PowerPoint to Portfolio · Your App Cloud
Turn a PowerPoint deck into a portfolio
A credentials deck is cut for one prospect and cleared for one meeting. Upload yours, then give every project its own page with your role, the people you credit and results you can support.
From a deck pitched to one prospect to case studies anyone can read.
Split the deck into projects, add the years, roles and sources the slides leave out, then read every page as a stranger and as the client named on it.
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Mark each project's slides
Attach the deck with the upload button. In the prompt, list the projects to keep and the slides that belong to each, such as slides 4 to 7 for one rebrand. Name the slides to drop: the cover, the agenda, fees, the timeline and anything written for a single prospect.
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Add the year, your role and each source
Case-study slides show the finished work and one big number. They rarely say when it shipped, who did which part or where the number came from. For every project, give the year, your role, the people or agency to credit and the source of each result.
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Read it as a stranger, then as the client
Open each project page as someone who has never met you and ask whether they can tell what you did. Then read it as the client named on it and remove what they haven't cleared. Last, try the contact action from your own phone.
Where each slide of a credentials deck goes.
The quoted lines and figures are invented: a made-up deck from Fernhill Studio, a brand and web design studio in Denver, Colorado, pitching to Tailwind Traders. Find the matching slide in your own deck, then read across.
| In your case-study deck | In your portfolio | What to check |
|---|---|---|
| Four slides for one client, Fourth Coffee: a cover photo, 'The brief', 'What we made' and 'Results' | One project page, and a cover card for it on the portfolio index | Count the projects on your list and the cards on the index; the two numbers should match. Then open the project with the fewest slides and check its page has the same parts as the others, or says plainly which part isn't shared. |
| A footer on every slide, 'Prepared for Tailwind Traders · Confidential', set with Insert, Header & Footer and Apply to All | Left out, along with the 'Why Fernhill for Tailwind' slide and the fees slide | Search the preview for the prospect's name, for 'Confidential' and for a dollar sign. Each hit is pitch material that came along with the projects. |
| 'We' on every slide: 'We rebuilt the ordering flow and the brand' | A role line on each project page, and credits for everyone else who worked on it | Say which parts were yours and which were a partner's, such as 'Development: Daniel Okafor'. For work done while you were employed at an agency, credit the agency, as in 'Designed at Atlas Creative'. Ask whether the client would describe each role line the same way. |
| A results callout in large type: '+38% online orders' | The figure with its source and period, or a plain account of what shipped | Beside each figure in the prompt, write where it came from and when, such as 'the client's sales report, first three months after launch'. Leave out any number you can't trace or weren't cleared to publish, then search the pages for '%' to catch strays. |
| A 'Selected clients' slide with twelve logos in a grid | A client list holding only the names you may show | Click one logo, then click it again. If you still can't select that logo on its own, the grid is a single picture, so type the client names into the prompt and say which to show. Strike any client who hasn't agreed to be named, and any logo the brand has since replaced. |
| Screenshots of Woodgrove Bank's app showing customers' names and balances | Project images with sample data in place of real people's details | View every screenshot at full size before you upload. Replace real names, email addresses, account numbers and balances in your design file, export the screens again and swap them into your copy of the deck. |
| A project stamped 'Under NDA, not for circulation' | Left out, or a private project page that opens only after sign-in | Read what the agreement allows before anything goes online. For a private page, say who should be able to sign in and describe the access for that collection. Then open the portfolio in a private window and confirm the project appears nowhere, not even as a card. |
| A walkthrough film added with Insert, Video, Online Video, hosted on Vimeo | The video on the project page, or a link to it | The film lives on the video site, so whoever owns that account decides whether it stays public. Play it in a browser where you aren't signed in, and check on the video site that embedding is allowed. A client may have made it private since the pitch. |
| A mockup slide: the Alpine Ski House homepage inside a laptop frame | The framed image as the project's cover, and full-size screens on its page | On a phone, a screenshot inside a device frame shrinks until its text can't be read. Supply the full screens from your design files for the project page, and give each one alt text that says what it shows. |
| 'View the live site', linked to the client's online shop | A link from the project page to the work as it stands today | In Normal view, right-click each link and choose Open Hyperlink. Clients redesign their sites, so if the live site no longer shows your work, drop the link or add 'since redesigned'. |
| A quote slide: 'Fernhill made ordering painless.' Jordan Reyes, Operations Manager, Fourth Coffee | A testimonial on that project's page | Ask Jordan whether the quote may appear on a public page under their name and current job title. People change roles, and a quote credited to a title someone no longer holds reads as out of date. Keep it on the Fourth Coffee page rather than in a list of quotes with no project. |
| The closing slide: 'Let's talk. Maya Chen, (720) 555-0164' | A contact action at the end of every project page | An email or phone link works on a one-page site. A form that stores each inquiry, or emails it to you, makes the portfolio an app with data. Whichever you pick, send one from your phone and check where it lands. |
A credentials deck is made for one meeting.
