Forum Discussion
Week 1 Discussion
I’ve been using AI Assistant a fair bit now in my current projects and, so far, the image workflow feels a bit clunky from one specific point of view.
Right now, the AI image tool can only create a NEW image, not REPLACE an existing one. The generated image is dropped into the centre of the slide, which means you then have to resize it, reposition it, re‑crop it, and sort out the layer order. That feels counterproductive. The AI should be reducing effort, not adding extra steps.
There does seem to be a workaround that helps. After generating an AI image, I can add it to the Media Library, delete it from the slide, then right‑click the original image and choose Replace Picture. This drops the AI image straight into the existing container, keeping the size, position, crop, animations, and triggers intact. If the image is used across multiple slides, replacing it via the Media Library updates every instance.
It works, but it feels like a missed opportunity. Hopefully future updates will allow AI to REPLACE selected images directly. Has anyone noticed this and got any other suggestions?
You can replace an existing image with a new one and it should drop in correctly as long as you pick the correct aspect ratio at the bottom of the AI image prompt page. The only time I've found that I have to crop an image is if I'm using an image from the content library, which I do often have to crop depending on what I'm dropping it into.
