What is an AI slideshow generator?
It is a writer and a layout engine in one form. You give it a topic. It gives you a finished photo post.
What comes back from a single run:
- 5 to 10 PNG slides at 1080x1920, the same vertical frame as a short video.
- A hook on slide 1, set large, written to be readable in a feed thumbnail.
- One line per slide after that, because a slide with a paragraph on it gets skipped.
- A soft plug on the final slide, which is the only place a call to action belongs.
- A written caption and a hashtag set, so you are not writing copy in the app at midnight.
Two edits are built in. Regenerate a single slide with a note about what to change for 1 credit. Or edit a headline yourself and re-render that one slide, which costs no credits at all.
Nothing here is a video. There is no music, no transition and no motion: a TikTok photo post and an Instagram carousel are both still images that the viewer advances. Start at the slideshow builder, or browse slideshow ideas if you do not have a topic yet.
Why post a slideshow instead of a video?
A slideshow is read, not watched. That one difference decides which of your ideas belongs in this format.
A video controls the pace. You cannot skim it, you cannot go back a beat without scrubbing, and a list of seven items in a video is seven things you half-heard. A slideshow hands the pace to the reader. They swipe when they have finished the line, they swipe back when they missed one, and they screenshot the slide that was useful.
So the format suits content that is a list in disguise:
- Lists. Seven tips, five tools, three exercises.
- Myths and mistakes. Each slide is a claim and a correction, which is a natural unit.
- Comparisons. This versus that, one pair per slide.
- Plans. Day one to day five, in order, rereadable.
It suits some things badly. Anything with motion in it, anything that needs a voice, anything where the payoff is a reveal in real time. Those are videos, and the faceless video generator covers them.
There is a production argument too. A slideshow renders as stills, so there is no voice to time and no captions to sync. A seven-slide post costs 7 credits, which is less than one 10-credit video.
The format sets the skeleton: what slide 1 promises and what each slide after it holds. Pick it before you write anything.
| Format | Slide 1 promises | Good for | Open it |
|---|
| tips | A numbered payoff | Practical niches where the reader wants to act today | Tips |
| mistakes | Something they are getting wrong | Correcting a common habit, high save rate | Mistakes |
| myths | A belief they hold, denied | Categories full of bad advice, like nutrition or money | Myths |
| vs | A choice between two things | Buying decisions, tool and product comparisons | Versus |
| quiz | A question they want to answer | Engagement, comments, rewatch of the answer slide | Quiz |
| plan | A result in a set number of days | Fitness, learning, finance, anything with a timeline | Plan |
| pov | A scene they recognize | Relatable niches, community building, humor | POV |
| story | A situation with an outcome | Case studies, founder posts, before and after | Story |
| checklist | A list they can tick off | Travel, packing, launches, onboarding | Checklist |
There is a tenth choice, auto, which reads your topic and picks the skeleton for you. It is a reasonable default for the first post in a niche and a bad habit after that, because choosing the format is most of the writing.
A rough rule: if the reader wants to do something, use tips, plan or checklist. If they want to be right, use myths, mistakes or vs. If they want to feel something, use pov or story.
How many slides before people stop swiping?
Five to ten is the range the builder offers, and the right number inside it depends on the format, not on your enthusiasm.
| Slides | Credits | Works for | Watch out for |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | Myths, vs, quiz, pov | Too short for a numbered list that promised seven |
| 6 to 7 | 6 to 7 | Tips, mistakes, checklist | The sweet spot for most niches |
| 8 to 9 | 8 to 9 | Plan, story, deep checklists | Slides 7 onward need to keep earning the swipe |
| 10 | 10 | Day-by-day plans, long lists | Only when the count is the promise, as in "10 mistakes" |
Two practical rules:
Never promise a number you do not deliver. A hook that says "7 mistakes" on a six-slide post reads as a bait, and it is the fastest way to lose a follow.
Put the best item second, not last. Slide 2 is where a reader decides whether the rest is worth it. Saving your strongest tip for slide 9 protects nobody.
