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Present slides in a live stream

Present PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides in a live stream from the browser studio: share the slideshow window, or run the slides as a picture playlist.

Updated November 5, 2026 · 4 min read

There are two ways to present slides in a live stream from the browser studio. Share the window of your slideshow (PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Slides) with Add input, then Screen; animations and videos inside the slides come along. Or export the slides as pictures and add them all at once as a Playlist: one input that you move with Next and Previous, with nothing else on your screen at risk of going on air. Either way, you can put your camera small in a corner over the slides.

Before you start

• The slides, finished. Big text: most viewers watch on a phone.
• For the picture way: the slides exported as PNG or JPG. Most slide apps can export every slide as a picture; PowerPoint does it with Save As or Export and the PNG format. The studio does not open PDF or PPTX files directly.
• For the screen way: a computer, and on a Mac the screen recording permission for your browser: How to share your screen in a live stream.
• Any plan, including the trial.

Which way to choose

Steps

1. Export the slides. Save every slide as a 1920x1080 PNG or JPG, numbered in order.
2. Open the studio. Choose Live stream, start a new live and pick Browser Studio.
3. Add the playlist. In the bar open Add input and press Playlist (several files in one input, one after another). Select all the slide pictures at once. The studio says a playlist of that many items was added as one input.
4. Set it for slides. Open the list from the tile. Set Loop to Off, and switch off Go to the next item by itself, so each slide stays until you move on. (With it on, A picture stays sets the seconds per slide, 5 by default.)
5. Check the order. The list shows each item's number and name. Move a slide with Up and Down, remove one with the X, or add more with Add files.
6. Take it to air. Click the tile to put it on Preview, then press Take.
7. Move through the slides. Use Next and Previous on the tile or in the list. The tile shows where you are, for example 3/12, and the slide's name.

Or share the slideshow window

The Steps above use pictures. To share the live slideshow instead:

1. Start the slideshow in a window. Many apps can run the show in a window instead of full screen; that makes it easy to share just that window.
2. Share it. In the studio open Add input and press Screen, then pick the slideshow's window.
3. Take it to air and change slides in the slideshow app as usual. Details and fixes: How to share your screen in a live stream.

You and the slides together

Add your camera, place it small in a bottom corner on Preview, and put it on an overlay channel so it stays when the slides change: Side by side and picture in picture layouts in a live and Overlay channels 1 to 8 and their keys (F1 to F8). To stand in front of the slides without a green screen, use Remove BG on the camera: Virtual background and background blur in a live.

Keep slide text away from the edges if you plan to cut Shorts from the lesson: Safe-zone guides for vertical and square viewers.

What can go wrong

• Cannot add the file. The studio takes pictures (PNG, JPG, GIF, WebP, SVG), video and sound, not PDF or PPTX. Export the slides as pictures.
• Slides change by themselves. Go to the next item by itself is on. Switch it off in the playlist's list.
• The last slide jumps back to the first. Loop is set to All. Set it to Off.
• Slides look blurry. They were exported small. Export at 1920x1080.
• A notification appeared on air. That happens with screen sharing. Use the Playlist way, or share one window and turn on Do Not Disturb.

Frequently asked questions

Can I present PowerPoint in a live stream without OBS?

Yes. Share the PowerPoint window from the browser studio, or export the slides as pictures and add them as a playlist.

Can I upload a PDF of my slides?

Not directly. Export the pages as PNG or JPG pictures and add them as a playlist.

How do I move to the next slide in a playlist?

Press Next on the playlist's tile or in its list. The tile shows the slide number, for example 3/12.

Can the slides advance automatically?

Yes. Turn on Go to the next item by itself and set how many seconds each picture stays.

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