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Outline Template

Standard structure for slide deck outlines with style instructions.

Outline Format

# Slide Deck Outline

**Topic**: [topic description]
**Style**: [selected style]
**Audience**: [target audience]
**Language**: [output language]
**Slide Count**: N slides
**Generated**: YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm

---

<STYLE_INSTRUCTIONS>
Design Aesthetic: [2-3 sentence description from style file]

Background:
  Color: [Name] ([Hex])
  Texture: [description]

Typography:
  Primary Font: [detailed description for image generation]
  Secondary Font: [detailed description for image generation]

Color Palette:
  Primary Text: [Name] ([Hex]) - [usage]
  Background: [Name] ([Hex]) - [usage]
  Accent 1: [Name] ([Hex]) - [usage]
  Accent 2: [Name] ([Hex]) - [usage]

Visual Elements:
  - [element 1 with rendering guidance]
  - [element 2 with rendering guidance]
  - ...

Style Rules:
  Do: [guidelines from style file]
  Don't: [anti-patterns from style file]
</STYLE_INSTRUCTIONS>

---

[Slide entries follow...]

Cover Slide Template

## Slide 1 of N

**Type**: Cover
**Filename**: 01-slide-cover.png

// NARRATIVE GOAL
[What this slide achieves in the story arc]

// KEY CONTENT
Headline: [main title]
Sub-headline: [supporting tagline]

// VISUAL
[Detailed visual description - specific elements, composition, mood]

// LAYOUT
Layout: [optional: layout name from gallery, e.g., title-hero]
[Composition, hierarchy, spatial arrangement]

Content Slide Template

## Slide X of N

**Type**: Content
**Filename**: {NN}-slide-{slug}.png

// NARRATIVE GOAL
[What this slide achieves in the story arc]

// KEY CONTENT
Headline: [main message - narrative, not label]
Sub-headline: [supporting context]
Body:
- [point 1 with specific detail]
- [point 2 with specific detail]
- [point 3 with specific detail]

// VISUAL
[Detailed visual description]

// LAYOUT
Layout: [optional: layout name from gallery]
[Composition, hierarchy, spatial arrangement]

Image Source Metadata (Automatic Figure Extraction)

For academic presentations, IMAGE_SOURCE metadata is automatically populated based on figure detection.

Auto-Population Process

1. Figure Detection: detect-figures.ts scans PDF and outputs figures.json
2. Mapping Algorithm: Agent maps figures to slides using caption keywords:
   • "architecture", "framework", "pipeline" → Methods slides
   • "comparison", "results", "performance" → Results slides (quantitative)
   • "qualitative", "visual", "segmentation" → Results slides (qualitative)
   • Table I/II/III → Quantitative results slides
3. Auto-Insert: // IMAGE_SOURCE blocks added to outline during generation

IMAGE_SOURCE Format

// IMAGE_SOURCE
Source: generate | extract
Figure: [Figure/Table number from paper, e.g., "Figure 2", "Table 1"]
Page: [PDF page number, 1-indexed]
Caption: [Figure caption for container template]

IMAGE_SOURCE Values

Value	Description	Processing
generate	AI generates the slide image (default)	Standard prompt → Gemini generation
extract	Extract figure from source PDF	PDF extraction → Apply container template

Auto-Mapping Rules

Figure Caption Contains	Maps To	Default Source
architecture, framework, pipeline, network, overview	Methods slide	extract
comparison, results, performance, evaluation	Quantitative results	extract
qualitative, visual, segmentation, detection	Qualitative results	extract
ablation, analysis	Analysis slide	extract
Table I, Table II, TABLE 1, TABLE 2	Results slide	extract
motivation, challenge, problem	Background slide	generate
illustration, concept, example	Any	generate

Manual Override

To override auto-detection, manually edit the // IMAGE_SOURCE block in outline:

// IMAGE_SOURCE
Source: extract    # Change to 'generate' if needed
Figure: Figure 3   # Correct figure number if wrong
Page: 5            # Correct page number if wrong
Caption: Corrected caption text

Example: Extracted Figure Slide

## Slide 5 of 12

**Type**: Content
**Filename**: 05-slide-architecture.png

// NARRATIVE GOAL
Present the core network architecture

// KEY CONTENT
Headline: Proposed Architecture
Sub-headline: Two-Stage Coarse-to-Fine Framework
Body:
- Stage 1: Global feature extraction
- Stage 2: Local refinement module

// VISUAL
Central architecture diagram from Figure 2 of the paper

// LAYOUT
Layout: methods-diagram

// IMAGE_SOURCE
Source: extract
Figure: Figure 2
Page: 4
Caption: Overall architecture of our proposed two-stage framework

Example: Generated Slide (Default)

## Slide 3 of 12

**Type**: Content
**Filename**: 03-slide-motivation.png

// NARRATIVE GOAL
Establish the problem motivation

// KEY CONTENT
Headline: Current Methods Fall Short
Body:
- Existing approaches struggle with X
- Performance gap in Y scenarios

// VISUAL
Split comparison showing limitation vs desired outcome

// LAYOUT
Layout: binary-comparison

// IMAGE_SOURCE
Source: generate

Note: If // IMAGE_SOURCE section is omitted, defaults to Source: generate.