It is trimmed for one prospect and shown behind a closed door. A portfolio is public, read in any order, and seen by the clients it names as well. Settle these on a copy of the deck before you upload it.
Choose projects for the reader you want
A pitch shows the projects closest to one prospect. A portfolio should show the work you want more of. Name the reader, such as marketing leads at retail brands, pick the six to ten projects that speak to them and say which one leads the index.
Permission given for a pitch
A client may have agreed to be shown to one prospect in a meeting, not on a public page. List which clients can be named, which figures can be quoted and which projects stay private, and put that list in the prompt.
Photos someone else took
Photographs of a finished building, product or event are often commissioned by the client, and the license may cover their use, not yours. Ask the client or the photographer before those pictures go public, and put the credit line they ask for on the project page.
Projects with no year
Decks often leave dates off so older work still looks new. Give every project a year, and say which ones to retire, such as work for a brand that has since changed its name. An index sorted by year shows any date you missed.
Bullets written to sell
'Award-winning rebrand' and 'transformed their business' read as claims on a public page. If you ask the building assistant in Studio to expand bullets into case-study paragraphs, check each sentence against what happened and delete any result the slides never stated.
An illustrative starting point
Case studies that stand on their own.
An index of projects to filter, a page per project with your role and credits, and a way to reach you from each page.
An index people can filter
Cover cards for every project, filtered by service, industry or year instead of the order you chose for one pitch. Test a filter with a project that belongs to two services and check it shows under both.
The same parts on every project page
Client, year, brief, what you made, result and credits sit in the same places, so a reader can compare projects. Where a client can't be named, the page can say 'a regional bank' instead of leaving a gap.
Your role, and everyone else's
A role line on each project tells someone hiring you which part was yours. Credits name the developer, photographer or agency beside you, so the page stays accurate when a former colleague reads it.
Private case studies, behind sign-in
Work you may show only to selected prospects can sit behind sign-in, with the access you describe for that collection. Those prospects sign in to the published portfolio as app users.
Inquiries that name the project
An email or phone link works on a one-page site. A form can store each inquiry and email it to you, which makes the portfolio an app with data. Ask for it to record the project it was sent from, then send test inquiries from two projects and check each one names the right project.
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Good questions.
Why not send my deck as a PDF instead?
A PDF of the deck keeps the order you chose for one pitch and, often, the prospect's name in the footer. A portfolio lets a stranger go from the index to the project that matches their need, and each page makes sense alone. Keep the deck for meetings and link to the portfolio from it.
Do I need permission to show client work?
Often, yes, and your contract or nondisclosure agreement decides how much. Check four things for each project: the client's name and logo, any result figure, screenshots and quotes. Where you're unsure, describe the client without a name, such as 'a regional bank', or keep the project behind sign-in.
How do I show results without overstating them?
Give every figure a source and a period, and say what your part was, since other changes may have helped. A number you can't trace, or weren't cleared to publish, is better left out. A clear account of what shipped, such as 'new ordering site, launched March 2026', is a result too.
Can I publish my portfolio on the Free plan?
Yes, as a one-page site that only presents your work: the index, a section for each project, photos and an email or phone link. A separate page for each project, case studies behind sign-in or an inquiry form that stores or emails messages make it an app, which needs a paid plan to go live, and a custom domain needs Pro. See the pricing page for current plans.
Can I send a prospect only the projects that fit them?
Yes, without cutting another copy of the deck. Ask for each filter on the index, such as Retail or Branding, to have its own web address. Open that address in a new browser window and check it shows only those projects. For a hand-picked set that includes private work, use a page behind sign-in.
How do I add a new project later?
Editing the deck changes nothing on the site, because an upload is a snapshot. Add the project in Studio from its slides or a description, check that its page has the same parts as the others and publish again. If an edit goes wrong, use the versions available in Studio, inspect the restoration and publish after review.
Does this work for a game design or architecture portfolio?
Yes, only the parts change with the field. A game page usually wants the trailer, your role on the team, the platform and a link to play; check that each online video still plays and allows embedding. An architecture page wants the location, year, project team and the photographer's credit on every picture.
Can someone else at the studio keep the portfolio current?
Yes, through the published portfolio: give the designer who writes up the next case study an editor's sign-in, with access to the projects. Studio itself has one builder per Exepad account. Prospects who sign in to see private projects get less, so check what a prospect can open from a second test account.
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