Improve card headers and footers
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Tom Flatt
when placing a footer with "centralized" location, it does not stay centralized when adding an accent image on left or right. it moves away from the center. That is not good for presentations. Please amend it.
Nik Payne (Gamma design)
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Creating "white space" only where logo is added. not for the whole page
Tymofii Tyshchenko
Im trying to add themed logo to the presentation to the bottom.
When i add it, it create unnessary white space at the top as well which doesnt look good at all.
It would be nice to be able to choose not to create empty space (that you cannot do anything with) in places where logo isnt actually located.
Nik Payne (Gamma design)
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Feature Request: Per-Card Footer/Header Element Visibility Control
Duncan Johnston-Watt
Add the ability to show/hide individual footer/header elements on specific cards while maintaining a uniform theme-level footer design across the presentation.
Current Limitation:
Footer settings are applied uniformly to all cards in a document. Users cannot selectively display different footer elements (logo, text, copyright, page numbers) on different cards.
Requested Feature:
Maintain theme-level footer design and content
Add per-card controls to show/hide specific footer elements
Example use case:
Display only logo on title slide, but show logo + disclaimer + copyright on all content slides
Business Value:
Professional presentations often require minimal branding on title slides but full legal/branding information on content slides
Currently requires manual workarounds (adding footer content to individual cards), which defeats the purpose of theme-level consistency
Common pattern in corporate and investor presentations
Nik Payne (Gamma design)
Totally hear you, Duncan Johnston-Watt — this is a super common “real presentation” need. Theme-level footers are great until you want the title card to stay clean but still keep the legal stuff everywhere else.
Quick couple questions so we can spec it right:
- When you say per-card control, do you want a simple preset (e.g. “Title slide footer: logo only”) or a per-element toggle on each card (logo/text/page #/etc.)?
- Should the hidden elements still reserve space (so layout doesn’t jump), or should the content area expand when you hide them?
If you’ve got an example deck (or a screenshot/Loom) showing the exact title vs content slide footer pattern you’re aiming for, that’d be super helpful — we’ll pass this along to the team.
Duncan Johnston-Watt
Nik Payne (Gamma design) Hi, three scenarios spring to mind:
- If I set up footers/headers for my presentation but opt to only provide footers then the space reserved for headers should be freed up.
- Likewise if I chose to hide footers/headers for a given card then the space reserved for footers/headers should also be freed up.
- Finally (and most importantly) when I switch from "All cards" to "This card" in the Cards headers & footers popup dialog I should at the very least have the option to hide individual elements inheritedfrom "All cards" rather than simply be given option of making all of them invisible.
Regarding 3, it may be better to be allowed to edit all the elements for a given card rather than just disable some of those inherited. However, to do this I imagine we'd need to explicitly request this by deselecting a default "Inherit from All Cards" checkbox but that is a refinement that is probably not needed in majority of cases??
Duncan Johnston-Watt
Nik Payne (Gamma design) one final comment re (1) and (2) is that given the number of presentations that have been created on the basis of the current behaviour maybe releasing the space is something one opts into as part of the Cards headers & footers popup configuration?
Nik Payne (Gamma design)
Duncan Johnston-Watt Thanks. Super helpful!
Duncan Johnston-Watt
Related issue is that if you disable the footer/header for e.g. title slide you don't have access to the slide "real estate" that would be taken up by this in order to position the logo bottom right to achieve the same effect until this feature is implemented
Nik Payne (Gamma design)
Ahh yeah, that’s a super fair callout — adding a footer logo shouldn’t force a bunch of dead space up top.
Quick couple questions so I can pass the right details to the team:
- Are you adding the logo via a theme/branding setting, or just inserting an image onto the card?
- When the whitespace appears, is it in Present mode, Export (PDF/PPT), or both?
If you’re up for it, a screenshot (or quick Loom) showing the before/after + which layout/theme you’re using would be clutch — helps us see exactly where that extra padding is coming from.
Tymofii Tyshchenko
Nik Payne (Gamma design) im doing it via theme/branding settings. its in default mode even when simply edditing.
as you can see, when logo is at the bottom, the top of the slide is forced toa lso be lower (because, i imagine, when i add logo somewhere it creates borders on the card everywhere, not just int he bottom)
Nik Payne (Gamma design)
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I have an excellent idea, could you please add option adding watermarks? As a brand for me it's important to put them in some of corner or on top of the cards, thank you!
BUTIFLY BUTIFLY
I have an excellent idea, could you please add option adding watermarks? As a brand for me it's important to put them in some of corner or on top of the cards, thank you!
Alison (Design @ Gamma)
Hi BUTIFLY BUTIFLY, you can add images and logos to the top of your cards using card headers and footers. This feature is available on our Pro plan.
Nik Payne (Gamma design)
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Adding a company logo to all the cards - I dont see the option
Dr. Murugesh Siva
I am not able to add my company logo to any of the slides or presentations I have as a default setting, if there is an option I am not able to find it either. You should give us that option.. Currently I am downloading the ppt and then adding the logo there. Something that I can avoid doing
Nik Payne (Gamma design)
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Page number and logo displacement issue when adding photo layouts
WANGHYUN Lee
Hi team,
I am a regular user of Gamma, and I’m writing to report a recurring layout issue.
I’ve noticed that whenever I add or a photo layout on a page, the positions of the page numbers and the logo are automatically shifted or altered. This makes it difficult to maintain a consistent visual identity throughout my presentation.
Could you please look into this and ensure that these elements remain in their fixed positions even when new photo layouts are applied?
Thank you for your hard work and for building such a great tool. I look forward to your update.
Nik Payne (Gamma design)
You can add logos via card headers and footers feature. It's available on the pro plan
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