Back Cover Slide Template

## Slide N of N

**Type**: Back Cover
**Filename**: {NN}-slide-back-cover.png

// NARRATIVE GOAL
[Meaningful closing - not just "thank you"]

// KEY CONTENT
Headline: [memorable closing statement or call-to-action]
Body: [optional summary points or next steps]

// VISUAL
[Visual that reinforces the core message]

// LAYOUT
Layout: [optional: layout name from gallery]
[Clean, impactful composition]

STYLE_INSTRUCTIONS Block

The <STYLE_INSTRUCTIONS> block contains all style-specific guidance for image generation:

Section	Content
Design Aesthetic	Overall visual direction from style file
Background	Base color and texture details
Typography	Font descriptions for Gemini (no font names, describe appearance)
Color Palette	Named colors with hex codes and usage guidance
Visual Elements	Specific graphic elements with rendering instructions
Style Rules	Do/Don't guidelines from style file

Important: Typography descriptions must describe the visual appearance (e.g., "rounded sans-serif", "bold geometric") since image generators cannot use font names.

Section Dividers

Use --- (horizontal rule) between:

• Header metadata and STYLE_INSTRUCTIONS
• STYLE_INSTRUCTIONS and first slide
• Each slide entry

Slide Numbering

• Cover is always Slide 1
• Content slides use sequential numbers
• Back Cover is always final slide (N)
• Filename prefix matches slide position: 01-, 02-, etc.

Filename Slugs

Generate meaningful slugs from slide content:

Slide Type	Slug Pattern	Example
Cover	cover	01-slide-cover.png
Content	{topic-slug}	02-slide-problem-statement.png
Back Cover	back-cover	10-slide-back-cover.png

Slug rules:

• Kebab-case (lowercase, hyphens)
• Derived from headline or main topic
• Maximum 30 characters
• Unique within deck

Academic Slide Templates

For academic-paper style presentations.

Academic Cover Slide

## Slide 1 of N

**Type**: Cover
**Filename**: 01-slide-cover.png

// NARRATIVE GOAL
Establish paper title, authors, affiliations, and venue

// KEY CONTENT
Headline: [Paper Title - can be multi-line]
Sub-headline: [Conference/Journal Name, Year]
Authors: [Author1, Author2, Author3]
Affiliations: [University/Company logos or names]

// VISUAL
Clean white background, centered title in dark blue, author names below, institutional logos/names at bottom

// LAYOUT
Layout: paper-title

Methods/Architecture Slide

## Slide X of N

**Type**: Content
**Filename**: {NN}-slide-method.png

// NARRATIVE GOAL
Present the core methodology or system architecture

// KEY CONTENT
Headline: [Method Name] / Our Approach
Body:
- Architecture diagram with labeled components
- Data flow arrows between modules
- Key innovation highlighted

// VISUAL
Central pipeline/architecture diagram, labeled boxes for each component, arrows showing data flow, key module emphasized with accent color

// LAYOUT
Layout: methods-diagram

Results Slide (Quantitative)

## Slide X of N

**Type**: Content
**Filename**: {NN}-slide-results.png

// NARRATIVE GOAL
Present main experimental results with clear comparisons

// KEY CONTENT
Headline: [Key finding - narrative, e.g., "Our method achieves state-of-the-art on X"]
Body:
- Table or chart with baselines
- Best results highlighted
- Metric names and units clear

// VISUAL
Clean table or bar chart, baseline rows in gray, our method highlighted in blue, best values in bold, clear column headers

// LAYOUT
Layout: results-chart

Results Slide (Qualitative)

## Slide X of N

**Type**: Content
**Filename**: {NN}-slide-qualitative.png

// NARRATIVE GOAL
Show visual comparison of results

// KEY CONTENT
Headline: [Qualitative Comparison]
Body:
- 2x2 or 3x2 grid of comparison images
- Labels: Input, Baseline, Ours, Ground Truth
- Caption describing what to observe

// VISUAL
Grid layout with equal-sized images, clear labels below each, subtle borders between cells

// LAYOUT
Layout: qualitative-grid

Contributions Slide

## Slide X of N

**Type**: Content
**Filename**: {NN}-slide-contributions.png

// NARRATIVE GOAL
Summarize key contributions of the work

// KEY CONTENT
Headline: Contributions
Body:
1. [First contribution - specific and measurable]
2. [Second contribution]
3. [Third contribution]
(Optional: Code/data release information)

// VISUAL
Numbered list with checkmarks or icons, each contribution on separate line, clean spacing

// LAYOUT
Layout: contributions

References Slide

## Slide N of N

**Type**: Back Cover
**Filename**: {NN}-slide-references.png

// NARRATIVE GOAL
Acknowledge key related work and provide resources

// KEY CONTENT
Headline: References / Thank You
Body:
[1] Author et al. "Title." Venue, Year.
[2] Author et al. "Title." Venue, Year.
...
(Optional: QR code for paper/code, contact email)

// VISUAL
Two-column reference list, smaller font, optional QR code in corner, "Questions?" or contact info at bottom

// LAYOUT
Layout: references-list