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Work with Canva, PowerPoint, and Google Slides

You design in another tool and want to show the result on a display.

3 min readUpdated Oct 30, 2026As Markdown
For
anyone who designs content outside Szenera
Prerequisite
the Owner or Manager role, so you can upload media
Where in the portal
Media
On this page

Design in the tool you know, export the result as images, a video, or a PDF, and upload it to Media. Szenera can't open Canva or PowerPoint files directly.

Steps

1. Set the right size

Before you start, set the page size to the format of your display: 16:9 (1920 × 1080 pixels) for a landscape TV, 9:16 (1080 × 1920 pixels) for a TV mounted upright. PowerPoint and Google Slides use 16:9 by default. In Canva, start a design in 1920 × 1080 pixels.

2. Export your design

Tool What to export Where
Canva Images (PNG or JPG), a video (MP4), or a PDF with several pages Share › Download, then choose the file type.
PowerPoint Each slide as an image (PNG), the whole presentation as a video (MP4), or a PDF File › Export, then choose the file type or "Create a Video".
Google Slides A PDF with all slides, or the current slide as an image (PNG) File › Download, then PDF or PNG.

Animations and slide transitions only survive in a video. Images and PDF pages are still.

3. Upload and show it

  1. Open Media and drag the files onto the page, or click Upload.
  2. Show them on a display: assign a single image or video directly to the display, let several images take turns in a playlist, or place a PDF in a scene with the Document widget.

Check the result

The files appear in Media with the status Ready. Check them on the real display, from where your customers will see them.

If something goes wrong

Symptom Cause Solution
The upload is rejected The file type isn't supported, for example a PowerPoint or GIF file. Export as PNG, JPG, MP4, or PDF instead.
Black bars around the slide The page size doesn't match the display. Change the page size to 16:9 or 9:16 and export again.
Text looks blurry The image was exported at a low resolution. Export at 1920 × 1080 pixels or more.
A change in your presentation doesn't appear Szenera shows the exported file, not the original. Export and upload again, then swap the file in the playlist or scene.
3 min readUpdated Oct 30, 2026As Markdown

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