Kid Pix Deluxe 4 User's Guide - Pembina Trails School Division
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1. 4 Click Pronounce to hear the new pronunciation 5 When the word sounds right click Enter Moving Copying Cutting and Pasting In this chapter you ll learn about e The Grab Tool e The Scissors Tool 23 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide The Grab Tool Use the Grab tool to pick things up and move them or cut copy and paste them To move things around 1 Click the Grab button The Grab tray appears JP 2 im p kee 2 Click the Grab tool the hand 3 Click a sticker animation movie or text box in your picture 4 Do any of these things e To move the thing you clicked drag it Click to release it e To cut the thing you clicked click the Trash Can in the Grab tray e To copy the thing you clicked click the Copy button in the Grab tray e To paste something you cut or copied click the Paste Jar in the Grab tray and then click where you want to paste e To get rid of the thing you clicked press the Delete key on your keyboard The Scissors Tool Use the Scissors tool to cut out part of the background of your picture and paste it someplace else The Scis sors tool doesn t work on stickers animation or text To cut things out 1 Click the Grab button The Grab tray appears 2 Click the Scissors 24 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide 3 Do any of these things To cut out an area click the Free Grab tool and drag around the area To cut2. adding 30 adding as backgrounds 26 exporting as 35 K Kid note 5 Kid PixAdmin 6 L Libraries 25 library tools buttons 25 library trays 26 managing libraries 4 Loading pictures 37 Load Picture command 45 M Macintosh getting started on 8 Manage user names list 6 Manual advance in SlideShow 42 Marker tool 11 Mega mixer 15 Menus 44 Microphone 30 Mini mixer 15 Mixer button 14 User s Guide Mixers 14 effects 15 tips 15 Movies adding 31 deleting 31 moving 31 playing tips 32 playing in a loop 32 Moving animations 28 objects with Grab tool 24 pictures in SlideShow 37 stickers 27 text boxes 21 Multiple users setting up 6 My Pictures folder 34 My SlideShows folder 36 My Sounds folder 29 N Naming slideshows 43 New command 44 Normal Mode 7 Note from teacher 5 0 Opening pictures 35 Open command 44 P Paint Zone 9 Paintbrush realistic 12 wacky 12 Painting Tools 12 Paper Texture 16 45 52 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools Paste command 38 45 Pattern Fill bucket 14 Pencil tool 11 PICT pictures adding 30 adding as backgrounds 26 exporting as 35 Pictures adding 30 exporting 35 loading into SlideShows 37 moving in SlideShow 37 moving to another computer 48 Playing your pictures 32 Playing your SlideShow 41 Polygon Grab tool 25 Poster printing pictures as 33 Printing your pictures 33 Print menu command 44 Printing your SlideShow 41 slideshows as booklets 42 slideshows
3. Idea Machine for more information Print Prints the open picture or SlideShow For details see Printing Your Picture and Printing Your SlideShow Log In as New User When you log in as a different user Kid Pix uses the settings and folder locations for that user For details see Setting Up Multiple Users Exit Closes Kid Pix and returns you to your computer desktop Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide The Edit Menu Undo Redo Undo reverses the last change you made Redo reverses the last Undo Cut Removes the current selection and places it on the Clipboard Copy Puts a copy of the current selection on the Clipboard Paste Pastes whatever is on the Clipboard The Add Menu Add Graphic Adds a picture created in another program to your Kid Pix picture For details see Adding Pictures From Other Programs Add Movie Adds a QuickTime movie to your Kid Pix picture For details see Adding Quicktime Movies Load Picture Places a picture in the current slideholder of your SlideShow For details see Loading Pictures Special Characters Inserts special characters such as and in a text box Paper Textures Applies a background texture when you use the Crayon Marker or Chalk Import Background Lets you use a picture created in another program as the background for your Kid Pix picture For details see Importing Backgrounds Import Sou
4. OK to print the picture Other printing options You can also print in reverse Use this if youre going to print your Kid Pix picture onto iron on transfer paper You can iron your picture onto a t shirt Your printer may have other features such as black white and draft mode Click the Options button to see the features available for your specific printer Print This Picture Print blode fe Fill Page 33 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Working With Pictures In this chapter you ll learn about e Starting a New Picture e Saving a Picture e Opening a Picture e Exporting a Picture Starting a New Picture You can start with a blank page or use the Idea Machine to get some ideas for your picture To start with a blank page 1 Select New from the File menu If you didn t save the picture that s already open Kid Pix asks if you want to save it 2 Click Yes The Save dialog box appears 3 Type a name for your picture and click Save to save your picture and start a new one The Idea Machine is a collection of templates designed to jump start your creativity There are crafts projects calendars cards and maps There are lots of activities related to language arts math science and social stud ies To use the Idea Machine 1 From the Toolbox menu choose Idea Machine or click the Idea Machine button 2 Click the picture starter you want to use 3 Click Open If you didn t save
