Global configuration interface for default self-images

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the computing device to:
• receive an authorization from a user to enable use of a self-image of a further user in a personalized video;
• in response to the authorization, send the personalized video including at least part of the self-image of the further user and at least part of a stock video to a further computing device associated with the further user;
• receive, from the further computing device, an indication of whether the further user has authorized using the self-image in the personalized video;
• receive a user input from the user;
• based on the user input, generate at least one of a background and a foreground;
• and
• add the at least one of the background and the foreground to the personalized video.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• receive an authorization from a user to enable use of a self-image of a further user in a personalized video;
• in response to the authorization, send the personalized video including at least part of the self-image of the further user and at least part of a stock video to a further computing device associated with the further user;
• receive, from the further computing device, an indication of whether the further user has authorized using the self-image in the personalized video;
• receive a user input from the user;
• based on the user input, generate at least one of a background and a foreground;
• and
• add the at least one of the background and the foreground to the personalized video.