Presentation backgrounds

Slide backgrounds at 16:9 for Keynote, Google Slides and PowerPoint: a quiet one for content slides and a louder one for section breaks, from the same palette.

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1920 × 1080 · First download free, no account · No watermark

1920 × 1080

A 16:9 slide, the default in Keynote, Google Slides and PowerPoint. The studio's 16:9 frame is the same shape.

Midnight presentation background with its safe zones marked — Title safe
Projectors and screen shares can lose a sliver at the edge. Keep titles and logos about 5% in and they're never clipped.
presentation: 1920 × 1080 pixels.

Studio frame: 16:9
First download: 1920 × 1080
4K export: 3840 × 2160

Six to start from

Rendered at 16:9 by the studio's own renderer. Each opens there at this size, ready to change and export.

Two backgrounds per deck

Use a calm version of a palette behind content slides and a bolder one, more contrast or another style, for the title and section breaks. Same colours, so the deck holds together.

Set it as the master

In Keynote or PowerPoint put the image on the slide master (Google Slides: Theme builder), so every new slide starts with it and nobody nudges it by accident.

Mind the projector

Projectors wash out dark, subtle gradients. If you're presenting in a bright room, raise Contrast in the studio before exporting; on a screen share, the defaults are fine.

Other sizes

The same studio, set to another place a background goes.

Questions

What size should a slide background be?

1920 × 1080 pixels for a 16:9 deck, which is the default in Keynote, Google Slides and PowerPoint. The studio's 4K export is twice that, so it stays sharp on large screens.

Will a 4K image make my deck heavy?

A few megabytes per background. Reuse the same image on the master rather than pasting it into every slide, and the file only carries it once.

Is it free to download?

Yes. The first download needs no account: 1920 × 1080 at 16:9. A free account exports 5 4K images a month, 3840 × 2160 at this ratio, with no watermark.

Can I use my own colours?

Yes. Every example opens in the studio at 16:9. Change the palette (paste your brand's hex codes), the style, the grain and the blur, then export.

Make slide backgrounds now

The studio opens at 16:9, 1920 × 1080's shape. Shuffle until it feels right, then export.

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