Gizmoz – Create your own animated avatar

Posted on March 29, 2008 at 6:17 am

Would you like to create or make your own avatar? One of the easiest ways to express your online personality is to have an avatar. Sometimes creating the perfect avatar can be filled with fun and other times it can quickly become a pain. There are many online services that help users create and customize avatars. However, many of them cannot compare to Gizmoz.

Not only do you get the chance to create a visual online personality, but you can animate it as well. Your special avatar can easily turn into a talking 3D character. Instead of settling for a flat and boring avatar, you can bring life to it without much work.

Getting started with Gizmoz involves uploading a photo to the website. Make sure that your chosen photo is a good one. It needs to be one with your mouth closed, full head shot, fully facing the camera, and no hair in your face. Once this is done, you will be able to choose from an array of backgrounds, outfits, and other accessories. For users that would love to customize even further, adding your recorded voice to your avatar will really make it unique.

You will be able to record a phrase for your avatar to say, but make sure that you have a microphone connected to your computer. If you would rather not record your own voice or don’t have a microphone, then choose one of the many available prerecorded voices

Mixing animation with 3D technology is a brilliant way to transform a flat avatar into an expressive one. Being able to bring your avatar to life is a fun experience without the unnecessary stress. Gizmoz keeps your created avatars on their servers, but they are saved in a flash format. This means that you are able to play them in almost any web browser. Sharing them on other popular social networking websites is also a useful function. Some users will enjoy the idea of placing their animated avatar on a blog. Visitors will be pleasantly greeted each time they access the it.

Gizmoz is a wonderful website that lets users freely and easily customize an avatar. There are so many helpful features that make this website a winning combination. Now the fun can be placed back into working with avatars, instead of aggravation. Within a few seconds, you’ll have your own face as an animated avatar.

If you have previously stayed away from this type of activity because it was too complicated, you can rest assure that this process is much easier. You’ll have so much fun with Gizmoz because it will bring the virtual world one step closer to you.

Ms Yokum
Tech Enthusiast & Blogger

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4 Responses to “Gizmoz – Create your own animated avatar”

Madhur Kapoor said on : March 29th, 2008 at 2:05 pm

Very cool

msyokum said on : March 29th, 2008 at 4:43 pm

This really is a cool application. You’ll be able to bring out your creative side.

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