Getting started with SlideDrift

SlideDrift helps you turn source material into an editable LinkedIn carousel. You can start with a published URL, paste your own text, or use a short idea as the starting point.

If you have material but are not sure what to post, choose Post ideas on Home. It suggests a mix of LinkedIn formats and saves the ones you choose as drafts. See Post ideas from your material.

The free planning tools can also help you choose a topic, hook, outline, or article angle before you generate a designed carousel.

If you already know the goal, start from Use Cases. Use-case pages let you paste a rough idea, source, memo, or example and send a focused brief into Create.

If you prefer to plan outside SlideDrift first, use the Google Docs and Sheets planning templates to outline the reader, angle, proof, hooks, or content calendar before moving the finished brief into Create.

Choose Continue with Google, or enter your email and choose Continue with email. Enter the six-digit code in the same tab; it works for ten minutes. If it does not arrive, check spam and use send a new code when the countdown ends. You can also choose Use a different email. Existing accounts with a password can choose Sign in with a password instead on the sign-in page.

New accounts can answer two optional welcome questions on Home. The getting-started checklist points to making a carousel, adding your brand, connecting LinkedIn, and scheduling a post. Free accounts can keep one Brand Kit; connecting LinkedIn and scheduling need a paid plan or an active trial.

Create a carousel

Open Create. When signed in, choose Carousel on Home; Home starts with Post ideas unless you arrive with a carousel brief, template, or Brand Kit choice.
Paste a public article, blog post, newsletter, or webpage URL.
Or paste text directly, such as notes, bullets, a draft, or a rough idea.
Choose optional direction such as a template, brand profile, story mode, slide count, output format, imagery level, or Plan Mode when those controls are available.
Generate the carousel.
Review the slides in the editor before exporting or sharing.

Create keeps selected options visible as removable chips above the input, so check those chips before generating if you changed the source, template, brand, story mode, or generation preferences.

Trying SlideDrift without an account

You can try carousel creation as a guest, including the selected showcase designs offered in Create. If you reach the guest limit, choose Create an account to continue with your typed idea and selected template in the same browser. Finish sign-in within 30 minutes to restore that source. If the browser cannot keep the idea, SlideDrift asks you to copy it first.

Recreate, Remix designs, and protected editor tools ask you to create an account before starting. After signing in, the tool still applies your account’s plan and credit limits.

What works best

SlideDrift works best when the input has a clear topic and a point of view. A short outline, a blog post, or a rough argument usually works better than scattered notes with no direction.

Good inputs include:

A blog post or article you want to repurpose.
A LinkedIn post draft that needs a stronger visual format.
Notes from a podcast, call, or presentation.
A list of points you want to explain slide by slide.

After generation

The generated carousel opens in the editor. From there you can revise copy, adjust slides, change design settings, apply templates, work with images, replay the guided editor tour, and export when the deck is ready.

If the first output is not quite right, edit the source content or adjust the carousel in the editor instead of starting from scratch every time.

If generation is still finishing when the editor opens, wait for the progress state to complete before saving or exporting. Placeholder slides are temporary and should not be treated as finished content.

Choose the right starting point

Use a URL when the source is public and already has a clear argument.

Use pasted text when the source is private, unpublished, or scattered across notes.

Use a free tool result when you need a topic, hook, outline, post draft, or angle before designing the carousel.

Use a use-case page when the carousel should follow a specific outcome, such as thought leadership, repurposing, agency work, personal branding, or employee advocacy.

Use a template when the visual direction matters from the first draft. Use a brand kit when the carousel should reuse your colors, fonts, tone, logo, handle, website, or tagline.

Next steps

Use Create from a URL when you have a public source page.
Use Create from text or notes when your source is private, messy, or not published.
Use free planning tools when you need a better topic, hook, outline, or source angle first.
Use the Chrome extension to capture an article, selected text, video URL, link, or transcript notes into a carousel brief.
Use Start from a use case when the carousel should follow a specific workflow or outcome.
Read Improve generation results if the first draft needs more direction.