Rayslides documentation

Build, edit, and present `.sld` decks.

Rayslides gives you a visual editor and a readable source file. Both views edit the same deck.

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SourcePlain-text .sld files

PlatformsmacOS, Linux, Windows

OutputLive display, PNG, PDF

A polished Rayslides slide with crisp type, a rotated image, and a source-to-showtime flow — **The renderer keeps type and geometry crisp.** Rounded shapes, fitted media, arrows, rotation, and semantic states all come from readable source.

See what one source model can render

These are direct presentation captures from one source-native showcase deck—not mock-ups of future features.

Rayslides typography rendered at several sizes, including a very large letter pair — **Typography stays composed from 18 to 286 pixels.** Weight, alignment, color, and scale remain authored values.

Rotated rounded cards connected to a central card by colored arrowed lines — **Geometry has intent.** Rounded rectangles, real lines, arrowheads, rotation, and painted hit geometry share one model.

A rotated raster image, an SVG, and a rotated Big Buck Bunny video poster on one Rayslides slide — **Images, SVG, and video use the same layout language.** Both the image and the bunny video are deliberately rotated.

A Rayslides motion state connecting Author and Present with a directional arrow — **Motion changes meaning without replacing the slide.** Named objects interpolate between readable semantic states.

Author the same deck in Studio

The complete showcase remains editable: slides, reusable items, groups, templates, media, object properties, and morph states all resolve back to .sld source.

Rayslides Studio editing the showcase with slides, Library entries, a selected title, Properties, and morph states visible — **Studio edits the source.** The canvas, panels, and timeline operate on the loaded `.sld` file instead of a second project format.

Choose a guide

Start with a task. Each guide shows the source, the interface, and the result.

Get started

Build Rayslides. Create a deck. Save it as an .sld file.

Use Studio

Select objects, edit values, arrange layers, and manage reusable content.

Animate a deck

Use reveals, slide transitions, and semantic morph states.

Use a phone

Read private notes. Change slides. Point and draw on the live slide.

Run a poll

Let the audience join and vote through the local network.

Write .sld source

Define slides, objects, templates, groups, text, images, and colors.

Use a live camera

Place, crop, rotate, start, stop, and export a live camera feed on macOS or Linux.

Build, edit, and present .sld decks.