Embed the video file
Export the Gobi employee video as a video file and drop it straight into the slide. Recommended — works offline.
Create an employee video in Gobi
Log in at studio.gobistories.com and create an employee video — a short, vertical story in 9:16 format featuring a colleague or manager. Publish the story when ready. Skip this if the story already exists.
Download the video file
Open the story in the Gobi Studio editor and click "Share". Under "Download", choose "Download video" — or "Download with subtitles" if you want the subtitles burned into the video. When the file is ready, it shows "Ready", and you click the option to download it.
💡 Preparing the file can take a little while. Turn on "Email me when ready" to get an email instead of waiting.
Insert the video in PowerPoint
In PowerPoint, go to Insert → Video → This Device, and select the file you downloaded.
💡 Because the video lives inside the presentation itself, it plays without an internet connection.
Thumbnail with a link
Add an image that opens the employee video in the browser when clicked. Lightweight deck — requires internet.
Create an employee video in Gobi
Log in at studio.gobistories.com and create an employee video — a short, vertical story in 9:16 format featuring a colleague or manager. Publish the story when ready. Skip this if the story already exists.
Go to "Email"
Go to "Email" in the side menu in Gobi Studio and select the story with "Choose a story to send". Set "Size" to 600 (max) and "Frames per second" to 6, then click "Send". The "Your email bubble is ready" window shows the bubble and the code below it — click "Copy code".
💡 Size 600 gives the sharpest bubble. You can scale the image down in PowerPoint afterwards.
Find the two URLs
Paste the code into a blank document, such as Notepad. It contains two URLs: the Gobi URL comes after href= and opens the story itself, while the Storage URL comes after src= and points to the image of the bubble (thumbnail).
💡 The Storage URL is the image you insert. The Gobi URL is the link you add to the image.
Insert the image in PowerPoint
Open the Storage URL in your browser, right-click the image and save it to your computer. In PowerPoint, go to Insert → Pictures → This Device and select the image.
Add the Gobi URL as a link on the image
Select the image, go to Insert → Link and paste the Gobi URL. Clicking the image now opens the story in the browser.
💡 Make sure the link is added to the image itself, and that you use the Gobi URL — not the Storage URL.
