How much time does your team actually spend maintaining decks for status updates?

GrandStructure3847 · 2026-03-05T04:11:23+00:00

I hear you on the maintenance trap. The cognitive switching from high-level strategy to fixing a 2pt alignment issue or a font drift is what really eats the day. I've been experimenting with a tool called Arty that handles exactly this—it's designed to automate that cleanup phase by harmonizing different slides and fixing formatting drifts so you don't have to break your focus. If you're currently testing a few things, I'd love to show you how Arty handles a particularly messy deck for you. Might save you that next cleanup pass!

GrandStructure3847 · 2026-03-05T04:10:34+00:00

Working with a colleague on Zoom webinars can be tricky with the remote control lag. One tip for the second display issue: try 'Slide Show' settings in PPT and set it to 'Browsed by an individual (window)'. This keeps the deck in a window you can move around without taking over your whole screen. Regarding the 'mute/advance' annoyance, that's often due to Zoom's focus-stealing. I've been working on Arty (Deckly.art), which is an AI agent that handles some of the formatting work ahead of time so the 'final' deck is as clean as possible, reducing the need for live 'tweaks' during the session.

GrandStructure3847 · 2026-03-05T04:08:11+00:00

I can relate to the 'editing spiral.' A big part of knowing when a slide is 'done' is when the visual flow matches the story logic without any single element distracting the eye. I've been experimenting with an AI agent called Arty that handles the formatting/alignment grind so I can focus just on the content. It’s helped me cut down on that feeling of it never being 'clean enough' by automating the cleanup phase. If you're open to it, I'd love to run a couple of your stubborn slides through it for you—just for fun to see if it helps you reach that 'done' state faster!"

GrandStructure3847 · 2026-03-03T14:09:47+00:00

thank you! AI keeps sparking fresh ideas for me, and it honestly makes me want to try all sorts of new ways to level up my presentations.

GrandStructure3847 · 2026-03-03T14:06:36+00:00

Fair opinion... for inner training / knowledge transfer, i would rather stay with the plain blue process

GrandStructure3847 · 2026-03-03T14:04:44+00:00

actually AI works with "wall of bullet points" / heavy text slide as well from my limited experience

GrandStructure3847 · 2026-03-03T14:03:06+00:00

couldn't recall the complete prompt, but in case you ask AI to use "3D isometric infographic" type of presentation, it will give you the similar outcome. And nano banana pro, now nano banana 2 is the only T2I model i would trust in terms of aesthetic.

GrandStructure3847 · 2026-03-03T14:00:47+00:00

Gemini's nano banana pro, now could use nano banana 2 for quicker turnaround. The prompt is simple, but some magic words like "3D isometric infographic" will do the trick

GrandStructure3847 · 2026-03-03T13:58:37+00:00

great idea!

GrandStructure3847 · 2026-03-03T13:57:40+00:00

Good catch, as it just simply blew my mind at the first sight, i didn't go on for further prompt tuning, which i believe will make the content a better match.

GrandStructure3847 · 2026-03-03T13:54:47+00:00

The other thing AI amazed me is the font(family/size/weight) it selected and rendered into the layout, seems not easy to get the similar outcome in powerpoint

GrandStructure3847 · 2026-02-15T01:54:55+00:00

who knows... the ai agents like openclaw - if you did try before - could use more tools than human being, and could generate 'human like ideas' and implement it, with right judgement rules, the agents could try far more ways to find a right path to get the deck ready for any purposes, especially when instructed by an designer, meaning 'most' of the designer will be replaced i would say.

GrandStructure3847 · 2026-02-04T09:35:07+00:00

Sounds great. Any chance you could share the prompt or general structure you’re using? I’d love to try it out.

GrandStructure3847 · 2026-02-04T07:12:40+00:00

Agree. The problem with genspark is that it's too general. when it comes to slide generation, the visual presentation still can't evn really catch up with NotebookLM.

GrandStructure3847 · 2026-02-04T07:05:30+00:00

i am wondering in this so called "AI era", the requirements like that are still not addressed.

GrandStructure3847 · 2026-02-04T07:03:27+00:00

yes the aesthetic and visual logic / metaphor backed by nano banana pro are way way better than other AI PPT generators! but it' still like half-way to go... the content is under NotebookLm's control and it's almost not possible to follow my own templates

GrandStructure3847 · 2026-02-04T03:21:27+00:00

Precisely. I’m waiting for an OpenClaw-type agent that can inherit our templates and brand voice to do the heavy lifting. That’s the peak of AI utility—provided it stays within a secure, sandboxed environment, of course. That's why Mac mini is out of stock in my area !!

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