars only)
stringno—
lowmediumhigh
remove_background
Strip avatar background
booleanno——
background
Background configuration
objectno——
└type
Background type
stringyes—
colorimage
└value
Hex color code (required for color type)
stringno——
└url
Background image URL (for image type)
stringno——
└asset_id
Background image asset ID (for image type)
stringno——
voice_settings
Voice tuning settings
objectno——
└speed
Speed multiplier (0.5 to 1.5)
numberno——
└pitch
Pitch adjustment in semitones (-50 to +50)
numberno——
└locale
Language accent hint (e.g. "en-US")
stringno——
options
Options controlling safety checks and drive integration
objectno——
└safety_checks
Safety check settings
objectno——
└enabled
Whether to run content moderation. Defaults to true.
booleanno——
└drive
Save result to Picsart Drive
objectno——
└name
File name in Picsart Drive
stringyes——
└attributes
Custom attributes to attach to the file
objectno——
└folder
Target folder in Picsart Drive
objectno——
└inputs_transformation
Input transformation settings
objectno——
└downscale_oversized_images
Whether to downscale oversized input images. Defaults to false.
booleanno——

Response

Over HTTP the output arrives inside a status envelope, at response.result. ai.apis.run() unwraps that envelope for you and resolves to { result, usage } instead. Either way the resultitself is the vendor's own shape.

json
{
  "result": {
    "url": "https://cdn.picsart.com/…/result.jpg",
    "video_id": "wf_abc123",
    "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
    "driveFile": {}
  },
  "usage": {
    "credits": 2
  }
}