I Build Decks From Docs in Gamma, Then Break Its Template

Gamma gets you to 80 percent fast. The last 20 percent is refusing to look like every Gamma deck.

I paste a finished doc into Gamma and let it propose a structure. The outline is usually right.

The slides it makes all share one look. I change the theme and move one element per slide to break the pattern.

For a real pitch I replace half the stock images with my own. Generic visuals are the tell.

Gamma's biggest win is killing the blank page. Its biggest risk is sameness, so I fight it on the last pass.

Ten minutes to a draft, twenty to make it mine. Better than opening PowerPoint to a cursor blink.

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