5. Sound art brushes paint abstract images that get their size and shape from the pitch and volume of your com puter s sound input device Talk or sing into your computers microphone and the sound art brush will paint those sounds To choose a sound art brush display the Painting tools and click the microphone in the tray Then click the Hands free or Mouse move option in the tool options tray If you choose Hands free you can make noise into the microphone and Kid Pix will paint If you choose Mouse move you can drag the clicked mouse and make noise at the same time to form the painting For details see Using Painting Tools 48 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Whats the difference between Rubber Stamps and Stickers Rubber Stamps are pictures you stamp onto your picture They immediately flatten into the background You can edit rubber stamps using the Pencil in the Rubber Stamp tray For details see Using Rubber Stamps You cant edit the Rubber Stamps once you have added them to your picture Stickers are pictures you add to your Kid Pix picture that remain independent objects You can move and resize them until you flatten them For details see Stickers Whats the difference between animations and animated Wacky Brushes Animations are stickers that move like very small movies Animations play when you play your picture Ani mations remain independent objects after you add them to your
6. have one sound Pick from a library or record your own See Sounds You can also add movies and pictures from other programs to your pictures For more infor mation see Adding Quicktime Movies and Adding Pictures From Other Programs 25 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Library Trays When you click a library button the tray for that library appears at the bottom of the screen Up Arrow Down Arrow Folder Name Scrolling arrows Options Each library has folders For example choose the Color Me folder in the Backgrounds library to see coloring book pictures You can see how many pictures are in that folder For example the Color Me folder has 26 pic tures in it To use a Kid Pix library 1 Click and hold down on the folder name to see a pop up list of folders or use the scrolling arrows to see more folders 2 Scroll through the choices on the right side of the tray until you find one you want Use the up and down arrows to see more choices 3 Drag your choice onto the drawing area Backgrounds After you select or create a background things you draw are added to and become part of that background For example when you draw a line or paint a circle that shape becomes part of the background you have selected When you change the background those shapes go away and the new background takes their place If you dont like the result click the Undo Guy To add a background
7. in the application folder on your hard drive To make Kid Pix pictures or SlideShows into QuickTime movies see Exporting Your SlideShow e When you print your picture the movie frame you see is the one that prints You can play the movie frame by frame and stop at the frame you want to print e You can use the handles on the movie to resize it Playing and Printing In this chapter you ll learn about e Playing Your Picture e Printing Your Picture Playing Your Picture When you play your picture each object on the page plays over and over To play your picture 1 Click the Play button The button changes to a Stop button 2 Click the Stop button to stop playing 32 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Printing Your Picture You can print a Kid Pix picture at regular size or as a poster Kid Pix prints the frames of movies and animations that are showing at the moment that you print Small Kids Mode Users Kid Pix doesn t print in Small Kids Mode Turn Small Kids Mode off to print To print your picture 1 Click Print from the File menu 2 Choose Full Page or Poster When you print as a poster Kid Pix prints one piece of your picture on each sheet of paper You then tape the sheets of paper together to make the poster 3 If you chose Poster pick 2x2 or 3x3 The 2x2 choice prints your picture on four pieces of paper The 3x3 choice prints your picture on nine pieces of paper 4 Click
