How to Ask AI for a Graphic That Fits Beside You

Tip 2 from Ray Franklin, #PresentationCoachRay

The problem

Ask AI for a presentation graphic, and it spreads the content across the whole frame.

Then your camera goes on top, and part of your message disappears behind you.

The key

Ask for a full 16:9 graphic. Let the background fill the whole frame, edge to edge. Keep the left quarter background only. That's where your camera sits.

Put every word and picture in the right three quarters.

On a 1920 x 1080 screen, that's 480 pixels for you and 1440 pixels for your content.

A 1920 by 1080 screen: a 480 pixel presenter column on the left and a 1440 pixel blue content area on the right

A prompt to copy

Fill in the brackets. Then paste it into ChatGPT, Gemini, or the AI image tool you use.

Create a 16:9 presentation graphic, 1920 x 1080. The background fills the entire frame, edge to edge: [background color or style]. The left quarter of the frame is background only, with no text, icons, or images, because a live camera will cover it. Place all content inside the right three quarters, with generous space from every edge. Content: a headline that reads "[your headline]" and [one supporting idea or image]. Use large, bold text that is easy to read on a phone. Use no more than [number] words.

Camera on the right?

Change "left quarter" to "right quarter," and "right three quarters" to "left three quarters." Everything else stays the same.

Check it before you use it

AI tools don't always follow the layout you ask for. Sometimes content drifts into the empty quarter.

So I check every graphic in OBS before I use it. I put it behind my camera and look.

If anything important is hidden, I ask the AI to try again and repeat the line about the left quarter.

I also read every word. AI still misspells things.

The AI may not deliver exactly 1920 x 1080. That's fine as long as the shape is 16:9. OBS scales it to fill the screen, and the left quarter stays a quarter.

Want more?

This is how I build graphics for my own calls. It isn't a design course.

Tip 1: How I share my screen and stay on camera

How much of your last slide was hidden behind your own video?