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Run 1Photo story slide deck“Make a photo story deck from our charity trek photos About us: Eight trek photos are in photos/. It was a 5-day mountain trek that raised £12k for a hospice.”
Runs in
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • Gemini CLI
  • GitHub Copilot
  • OpenCode
Generates with
Your agent's model
Tested with
Claude Code 2.1.322Claude Sonnet 5.51 real run, 9 Nov
Needs
Node 20+Chromeffmpeg
Licence
Recaply licence

Photo Story Slide Deck

Slide decks that look like a picture-led photo story: PDF, slide PNGs, a browser deck and editable PowerPoint, every slide checked to fit.

$9.99once, yours to keep

Makes slide decks styled as a picture-led photo story, from notes, a document or figures: title, agenda, section, bullet, column, card, picture, quote, big number, chart, timeline, table, formula and closing slides, saved as a PDF, a PNG per slide, a deck that plays in the browser and an editable PowerPoint file, with speaker notes. Black pages, full-bleed photographs, a fine display serif with a neat sans, words set on soft translucent bands. Every word is set in real type and checked to fit; no picture model, no key and no cost. Use when someone has strong photos and wants a deck where the pictures tell the story, or when someone asks for a presentation, slides or a deck with a photo story look.

By RecaplyUpdated 11 Nov

Install Photo Story Slide Deck

After the download, ask your agent to add it, or run the line yourself.

Read https://recaply.co/skills/cinematic-photo-deck/install.md and follow it to install the cinematic-photo-deck skill from cinematic-photo-deck.zip.

Paste it into your agent. It reads our install steps, finds the ZIP you downloaded and adds the skill for you.

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Who Photo Story Slide Deck is for

What you get

  • A PDF, a PowerPoint file and a web page to present from
  • The photo story look: a picture-led photo story
  • Every slide checked to fit before it is saved

Good fit

  • Photo stories
  • Travel and expedition talks
  • Brand films

Not for

  • Filling in an existing PowerPoint template
  • Decks in another company's brand

About this skill

You say

Make a photo story deck from our charity trek photos About us: Eight trek photos are in photos/. It was a 5-day mountain trek that raised £12k for a hospice.

It said back

I've built a 10-slide photo story deck from your eight trek photos. The overview check printed no warnings. I looked at that overview sheet but not each slide PNG one by one.

Files are in trek/output/:

  • five-days-up-the-mountain.pdf
  • five-days-up-the-mountain.pptx (editable in PowerPoint, Keynote and Google Slides)
  • five-days-up-the-mountain.html (plays in a browser)
  • slides/01.png to 10.png
  • notes.md
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What it did in run 1

