Welcome to REVELation Snapshot Presenter
REVELation Snapshot Presenter helps you create and present beautiful, media-rich slides without needing web development skills.
It combines a friendly desktop app, markdown-based authoring, and a flexible Reveal.js presentation engine.
A Different Kind of Presentation Tool
Most presentation software treats slides as a visual canvas — you place boxes, pick fonts, and drag things around.
REVELation treats your presentation as a structured document that also happens to run live.
- Write in plain Markdown — version-controllable, shareable as text
- Your presentation is a live URL, a handout, and a web page
- Linked language variants let one deck reach multilingual audiences
- Motion backgrounds persist across slides without re-applying per slide
- A plugin system extends authoring, media, and content — without forking the app
How We Compare
| REVELation | PowerPoint | Keynote | Proclaim | ProPresenter | FreeShow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Content/Document-Centric Design | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Structured Handout View (with Notes) | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open Plain-Text (Markdown) Format | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open Source & Free | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Motion Backgrounds Across Slides | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web Publishing (as Page or Document) | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CMS / WordPress Integration | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Multi-language Variant Support | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Bible & Hymn Content (Plugin) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Extensible Plugin System | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
~ = partial or limited support
Quick Links
-
Project Homepage
- Video Tutorials and more
- Project on GitHub
- GUI User Guide
Table of Contents
Useful Plugins
- Reveal Chart - Add chart and table blocks from data, including CSV-driven slides.
- Bible Text - Insert scripture passages with translation support (local and online).
- Hymnary - Search Hymnary.org and import hymn lyrics as slide-ready markdown.
- Adventist Hymns - Pull hymns from AdventistHymns.com directly into presentations.
- Virtual Bible Snapshots - Browse and import Bible-focused visuals (motion backgrounds, AI art, photos).
- MediaFX - Apply video effects, presets, and resizing workflows for presentation media.
- Reveal Charts - Add dynamic tables and charts to your presentations.
- Highlight - Improve code slide readability with syntax-highlighting themes.
Table of Contents
What You Can Do
- Create presentations with markdown and reusable macros
- Add images, video, and audio quickly
- Manage presentations and media from a desktop GUI
- Export for handouts, offline sharing, and live presenting
- Extend behavior with plugins
Typical Workflow
- Install and open REVELation Snapshot Presenter.
- Create a presentation from the app.
- Add media to your library.
- Write slides in markdown.
- Present live or export for sharing.
Next Step
Open the Project Guide for full setup and documentation structure.
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