In the age of Gen AI, you need to be able to generate content, take them apart, and repurpose them for your own use. Here’s how I adapted a Google Gemini infographic for the Mandarin edition of The Straits Times Masterclass in Generative AI:
1️⃣ To create the source infographic, I used Google AI Studio because I could control the aspect ratio of the image. I prompted it to depict the flow of how a Gen AI engine works in a 16:9 format to fit my slide. The infographic was nice, but too cluttered with text.
2️⃣ I iterated the visual and made it more concise with less elements.
3️⃣ Then I stripped out the text so I could put in my own.
4️⃣ Just for kicks, I gave the visual a “claymation” 3D look.
5️⃣ Then, I imported the visual into PowerPoint where I added my Chinese text (which I translated with Google Gemini).
I do have a Chinese version of 3️⃣ which is cleaner and easier to read, but I decided to do the claymation version to show the workshop participants what was possible. I always prefer to add text manually, as Gen AI can mess up the spelling or generate garbage words randomly.
The one problem that I can’t solve yet is to create a PPT animation of this visual where each box will appear consecutively. To do so, I have to take apart the visual in Adobe Photoshop and save each box as a separate visual, then build the animation in PPT.