> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.depost.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Add media

> Images, video, PDF carousels, and polls.

Use **Add media to post** in the editor. What you attach determines how the post appears on
LinkedIn, so it's worth picking deliberately rather than adding an image out of habit.

<Frame>
  <img src="https://statics.depost.ai/docs/posts/media-add-menu.png?v=2" alt="The add-media menu open in the editor, showing options for images, video, PDF carousel and poll" />
</Frame>

## What you can add

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Images" icon="image">
    One or several. Drop them in or browse.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Video" icon="video">
    With an optional thumbnail — worth setting, since it's what people see before pressing
    play.
  </Card>

  <Card title="PDF carousel" icon="layers">
    A multi-page PDF that LinkedIn shows as swipeable slides.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Poll" icon="chart-bar">
    A question with options and a duration.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

There's also **Generate with AI**, marked BETA, for creating an image rather than uploading
one.

## Carousels

A carousel is a PDF. Each page becomes a slide, so build it at the size you want it read —
square or portrait works better than landscape, because it takes up more of the feed.

If you want Depost AI to write one, ask in chat for carousel content and it will structure the
slides. See [repurposing](/chat/repurpose).

## Polls

Polls need a question, options, and a duration. They tend to get engagement, but that
engagement is shallow — a vote is not a conversation. Use them to learn something, not to
game reach.

## Choosing a format

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion icon="pencil" title="No media">
    Perfectly normal. A well-written text post is not a lesser post, and it's the fastest to
    produce.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion icon="image" title="An image">
    Use one when it shows something words would labour — a chart, a screenshot, a before and
    after. A stock photo adds nothing.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion icon="layers" title="A carousel">
    When the idea has steps or parts that each deserve their own moment.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion icon="video" title="Video">
    When your face or voice is the point — a story, an opinion, a demo.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

**Next:** get it out. See [schedule or publish](/posts/schedule-or-publish).

## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Edit a post" icon="pencil" href="/posts/edit">
    Where media is added.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Create an infographic" icon="image" href="/visuals/create-infographic">
    Generate a branded visual instead of uploading one.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Repurpose" icon="repeat" href="/chat/repurpose">
    Turn a post into carousel content.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
