--- title: "Getting started with Sozee: AI photos and videos of your character" description: "Start making AI photos and videos of your own character in Sozee: create the character, pick a mode, choose quality and make your first set." url: https://www.sozee.ai/guides/getting-started category: "Start here" updated: 2026-11-11 --- # Getting started with Sozee > Sozee is your own content studio, where an idea becomes a photo or a video of your character in moments. This guide walks you through the first steps: creating your character, finding your way around the Create page and making your first photos and videos. Start here · 5 min read · Updated 2026-11-11 ![Three photos made in Sozee: a café by the window, a garden selfie and a night out at a corner shop.](https://www.sozee.ai/assets/gen/golden-hour.webp) ## What you'll learn - How to create your character - What each mode on the Create page is for - Which image and video settings you can choose - The first things to try ## Start with your character Almost everything in Sozee is made with a character, so create yours first. Go to **Characters** in the top navigation and start a new character. You can choose between two kinds. *In the app:* ![The Build Your Character screen with two choices: Clone your likeness and AI character.](https://www.sozee.ai/assets/guides/getting-started/app-4-new-character.webp) *Start a new character in **Characters**: clone your likeness (1) or design an AI character (2).* - **Clone your likeness.** Upload a few face and body photos, and Sozee rebuilds you across every angle and pose. See [how to choose your photos](/guides/training). - **AI character.** Design someone new from traits such as skin tone, eyes, hair, lips and body. A consistent, fully synthetic persona. Every account can hold at least one character. Creator and Agency plans include more character slots. > **Adult content** > > Adult content is available to verified adults on eligible plans. A character based on a real person has to pass verification before it can be used for adult content. ## The Create page: your modes The **Create** page is where you make content. Along the bar at the bottom of the screen you choose a mode. - **AI.** Describe what you want in plain words and Sozee works out the details for you. It's the mode you land on. - **Image.** Make photos from a prompt. Pick your character from the character button, or choose **No character** for an image made from your text alone. - **Video.** Make videos. Choose how to start: **Starting Image** (animate a photo from your Vault), **Explore Video**, **Clone Reel** (the same video, with your character), **From a Video** (recreate a video you upload) or **Describe An Idea** (a video from words). - **Voice Note** and **Live Mode.** Make a voice note in your character's voice, or stream as your character live. *In the app:* ![The Create page prompt bar with the mode buttons underneath: AI, Image, Video, UGC, Live Mode and Voice Note.](https://www.sozee.ai/assets/guides/getting-started/app-1-create-modes.webp) *The mode buttons sit under the prompt bar on the Create page.* *In the app:* ![The Create bar on a phone, with the Reference slot, the prompt, the AI mode button and the character button.](https://www.sozee.ai/assets/guides/getting-started/app-6-phone-bar.webp) *On a phone, the mode (AI here) and your character sit under the prompt.* *Made in Sozee:* ![A garden selfie of a blonde woman in a white T-shirt.](https://www.sozee.ai/assets/create/out-garden.webp) *Garden selfie* ![A gym selfie of the same woman in a grey sports top.](https://www.sozee.ai/assets/create/out-gym.webp) *Gym selfie* ![A mirror selfie of the same woman holding her phone.](https://www.sozee.ai/assets/create/out-mirror.webp) *Mirror selfie* *Three photos of one character, made in Sozee.* Your finished photos and videos are saved in your **Vault**, where you can open, edit, download and organise them. *In the app:* ![The Vault page: a grid of finished photos, with filters for characters, images, videos and folders.](https://www.sozee.ai/assets/guides/getting-started/app-5-vault.webp) *Your Vault, with filters for each character, images, videos and folders.* ## Image settings | Setting | Options | |---|---| | Quantity | 1, 2 or 4 images per prompt | | Resolution | 1K, 2K or 4K (character images) | | Aspect ratio | 4:5, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16 or 16:9 | *In the app:* ![The Image settings panel open above the Create bar, with rows for aspect ratio, resolution and quantity.](https://www.sozee.ai/assets/guides/getting-started/app-3-image-settings.webp) *Open the settings button in Image mode to pick the aspect ratio (1), resolution (2) and quantity (3).* - **1K** suits social media posts and quick content. **2K** and **4K** give more detail, for larger displays and prints. - Each image you make uses credits, so 4 images cost four times as much as 1. Higher resolutions cost more per image. See [how credits work](/guides/credits). - 2K, 4K and the aspect ratios other than 4:5 are part of the paid plans. ## Video settings You set the length, resolution and shape in the last step of the video flow, before you generate. | Setting | Options | |---|---| | Length (Starting Image and Describe An Idea) | 5, 10, 15, 30, 60 or 90 seconds | | Length (Explore Video) | 5, 10 or 15 seconds | | Resolution | 480p or 720p | | Aspect ratio | Auto, 1:1, 4:5, 9:16 or 16:9 | *Made in Sozee:* Video: https://www.sozee.ai/assets/video/explore-1.mp4 *A short video made in Sozee.* > **Pick what the job needs** > > Longer videos and 720p use more credits. 480p is a good, quick choice for social media drafts. ## Your first steps in Sozee 1. **Browse Explore** **Explore** is the home page. Scroll through what other creators have made for ideas you'd like to try with your own character. 2. **Create your character** Add your face and body photos, or design an AI character, in **Characters**. 3. **Make your first photos** Open **Create**, choose **Image**, pick your character and describe a scene. Start with 1K and a quantity of 1 or 2 while you find your feet. *In the app:* ![The Image mode bar with the character button, the prompt box and the settings button highlighted.](https://www.sozee.ai/assets/guides/getting-started/app-2-image-bar.webp) *Your character (1), the prompt (2) and the settings (3). The price shows on Generate.* 4. **Fix what's nearly right** Open a photo and use the tools beside it, such as **Comment Edits** or **In-paint**, instead of starting again. See the [editing tools guide](/guides/editing-tools). *In the app:* ![An open photo with the tool rail on the left and In-paint highlighted.](https://www.sozee.ai/assets/guides/editing-tools/app-1-tool-rail.webp) *The tools sit in the rail beside an open photo.* 5. **Try Agent** When you'd rather describe a whole task, such as a photo set or a video like one you've seen, open **Agent** in the top navigation. See the [Agent guide](/guides/ai-agent). *In the app:* ![The top navigation with Agent highlighted, between Create and Characters.](https://www.sozee.ai/assets/guides/ai-agent/app-2-nav-agent.webp) ## Need a hand? If you have a question, want prompting advice or want to learn more, the support team is here to help. Use the chat button in the app to talk to the Sozee support team. You know the basics. Time to make something. [Create your character](https://app.sozee.ai/characters/new) Next, read [how credits work](/guides/credits). ## Related guides - [How to choose photos to train your AI character](https://www.sozee.ai/guides/training): How to create an AI model of yourself: which face and body photos to upload, what to avoid, and how Sozee builds a consistent character from them. - [How Sozee credits work](https://www.sozee.ai/guides/credits): How Sozee credits work: what AI photos, videos, edits and voice cost, Pay As You Go versus a plan, and how to make credits go further. - [How to write prompts in Sozee](https://www.sozee.ai/guides/prompting): How to write AI image prompts that work: copy-ready AI photo prompts, the structure of a strong prompt, and examples for selfies, outfits and settings. All guides: https://www.sozee.ai/guides