Cost follows the count exactly: 1 credit per slide, minimum 5, maximum 10. A seven-slide post is 7 credits, about 50 cents on the $49.99 plan.
How do you write slide 1?
Slide 1 is the entire post. It is the only slide that appears in the feed, so a post with a weak first slide does not underperform, it disappears.
What a working hook does:
- Names the reader. "If you run in the morning" beats "Running tips".
- Promises one specific thing. A number, an outcome, a mistake.
- Fits in about seven words. It renders large. Long hooks shrink the type.
- Leaves the answer on slide 2. A hook that resolves itself is a post nobody opens.
Four openers that carry most niches:
- "5 mistakes that keep your [thing] stuck"
- "Stop doing [common habit]. Do this instead."
- "[Result] in 7 days, day by day"
- "Nobody tells beginners this about [topic]"
Write slide 1 last. Generate the post, read slides 2 to 7, then rewrite the hook to promise exactly what those slides deliver. Editing the headline and re-rendering that slide costs no credits, so there is no reason to ship the first draft of the most important line.
If the hook is fine but the art is not, regenerate that single slide with a note for 1 credit instead of rebuilding the post. Cheap background plates for this come from the AI photo generator at 1 credit each.
Does the same post work on TikTok and Instagram?
The PNGs do. The caption should not be copied across.
| TikTok photo mode | Instagram carousel |
|---|
| Frame | 1080x1920 vertical | The same files work, and crop tighter in the grid |
| Caption | Short, hook repeated, searchable words | Longer, the caption is part of the post |
| Hashtags | Few, topical | More tolerated, still keep them relevant |
| Comment strategy | Ask a question on the last slide | Same, plus pin your own answer |
| Sound | Add a trending sound in the app | Optional, less important |
Two changes worth making per platform. Rewrite the first line of the caption: on TikTok it is a second hook competing with the slide, and on Instagram it is the opening of a short post. Rethink the last slide's plug: Instagram sends people to your profile link, TikTok mostly sends them to search, so name the thing rather than saying "link in bio".
Start from the TikTok slideshow generator or the Instagram carousel maker. The builder is the same one, and so is the export: you download the PNGs and upload them in each app yourself.
What does a slideshow cost?
One credit per slide. No pricing by format, by topic or by how many times the writer rewrote the line.
| Item | Credits | On the $49.99 plan |
|---|
| A 5-slide post, the minimum | 5 | About 36 cents |
| A 7-slide post | 7 | About 50 cents |
| A 10-slide post, the maximum | 10 | About $0.71 |
| Regenerate one slide with a note | 1 | About 7 cents |
| Edit a headline and re-render that slide | 0 | Nothing |
| A month at one 7-slide post a day | 210 | About $14.99 |
Plans, read from pricing on September 30, 2026: $9.99 for a one-time 100-credit pack, $49.99 per month for 700 credits, $199.99 per month for 3,000 credits. A credit is about $0.0714 on the smaller plan and about $0.067 on the larger one, so a seven-slide post is about 47 cents there.
Put another way, 700 credits is about 100 seven-slide posts a month. New accounts start with zero credits. Cancel anytime, 14-day refund window on unused credits.
What the slideshow generator does not do
It writes and renders the post. It does not run the account.
- No posting, no scheduling, no auto-upload. There is no connected TikTok or Instagram account and no calendar. You download the PNGs and post them.
- No video. No music, no transitions, no motion, no MP4 export. A slideshow here is a set of stills, and there is no 16:9 or long-form version.
- No analytics. Saves, shares and reach stay in the app you posted to.
- No API and no bulk runs. One post at a time in the browser, 5 to 10 slides.
- No ad account integration. If you want to run a carousel as a paid ad, you upload the files in your own ad manager.
- No fact checking. A myths or tips post is only as accurate as the topic you typed. Read every slide before it goes out, especially in health and money niches.
Stuck for a topic rather than a tool? Start from slideshow ideas and pick a niche: fitness, skincare, personal finance, coffee, travel or productivity.
