For New Year’s, my wife asked everyone in the family to create a presentation about their goals for the coming year. Each of the kids presented, with some of them experimenting with AI slide tools along the way.
I had to make a presentation too, so I used the assignment as an opportunity to explore several of the creative AI tools that were becoming available. The result was part family presentation, part multimedia experiment, and a great deal of trial and error.
I used ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas for the narration and help shape the script. I created the presentation slides in PowerPoint and exported them as images, then used ElevenLabs to turn the narration script into an audio track. I used RunwayML to generate a number of short video clips and combined the slides, narration, and generated footage in iMovie.
This was one of my earlier attempts at bringing several AI tools together into a single finished project. Much of the process involved experimenting, seeing what worked, revising what did not, and learning how the pieces could fit together.
Helped brainstorm ideas and shape the narration script.
Created the presentation slides and exported them as images for use in the video.
Turned the narration script into an audio narration track.
Generated a number of short video clips.
Combined the slides, narration, and generated footage into the finished presentation.
The individual tools could each produce something useful, but they did not produce the finished story. The real work was in deciding what to keep, creating a coherent sequence, matching the visuals to the narration, and getting the pacing to feel right.
It also gave me an early appreciation for how quickly an idea could move from a conventional slide presentation to something much more personal and engaging, even if reaching that point still required plenty of human judgment and trial and error.