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-# slide-background-prompts
+# Slide Backgrounds That Do Not Fight the Text
 
-Making presentation slide backgrounds with Raphael AI (https://raphael.app).
+Presentations improve when backgrounds support the message instead of competing with it. These notes describe how I make slide backgrounds with [Raphael AI](https://raphael.app).
+
+## Ask for calm images
+
+```
+abstract soft gradient of deep blue and teal with subtle paper texture,
+large empty area on the left, minimal, 16:9, no text
+```
+
+## Three useful types
+
+1. **Abstract textures** for title and section slides.
+2. **Blurred scenes** (office, nature, city) for quote slides.
+3. **Single object on plain background** for a slide about one concept.
+
+## Contrast check
+
+Put your real text on the image. If you need a shadow or outline to read it, the background is too busy. Lower detail or add a darker overlay.
+
+## Consistency
+
+Use the same palette across the whole deck. Generate all backgrounds in one session with one style phrase.
+
+## File tips
+
+- Export at 1920 x 1080.
+- Compress images so the deck stays small enough to email.
+
+Generator: https://raphael.app