ChatGPT took less than five minutes to generate my complete 16-slide deck. Once it finishes, you get a preview, along with links to edit or view the presentation. Clicking either link opens it directly in Canva.
How to edit or view your Canva design
- Scroll through the preview thumbnails that appear in ChatGPT.
- Click the Canva edit link or view link to open the design in Canva.
- Your design will open directly in Canva.
- Review it, paying special attention to the color, text, and images.
Also: I love Photoshop, but Canva’s free Affinity tools won me over (and saved me money)
The Canva presentation that ChatGPT generated for me looks surprisingly polished right out of the gate.
It has a cohesive, coastal-inspired color palette of soft creams, muted greens, sandy beiges, and ocean blues that immediately scream “Maine.” It does lean heavily on illustrated, AI-generated images rather than real photos, giving the deck a cute, storybook feel. It’s admittedly charming, but I’ll want to replace some of that art.
For example, one slide features a faux Paul Bunyan statue and a generic “Stephen King-style” Bangor mansion. I plan to swap those out for real photos of the actual landmarks. Several slides also include garbled or placeholder text that needs cleaning up, which I can do myself, ask ChatGPT to handle, or even have Canva rewrite.
Still, the overall structure is solid. Canva gave me a full presentation with clear sections for travel, budgeting, lodging, activities, and logistics. Even with the fixes needed, having a fully designed, well-organized starting point saves a huge amount of time compared to building a presentation from scratch.
