Can I put a JPG directly into PowerPoint?
Yes, and it is free if all you need is the photo as a picture. In PowerPoint on Windows choose Insert > Pictures > This Device; on a Mac choose Insert > Pictures > Picture from File. In Google Slides choose Insert > Image > Upload from computer, and in Keynote drag the file onto the slide or use Insert > Choose. You can also copy the JPG and paste it. The result is one flat picture: you can move, crop and resize it, but not retype the words inside it. Use the converter on this page when you want those words as text.
Can I convert a phone photo of a slide or a printed page to PowerPoint?
Yes. Upload the JPG and the text in the photo is rebuilt as text boxes, with the rest as separate shapes. Results depend heavily on the photo: sharp, straight, evenly lit shots work best, while glare, shadows, blur and a steep angle cause wrong or missing characters. The examples above are made to look like phone photos and show what to expect.
What if my photo is tilted, blurry or has glare?
Retake it if you can: stand square to the screen or page, fill the frame, turn the flash off, avoid overhead lights reflecting in a screen or whiteboard, and hold the phone steady. If your phone has a document-scan mode, it flattens a page before you save it. The conversion does not straighten the photo, so a tilted shot gives a tilted slide, and fixing text damaged by glare means retyping it.
How do I convert a JPG to an editable PPT?
Upload the JPG here. The text in the image is rebuilt as text boxes and the rest, such as cards, bars and arrows, as separate PowerPoint shapes, so you can retype and move them instead of editing a picture. Check the result against your JPG, because small lettering, thin lines and photo backgrounds can come back different.
Is the text editable after I convert a JPG to PowerPoint?
Usually yes: headings, labels and paragraphs come back as native text boxes you can click and retype. In a photo some characters can be misread or left as shapes, and fonts are replaced with similar ones, so line breaks and spacing can shift. Charts and tables come back as shapes and text, not as native PowerPoint charts or tables with data behind them.
Is a JPG different from a PNG here?
Both are read the same way and cost the same. JPG compression adds fuzz around small text and thin lines, and photos are usually saved as JPG, so JPG results tend to need more checking. A crisp PNG screenshot converts more cleanly; see PNG to PPT for that case. If your phone saves HEIC photos, export or share them as JPG first.
Can I convert a JPG to PPT for free?
Placing a JPG on a slide yourself is free, and so is your phone's own scan or crop tool. For the editable version, you get a watermarked PowerPoint preview. Previews are free with any account, up to 3 a day, for photos up to 12 MB and 16 megapixels (a larger photo skips the preview and converts for 2 credits). Unlocking the editable file for a single image is $2.99 or 2 credits. Only delivered files are charged, and a failed conversion is not charged.
Can I convert several JPGs at once?
Yes, on the website. Up to 30 JPG, PNG or WebP images (10 without a subscription) become one .pptx deck with a slide per image, handy for a camera roll of slides from one meeting. Several images cost 2 credits a page with a subscription, or 3 without. A PDF of up to 30 pages is 2 credits per delivered page. A multi-page deck has no free preview. Uploading separate files in a batch follows your plan's file limit. The API takes one image per request.
Is the file a .ppt or a .pptx?
You get a .pptx, the current PowerPoint format. It opens in PowerPoint and in other apps that read .pptx, such as Google Slides and Keynote, though how closely another app displays it depends on the app. Unraster does not produce the older .ppt format.
Does it keep my photo, and who can see it?
Your original file is never changed: you get a separate .pptx. Choosing PowerPoint uploads the image to our conversion service, and the image and the result are kept on our servers for 7 days, then deleted automatically, or sooner if you delete them. They are not made public. See the Privacy page for details. My files on this device is stored in your browser only.
Will the slide match my photo exactly?
No. Fonts are substituted, small lettering and fine textures can stay as shapes, gradients and glare can become flat colour patches, and handwriting becomes typed text. Arrows come back as shapes, not connectors that follow a box when you move it. We never promise a perfect or pixel-for-pixel copy, so compare the slide with your JPG before you share it.