  1. cinematic-photo-deck
  2. ls -la photos/
  3. ./photos/01-start.png
  4. ./photos/02-path.png
  5. ./photos/03-river.png
  6. ./photos/04-camp.png
  7. ./photos/05-snow.png
  8. ./photos/06-hut.png
  9. ./photos/07-summit.png
  10. ./photos/08-finish.png
  11. mkdir -p trek && cp photos/*.png trek/ && cat > trek/deck.json <<'EOF' { "title": "Five days up the mountain", "footer": "Charity trek for the hospice", "lang": "en-GB", "out": "output", "slides": [ {"layout":"title","title":"Five days up the mountain","subtitle":"A charity trek that raised £12k for a hospice.","kicker":"Photo story","image":"01-start.png","alt":"Trekkers with backpacks gather in morning mist at the trailhead","notes":"Eight of us set out on a five-day mountain trek to raise money for our local hospice. This is the story in pictures."}, {"layout":"image","title":"Into the valley","image":"02-path.png","caption":"The path narrowed and the cloud came down.","side":"full","alt":"Two walkers on a narrow path through a misty green valley","notes":"Early on, the trail led us into a quiet misty valley."}, {"layout":"image","title":"Crossing the river","image":"03-river.png","caption":"One at a time over the rope bridge.","side":"full","alt":"A trekker crosses a rope suspension bridge over a river","notes":"The rope bridge was a highlight and a nervous moment."}, {"layout":"image","title":"Camp at dusk","image":"04-camp.png","caption":"Tents up, boots off, mountains turning pink.","side":"full","alt":"Tents and people sitting together in a mountain valley at dusk","notes":"Evenings at camp: food, rest and talking over the day."}, {"layout":"image","title":"Onto the snow","image":"05-snow.png","caption":"Poles out, single file, blue sky ahead.","side":"full","alt":"Hikers with poles walk across a snowfield toward distant peaks","notes":"The high ground meant snow and bright sun."}, {"layout":"image","title":"A rest at the hut","image":"06-hut.png","caption":"Prayer flags, a stone wall and a moment to sit.","side":"full","alt":"Four trekkers sit outside a stone hut hung with colourful flags","notes":"A stop at a stone hut to rest and warm up."}, {"layout":"image","title":"The top","image":"07-summit.png","caption":"Hands in the air. We made it.","side":"full","alt":"A group on a mountain top cheering with raised arms","notes":"The summit moment. Everyone made it up."}, {"layout":"image","title":"The way down","image":"08-finish.png","caption":"Tired, laughing and nearly home.","side":"full","alt":"Three smiling trekkers hold up a cloth banner on a trail","notes":"The final stretch, with a banner and a lot of laughter."}, {"layout":"stat","title":"What it was for","stats":[{"value":"£12k","label":"raised for a hospice"},{"value":"5 days","label":"on the mountain"}],"notes":"Five days of walking raised £12k for the hospice. Thank you to everyone who sponsored us."}, {"layout":"closing","title":"Thank you","subtitle":"Every step helped the hospice.","notes":"Thank our sponsors and close."} ] } EOF S=.claude/skills/cinematic-photo-deck/scripts node $S/deck.mjs trek/deck.json --check 2>&1 | tail -20
  12. mkdir -p trek && cp photos/*.png trek/ && ls trek
  13. ./trek/deck.json
  14. for f in 01-start 02-path 03-river 04-camp 05-snow 06-hut 07-summit 08-finish; do cp photos/$f.png trek/$f.png; done; node .claude/skills/cinematic-photo-deck/scripts/deck.mjs trek/deck.json --check 2>&1 | tail -20
  15. cp photos/01-start.png photos/02-path.png photos/03-river.png photos/04-camp.png photos/05-snow.png photos/06-hut.png photos/07-summit.png photos/08-finish.png trek/
  16. node .claude/skills/cinematic-photo-deck/scripts/deck.mjs trek/deck.json --check 2>&1 | tail -20
  17. ./trek/output/check.png
  18. node .claude/skills/cinematic-photo-deck/scripts/deck.mjs trek/deck.json 2>&1 | tail -15; ls trek/output
  19. Done

9 Nov 2026 · Claude Code 2.1.322 with Claude Sonnet 5.5 · 1 min 11 s · $0.22 of API use

Questions

Is Photo Story Slide Deck free?

No. Photo Story Slide Deck costs $9.99 once and stays in your Recaply account, or it comes with the Recaply plan ($19.99 a month), which opens every premium skill and prompt.

Which agents can use Photo Story Slide Deck?

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode.

What do I get when I buy Photo Story Slide Deck?

A ZIP of the whole skill folder (40 KB): the SKILL.md your agent follows and its 6 other files, the references, templates and scripts it uses. You download it from this page whenever you need it, and install it in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode. The Recaply plan opens it too, with every other premium skill and prompt.

How do I install Photo Story Slide Deck?

Buy it, then download the ZIP from this page. For Claude Code, unzip it into .claude/skills/ in your project. For Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI, unzip it and run npx skills add ./cinematic-photo-deck with your agent's flag.

What do I get from Photo Story Slide Deck?

A PDF, a PowerPoint file and a web page to present from. The photo story look: a picture-led photo story. Every slide checked to fit before it is saved.

What does Photo Story Slide Deck need?

Node 20+, Chrome and ffmpeg, and no API key. Each use costs nothing beyond your agent.

How big is Photo Story Slide Deck?

7 files, about 26,675 tokens in all. The SKILL.md is about 2,982 tokens, and your agent reads it only when the job fits.

What does a run cost?

Our 1 runs took 1 min 11 s to 1 min 11 s and $0.22 to $0.22 of API use each, in Claude Code with claude-sonnet-5-5. On a Claude plan, a run counts toward your usage instead.

Do I have to name Photo Story Slide Deck to use it?

Type /cinematic-photo-deck first to make sure it loads. Without it, Claude Code may judge a small job simple enough to do without the skill.