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Updated on July 9, 2026

Character Upload

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In Autodesk Flow Studio, you can use one of our featured characters or upload your own custom characters to replace the actors in your video.

Please visit the Character Creation Getting Started page for information on custom character requirements, limitations, and validation processes.

You can upload your custom character in one of two ways:

Upload characters from the dashboard

If you are on the dashboard, you can upload a custom character in the following way:

  1. Click on “My Assets”.
  2. Click on “Upload” in the top-right corner.
  3. In the drop-down menu, click on “Upload Character”.

Go to Character Upload for the next steps.

Upload characters from a project

If you are already in a project, you can upload a custom character in the following way:

  1. Go to the “My Characters” tab.
  2. Click the “+” button.

Go to Character Upload for the next steps.

Character Upload

1. Name your character.

2. Click on “Create”.
After clicking “Create,” a character slot will be created.

3. Upload your character files by clicking on “+” and browsing the files, or drag and drop your files into the “+” area.
Please visit the Character Requirements page for information on allowed file formats and other requirements.

4. After selecting character files, click on “Upload”.

5. Upload progress for each file will be indicated on the left of the file name.

6. After the file upload finishes, click on “Validate” to start the validation process.

7. You have successfully started character validation.

Successful upload

If your character passes the validation, you will be greeted with the following window.
You will now be able to use your character in your projects.

Failed Upload

If your character fails the validation, you will receive one or more error messages. Please refer back to the Character Creation documentation for information on how to prepare your characters.You do not have to delete the character slot. You can re-upload your character.Deleting character slots, for characters that did not pass the validation, will free up those character slots.1. Click on “Re-Upload” and you will be returned to the “Upload Files” window.

2. From here you can remove bad files and add fixed or missing files.

Deleting character slots
Successfully validated characters

Deleting a successfully validated character will not free up a character slot. Your character slot will be permanently used up. You will be prompted to confirm this action.

Unsuccessfully validated characters

Deleting an unsuccessfully validated character will free up a character slot.

To delete a character slot, go to “My Assets”. Locate the character slot you wish to delete, click on the ⋮ next to the character’s name, then click “Delete”.

Character Update

When using a legacy character in a new project, Autodesk Flow Studio will automatically start the update process.

This process happens automatically and should successfully update your character to enable you to seamlessly continue using it with new platform features.

In some cases, the character may not be successfully updated. If this happens, your character slot will be freed up. You will be prompted to re-upload a version of the character that was authored with the latest add-on.

You will not be able to use the character in a project until the updated version has been re-uploaded and successfully validated.