How to Save Google Slides Objects as Images

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Google Slides is a popular presentation software that allows users to create visually engaging slide decks. With its wide range of templates, themes, and ability to embed photos, videos, charts and other multimedia, Google Slides makes it easy to put together professional presentations.

However, you may sometimes want to extract and reuse certain elements from your Google Slides presentations. For example, you created a nice custom logo or icon that you now need for your website. Or you have a photo that you imported into Slides and want to save a copy outside the presentation.

Fortunately, there are a few easy methods to save individual slides, images, shapes, and other objects from Google Slides as separate image files.

Save Slides as Images

To save an entire slide from your presentation as an image:

  1. Open the Google Slides presentation and navigate to the slide you want to download.
  2. Click File > Download from the top menu.
  3. In the dropdown menu, select the image format you want, such as JPEG, PNG or SVG.
  4. The selected slide will be saved as an image file to your computer.

This exports the slide contents exactly as they appear in the presentation. You can then use this image elsewhere as needed.

Copy Images to Google Keep

Google Keep is a note taking app that integrates nicely with Google Slides. Here is how to use Keep to extract images from Slides:

  1. In your open Slides presentation, right-click the image you want to save.
  2. Select Save to Keep from the context menu.
  3. The image will now appear in the Keep notes panel on the right side of the screen.
  4. In Keep, right-click the image again and choose Save image as.
  5. Select a location on your computer to save the image file.

This method allows you to quickly grab any photo, logo, icon or other graphic off a slide without having to screenshot.

Paste Images into Google Docs

Similarly, you can copy images from Slides and paste them into a Google Docs document. From there you can download the inserted pictures as files:

  1. Copy the desired image in Slides (right-click > Copy).
  2. Open a Google Docs document and paste the image (Ctrl/Cmd+V).
  3. Click File > Download in the Docs menu and choose the document format, such as Microsoft Word (.docx) or PDF.
  4. Open the downloaded document on your computer. The images you pasted from Slides will be embedded within.
  5. Save the images individually to your computer.

This technique exports the images while preserving transparency and allowing further editing if needed.

Download Slide Thumbnails

For advanced users, the Google Slides API lets you programmatically generate thumbnail images of slides.

You can use a JavaScript library like SlidesMan to automate exporting all slides as a sequence of PNG files. The thumbnails will be named sequentially and saved to your Google Drive.

This developer method provides more flexibility for batch image extraction from presentations.

Insert Slides in Other Apps

Several Microsoft Office apps allow inserting entire slides from Google Slides:

  • PowerPoint – Open a blank PowerPoint presentation and select Insert > Google Slides from the top ribbon. Choose the Slides presentation to import and pick individual slides to insert.
  • Word – Click Insert > Insert Slides and select the Google Slides presentation to bring in. The slides will be added as images that can be saved separately.
  • OneNote – When on a notebook page, click Insert > Files to pick Slides presentations to insert. Then right-click each embedded slide and save it as a picture.

These Office apps provide an easy way to grab Google Slides images on Windows and macOS devices.

Screenshot Workaround

If all else fails, you can always take a screenshot of the slide or object you want to save from Google Slides. Just make sure to crop out the unwanted UI elements after taking the screenshot.

Programs like Snipping Tool (Windows), Grab (Mac) or the screenshot utilities built into iOS and Android devices can help streamline this manual process.

The only catch is that screenshots lose vector quality and transparency. But it works well enough as a last resort option.

Conclusion

While Google Slides doesn’t have a direct way to export slide objects and images, workarounds like using Keep, Docs, the Slides API and screenshots offer decent alternatives.

Choose the method that best matches your use case and technical skill level. With a few easy steps, you can save any image, icon or slide from Google Slides presentations for reuse in other projects.

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