Presentation maker

An online presentation maker is a web-based tool that allows you to design, edit, and save slide decks directly in your web browser, eliminating the need for desktop software.

Why it matters: web-based tools ensure your work is automatically saved and accessible from any device with an internet connection. Wixel’s slide maker goes a step further when you create presentations by helping you plan, research, and shape your story . It helps you turn a blank canvas into a structured draft in a matter of minutes, letting you focus on refining your message instead of creating from scratch.

The best presentation maker is one that balances ease of use with deep customization. While many tools offer rigid templates, Wixel lets you manually edit every slide, fine-tuning text, images, layouts, timing, and more. This flexibility ensures that while our presentation does the heavy lifting, you can make the final result completely your own.

Key features to look for:

• Quick and intuitive drafts: look for a tool that helps you turn ideas into impactful presentations by handling the initial research and structure

• Full customization: you should be able to change layouts and design elements, not just swap text

• Media handling: a professional tool supports high-quality exports and complex animations

Visual tip: high-resolution visuals are crucial for professionalism. To keep your deck lightweight and loading fast without sacrificing quality, optimize your visuals with our image resizer before uploading them to your slides.

Yes, you can sign in to Wixel and make presentations using our online presentation maker for free. Wixel’s free plan gives you a certain number of credits that you can use for generating and refining your presentation. Creating and editing a deck manually in the Wixel editor is free.

For a detailed breakdown of how credits work and when they reset, check out our article about AI credits.

You don’t need a design background to build a compelling slideshow. Our free presentation maker acts as your design partner. You simply drop in your idea and answer a few questions, and get a research, structure, and design created for you.

How Wixel supports your design process:

• Automated structuring: the slide maker organizes your thoughts into a logical flow, so you don't have to worry about pacing or slide order

• Instant aesthetics: you’ll get a fully designed and animated presentation, so your slides are polished and engaging from the start

• Easy edits: you can spend less time building a first draft, and more time perfecting your message

Design hack: Clean visuals make a huge difference. If you have product photos or headshots that look cluttered, you can clean them up using our background remover to make them look professional on any slide background.

Yes, Wixel offers a library of professionally-designed templates to jumpstart your creation process. Unlike standard slide themes that lock you into specific layouts, Wixel’s templates give you the freedom to customize every detail—from typography and color palettes to element positioning—so you can create the look you need.

Once you have a finished presentation design, Wixel offers straightforward options to get your slides in front of your audience. You can easily download your slides in high quality, in any format, share your presentation as a public link, or present straight from Wixel’s editor.

Yes, you can easily access and edit your presentations on the go using the Wixel mobile app, which is available for both Apple and Android devices. The app is optimized for mobile workflows, allowing you to make quick text adjustments, swap out visuals, or review your slide flow from your phone or tablet, ensuring you are always ready to present even when you are away from your computer.

Downloading your presentation is simple. Here’s how to download and save your slides:

1. Finalize your presentation design in the Wixel editor

2. Click Share to the top right

3. Choose what type of file you’d like to download, including PPT, PDF or PNG

4. Hit Download

Sometimes you may want to extract specific slides to use in other documents or on social media. If you export your slides as images and need to switch formats (e.g., from PNG to JPG), you can run them through our image converter to ensure they are compatible with whatever platform you are using next.

Absolutely, and Wixel automates much of this process for you. With a standard slides maker, it takes a long time to manually animate every element. Wixel’s presentation maker automatically adds animations to your first draft, and you can edit them however you need.

How to add animations:

• Create your presentation: Wixel’s presentation maker applies appropriate entrance and exit animations to text and images during the generation phase

• Fine-tune every aspect: you’re not locked into any animations. You can always tweak the timing and build more complex sequences to support your story

• Engagement: use animations to emphasize your key points, keeping your audience focused on exactly what you are speaking about.

Pro-tip: while animations are engaging, less is more. Use the automated settings as a base, then refine them to ensure they enhance your narrative rather than distracting from it.

You can easily download your presentation in a variety of formats, including as a PDF. If you need to make changes to your PDF file, you can always do so with our PDF editor.