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author of the VisualMethod studio, Anna Klischevskaya, tested the 5 most visited services and made a presentation in them. At the end of the article, there is a summary table with an assessment of the key parameters for developing a presentation in AI services.
1. Beautiful.AI
The service adapts content on slides to the selected format, helps to add animation and transitions. For example, it adjusts colors and icons to match the background or distributes data on a slide.
How much is? You can make 100 slides for free and download page by page in jpeg. If you need to add a logo, download it in pptx or pdf, you will have to pay for a subscription - $ 12 per month. The first 14 days are free, we recommend testing. Information on prices hereinafter is relevant at the time of writing.
How does it work?At the start, choose a presentation style from eight templates. Next, the title slide opens. In one click, you can change the location and style of patterns, choose a color scheme from harmoniously selected colors, upload a logo, select a free picture for a plate from the built-in database.
To do this, you can enter a keyword in the search bar, and the system will suggest suitable images. He also understands Russian, we tried it. The drawings in the database are modern and of high quality, no need to manually search for stocks.
At the stage of filling the presentation, you have 66 slide templates: basic, for charts, ratings, timelines, photo and video content, funnels, with a description of a project, product or team. If you need a graph, then the artificial intelligence will take care of not overloading the slide with information. He will arrange graphics himself, add animation, select a font and will not allow adding more than four schemes on the page. Slides can be made in Russian.
If you decide to change the background, the system itself will repaint the elements on the slide in contrasting colors. There is also a large database of icons with different styles. It is convenient because you do not need to waste time searching on other resources. The icons adjust themselves to the appropriate size.
What are the cons?Artificial intelligence will not do every slide for you, it will only simplify your work. The program is also in English, but it's easy to understand, because there are graphical tips everywhere. You cannot edit the presentation from a smartphone.
2. SlideBean
For the service to make a slide design, you need to choose a design style and add text, pictures or graphics to each page. If you are not satisfied with the result, you can change the patterns, fonts, arrangement of objects.
How much is? $ 96 per year will cost a starter package with the ability to download presentations in ppt or pdf. "Premium" with the option to insert a logo and corporate theme - $ 228 per year. There is no test period.
How does it work? First, you can choose a suitable template from the database or start making a presentation from scratch. In the starting subscription, 15 design options are open, in the Premium package - more than 120. The system will offer to add text, pictures, video or graphics. Then she herself will arrange the slide according to the template that you have chosen, or according to your preferences.
For each page, the bot offers from three design options, depending on the content. They only change the location of objects, the colors must be adjusted manually. The robot does not evaluate the design in terms of readability.
There is a small database of pictures, icons and popular GIFs, such as Billie Eilish at the Grammy Awards.
You can add animation to any element of your presentation. The graph growing right on the slide will grab the audience's attention.
What are the cons? Artificial intelligence makes fashion designs, but doesn't understand the meaning of the content. For example, you can get chaotically scattered bullets in the listing of the company's services (as in the program above). Therefore, you cannot do without a person. Like the previous platform, SlideBean is in English. But you can make Russian-language slides.
3. SlideBot
The program itself will make a presentation in the Presentation Zen style - with a background image and a short key phrase. You need to write text for each slide or upload a sketch in word, rtf or pptx.
How much is? $ 19 per month or $ 179 per year - subscription with the ability to download presentations in ppt, pdf or jpeg. You can test the service for 10 days for free. Students and teachers can sign up for $ 7 per month or $ 39 per year.
How does it work? First, add text for each slide, or load a template in word, rtf or pptx. The bot will select the pictures, font and place the text itself. You will receive a ready-made presentation in an editable format. If you don't like the design, it's easy to fix it manually. You can replace images, place and design plates, add icons and fix the font.
The developers have focused on the archive of pictures. You have more than 25 million drawings in your access. They can be filtered by keywords in English. There is a zoom for photos. It is more convenient than PowerPoint. There is no need to stretch the picture manually, the program will keep the correct proportions and crop the excess. You can apply effects to a photo: black and white photo, pixels, contrast, sepia.
It is convenient to make a presentation from a PC, tablet or smartphone. The functionality is available from any device.
What are the cons? There is no way to add graphs or tables, the program is in English.
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4. Haiku Deck Zuru
An AI project of the developers of the Haiku Deck service. Makes simple, full-slide, English-language presentations from an uploaded draft, Wikipedia article, or your text.
How much is? $ 20 - An unedited presentation made by artificial intelligence. If you subscribe for $ 9.99 per month, you will have full access and the ability to add a logo. For $ 29.99 a month, the previous features add even more advanced analytics for presentation views and the ability to record materials for webinars.
How does it work? At the start, the service will offer to select a content source for the slides: download a sketch from another program, insert a link to an article from Wikipedia, or write the text manually. In all three cases, the source text must be in English.
After you add content, the bot will ask you to select keywords for each slide. It will filter the pictures by them and you will have to click on the one you like. Then the program will arrange the presentation itself. You can modify the materials only after subscribing.
In theory, for a presentation based on a wiki article, you can choose a size: 5 slides, 30 or 50. In practice, it does not matter, if there are 14 points in the topic extract, you will get 14 slides.
What are the cons? $ 20 - overpriced for a draft presentation, provided that you still need to select photos from the gallery by hand. To find a suitable picture in the archive, you need to spend a lot of time: some of the images are with large objects, some are too bright.
Service in English. Given these shortcomings, we recommend that you pay attention to other programs from the list or the main Haiku Deck application without an intelligent assistant.
5. Sway from Office
The program from Microsoft is the only one in our review in Russian.
For Habr's readers, the criterion of "English-speaking" may not be critical at all. This is important for a wide audience. If you know good analogs in Russian, please recommend in the comments.
The service places text and illustrations on the selected template, searches for images in Internet search engines using keywords. Recommendations for the structure and content of the presentation are built in. By following them, the slides will be clear and meaningful.
How much is? Is free.
How does it work? First, enter your username and password from your Microsoft account. If you have Skype, you can log in with the same data here. When you start working on your presentation, you will be presented with a template with a recommended structure and tips for what the content should be on each slide (see the example above). This is convenient for those who are just starting to make presentations.
Then choose pictures for slides: upload your own or find them in the built-in search engine. Sway does not have a native image gallery. When the content is ready, the program itself will arrange the pages. You can choose the type of presentation display: slides or landing pages. Several people can work on the layout at once.
What are the cons? The presentation cannot be exported to pptx. Only download in word, pdf with fields for printing on a printer or send a link by email or in instant messengers. Sway presentations cannot be edited from the phone. You need to access the site from a PC, Mac or tablet. But you can view or send ready-made materials. As with SlideBot, you cannot add graphs or tables.
We add that even on your computer, if you have PowerPoint, you can test the work of modern artificial design intelligence. Upload a photo or text to the slide, and the program will offer you a design option.
Drawing conclusions
As you can see from the review, some time has yet to pass before the artificial intelligence learns to make presentations for people at the same level. To do this, he needs to develop creativity and learn to understand the context.
But already now, AI services will help reduce the time for designing slides, searching for photos, icons and selecting colors if your requirements do not exceed a neat layout and you have time to polish the work behind the robot.
Keep a checklist with the assessment of services:
Do you dream that the machine will draw slides for you or will you not entrust this work to anyone? :)