Boldstream can put a presentation together quickly — or take a little longer to build a Professional, on-brand one that follows your brand. Here's the difference, and when to use each.
Quick vs Professional
Your Presentation Detail Preference (on your Account → Preferences page) has two levels:
Quick (~5 mins) — Standard Quality — a fast, lightweight presentation. Clean and clear, and ready in around 5 minutes. Best when you want something to react to quickly, or for internal and working drafts.
Professional (~20 mins) — Good Quality — a fuller, more polished presentation that follows your brand: your colours, fonts and styling (when your brand is set up in Brand Hub). It takes around 20 minutes because it's built against your brand. Best for anything client-facing or final.
What each looks like
Here's the same kind of slide built each way (illustrative examples):
Quick — fast, clean and clear:
Professional — polished, and styled to your brand's own colours, fonts and layout:
How long each takes
Quick — typically around 5 minutes.
Professional — typically around 20 minutes, as it builds the on-brand version.
Exact timing varies with the length and complexity of the presentation.
If you haven't set a preference
Left on No preference, Boldstream asks you once when you request a presentation — a quick choice between Quick and Professional, plus your file format (PowerPoint or PDF) in the same step. Asking for a "quick" or a "professional"/"on-brand" presentation skips the question and does exactly that. On automated or scheduled runs it stays Quick and leaves a one-click Create the Professional version option, so nothing's ever locked to the basic version.
💡 Tip: Set your defaults once on the Preferences page so you don't have to choose every time — see Set your presentation format and detail level.
What's next?
Choose your defaults on your Account → Preferences page so every presentation comes out the way you like it.