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I have a large folder of images (PNGs) that I would like to convert to a Google Slides presentation (one image per slide). Currently, I have found only two workflows that can automate this process:

Workflow 1 (only if on a Windows machine):

  1. Use Powerpoint to batch import the images into a photo slideshow
  2. Save the Powerpoint slideshow and upload to Google Drive
  3. Convert to Google Slides.

This workflow doesn't work on a Mac, however, because Powerpoint for Mac inexplicably does not have the "batch import images into a photo slideshow" functionality. So:

Workflow 2 (if on a Mac):

  1. Use Keynote to batch import the images
  2. Export as a Powerpoint file
  3. Upload the Powerpoint file to Google Drive
  4. Convert to Google Slides

Both of these workflows seem absurdly cumbersome to me (especially the second one), but I have been unsuccessful at finding a simpler way to turn a bunch of images into a Google Slides presentation. Surely something as simple as this can be done, right?

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There is a Google Slides add-on for this: Slides Toolbox.

It allows you to select multiple photos at once from Google Drive and imports them each as a new slide.

No idea who the developer is but it works for this task, it has other features I have not tried.

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  • Agreed. Slides Toolbox works just fine for this. Create a slideshow and then in the menu select Add ons and install the Slides Toolbox addon. Then select the addon and select Import Tools
    – Bogdan
    Dec 25, 2018 at 4:12
  • Beware, the app needs these permissions: "See, edit, create, and delete all of your Google Drive files".
    – bart
    Aug 5, 2019 at 18:11
  • exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.
    – raksheetbhat
    Apr 5, 2020 at 5:32
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Check the app script: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/articles/image-slides

Its flexible if you know how to fine-tune it using JavaScript.

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  • The JavaScript you just shared is works pretty well for creating a new slide per image. Do you know how to insert these images to existing slides? Thank you.
    – Antoine
    Jun 3, 2021 at 0:59
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I also wanted to find a way to upload images to Google Slides using Python. I created a program that uploads images to Google Cloud Storage; creates a signed URL for them; then uses that URL to import images into Google Slides. It's available here under the MIT License and may be a helpful tool/resource.

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