Gamma: get the story straight, then the deck

Don’t start a deck from a blank page.

I tried Gamma. Drop in a few outline points and it first gives you a full deck you can take into a meeting. Then you change the numbers and the screenshots. It does not hand you a pile of templates to fill in. It gets the story straight, then produces the deck.

Outline, layout, and images sit on the same canvas. When you need to send it to a client or a boss, you can export PPTX or PDF, and the layout is still recognizable. What you save is layout time, not thinking. You still decide what the deck is supposed to say.

The loop is short. Write 5 to 8 outline points, generate the deck, then edit only the key numbers and screenshots. That is enough for a weekly update, a proposal, or an internal briefing.

It is not enough when the brand guide is strict, or when the external deck has to be exact down to the pixel. Go back to professional design software for that, and plan on a manual pass after export. Do not expect complex animation from it either.