Decks to video
Turn your slides into a narrated explainer video
PowerPoint and Google Slides can already turn a deck into a video of itself: the same slides, in order, with transitions or a voice reading them. This is the other thing. The deck goes in, and drawn scenes come out — one idea per scene, explained while it is drawn, paced by the lesson instead of by the slide count.
How it works
- 1
Import the deck
A .pptx file, or the deck exported as PDF, up to 10 MB. Slide order, titles, bullet levels, tables and the speaker notes under each slide are all read.
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Scenes are proposed
You get the scene list, what each one draws and a narration draft. Expect the order to be close and the wording to be yours to fix.
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Edit, then export
Rewrite a line, split a slide that says three things into three scenes, reorder what is out of sequence, then export an MP4.
What you get
- Structure beats pixels: a deck with real headings makes a better video than one built from screenshots
- A slide that carries three ideas becomes three scenes, not one crowded board
- The narration is text you control, so it also serves as your caption track
- MP4 at 1080p, landscape for a course or vertical for a phone
Importing a deck is free on every plan, including the free one. Attaching your own images or a recording needs Creator.
What PowerPoint and Google Slides already do
PowerPoint exports a deck as a video from its own menu, and Google converts a Slides deck into scenes in its video editor. Both keep your slides on screen: the picture stays the slide, and the pacing stays the slide count. Use them when a silent or narrated slideshow is genuinely what you need. Import the file here when you want the deck rebuilt as a lesson instead — the same .pptx or PDF works for both routes, so trying one costs you nothing.
What it costs
- Free to start: one video, no card asked for.
- Paid plans from $9 a month, and one credit is one finished minute of video.
- Importing a deck is free on every plan.
Who it is for
Trainers with a compliance or onboarding deck, lecturers whose slides carry a whole class, and course creators whose curriculum already lives in a slide library.
Questions
- How do I convert Google Slides to video?
- Two honest routes. Google's own turns the deck into scenes in its video editor, keeping your slides on screen. Or export the deck as .pptx or PDF and import it here, and each slide's idea is rebuilt as a drawn, narrated scene you can edit line by line.
- What file do I get, and at what size?
- An MP4 at 1080p, 16:9 for a course or 9:16 for a phone, with no watermark.
- How long does it take?
- A few minutes for a short lesson. Scenes drawn as illustrations take longer than animated boards, which need no image generation at all.
- Can I edit the result?
- Yes, scene by scene: rewrite a line of narration, change what is drawn, reorder scenes, then render again. Nothing is locked.
- What does it cost?
- A free account can make one video without giving a card. Paid plans start at $9 a month, where one credit buys one finished minute of video.
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