Fit an avatar from photos

Load front and side photos, calibrate height, review body points and measurements, and apply a first fitting pass.

Photo fitting provides a starting shape for a built-in avatar. It estimates dimensions from photos and your standing height. Verify those estimates with a tape measure before fitting final costume parts.

Prepare the photos

• Take a front photo with the whole body, head to feet, in frame. Stand upright with arms slightly away from the torso and wear fitted clothing.
• Place the camera at chest height and keep it level. Avoid wide-angle distortion.
• Add a profile photo taken in the same pose, turned 90 degrees, to improve estimates of chest, waist, and hip depth.
• Record standing height without shoes. The photo dialog accepts centimetres or inches and scales its estimates from that height.

Photo fitting currently supports built-in avatars. Imported bodies can still use reference images for visual comparison.

Add and analyze photos

1. Choose Avatar → Edit Avatar. On the Avatar 4 Avatar tab, find Photo fitting and click Fit avatar from photos….
2. Under Front photo, click Choose photo… and open a JPG, JPEG, PNG, or WebP. The front photo is required.
3. Optionally choose a Side photo. Use a true profile rather than a second front view.
4. Enter Standing height and choose cm or in.
5. Click Analyze photo. Wait for the Refine fit stage, then review the front and side views.

Review the fit before applying

1. Inspect the detected body points. Use Adjust points and drag misplaced dots to their intended body locations. Use the Avatar outline slider to compare the preview with the person.
2. Review Measurements. Lengths follow the dots; some girths need a side photo or manual input. A value marked Kept or Current avatar has not been reliably estimated from the photo.
3. Enter verified tape measurements in the value fields as needed. Use Keep left and right matched when you want paired values to change together.
4. Open Show all … measurements to review additional values. Resolve out-of-range warnings and check regions where arms touch the torso.
5. Click Apply to avatar, inspect the result in the Costume viewport, and save your avatar. Use Cancel to leave without applying the fitting pass.

The applied result is a circumference and shape approximation, not a certified body scan. Recheck head, chest, waist, and limb dimensions with the measurement guides. Applying photo fitting is undoable through Edit → Undo.

Optional review tools

The Adjust points menu includes Edit girth edges instead of body points, Mirror point edits left/right, Undo point edit, Redo point edit, and Reset points to detected. These help correct the photo evidence before applying it.

Use Reset to photo values to discard manual measurement changes in the dialog. Use Save printable tailor sheet (PDF)… to record the photo/avatar values alongside tape measurements.

If the estimate is incomplete

Symptom	Next step
Girths keep their current values	Add a profile photo or enter tape measurements. Retake photos with arms away from the torso.
The side photo is reported as facing the camera	Replace it with a true profile.
Detection fails	Review the message and place the dots by hand, or use a clearer photo.
A value is outside the supported range	Check height, units, dot placement, and the entered measurement.
The avatar changed while you were reviewing	Reopen photo fitting to refresh the estimates against the current body.
The reference photo cannot be saved	Resolve the reported file-saving problem; the application leaves the avatar unchanged.

Return to body measurements to refine the result, then use Fit Checker on attached parts.