8. of folders or use the scrolling arrows to see more choices 3 Scroll through the animations Use the up and down arrows to see more choices 4 Drag an animation onto your picture To move change or delete an animation 1 Click an animation in your picture to see its frame 2 Do any of these things To move an animation click inside its frame and drag Click to release it e To resize an animation drag a Scale handle on its frame To make an animation part of the background click it click the Toolbox menu and choose Flatten Stickers and Animations Specify the selected animation or all animations After an animation has been flattened it cannot be moved or changed e To delete an animation before it is flattened click it and press the Delete key on your keyboard If it has already been flattened use the cutting tool and refill the background Playing Animations You can play animations in a loop or frame by frame To play an animation in a loop 1 Click the animation ES 2 Click the Play in a Loop handle 3 To stop playing the animation click Play in a Loop again 28 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide To play an animation frame by frame 1 Click the animation E 2 Click the Frame by Frame handle Each click advances the animation one frame Animation Tips e When you print your picture the animation frame you see is the one that prints You can play the anima tion st
9. out a polygon click the Polygon Grab tool and click each point of the polygon at least 3 points Click the first point again to close the shape To cut out a circle or an ellipse click the Circle Grab tool and drag from the top left of the cir cle to the bottom right To cut out a square or a rectangle click the Square Grab tool and drag from the top left of the square to the bottom right To cut out a cookie cutter shape click the square or rectangle cookie cutter then click your picture Use the up and down arrows to see more shapes Using Libraries In this chapter you ll learn about e Using Library Tools e Backgrounds e Stickers e Animations e Sounds Using Library Tools In Kid Pix libraries you can look in the trays for interesting things to add to your picture Look at different libraries by clicking the buttons on the left A background in your picture is like the scenery in a play It goes behind everything else you draw See Backgrounds A Sticker is an object that essentially floats or hovers over the background of your KidPix picture You can make it a different size flip it or move it to a different place It will not become a fixer or permanent part of the picture until you flatten it using the toolbox See Stickers When you play your page the animations move around like cartoons You can drag them anyplace in your picture See Animations Each page can
10. picture You can move and resize them until you flatten them For details see Animations Wacky Brushes and Spray Cans are Painting tools that paint with silly or unusual effects After you paint with them they animate for a short period then flatten into the background bitmap You can t move or change the results of a Wacky Brush or Spray Can the way you can an animation For more information see Using Paint ing Tools Getting Technical Support Contact our Technical Support please refer to the School Customer Information Card included with this product Or you may visit the Web site http www support broderbund com for help desk assistance 49 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Index A ABC Text 20 Add Graphic 30 45 Add Movie 31 45 Animation library button 25 Animations adding 28 deleting 28 flattening 28 46 library for 25 28 moving 28 playing 28 playing frame by frame 29 playing in a loop 28 resizing 28 vs animated wacky brushes 49 Art Tools 10 18 Audio Options in SlideShow 40 B Background color for SlideShow 41 46 Background library button 25 Backgrounds 26 definition 25 adding 26 importing 26 Bilingual 7 Blank slides 38 deleting 38 Blend Fill Bucket 14 BMP pictures adding 30 adding as backgrounds 31 exporting as 35 Boldface for text 22 Booklet printing SlideShows 42 50 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools C Card printing SlideShows 42 Centering text 22 Chalk too
11. print black and white and multiple copies This facilitates lab use and sharing of projects Export SlideShows to QuickTime SlideShows can now be exported as QuickTime movies with all transition effects This provides bet ter support for compiling electronic portfolios User s Guide Options for Educators The tools offered in Teacher Mode are designed to enable teachers to customize Kid Pix for students You can publish your own templates to the Idea Machine control graphic libraries and even add instructions In this chapter you ll learn about e Manage Library Preferences e Publish to Idea Machine e Add Edit Kid Note e Setting Up Multiple Users e Activating Small Kids Mode e Bilingual Spanish Mode e Controlling Sound Manage Library Preferences Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools comes loaded with Backgrounds Animations Stickers Sounds and Stamps libraries Because these libraries are so extensive you may wish to customize their contents to suit your cur rent classroom projects For example if your students are working with a Halloween themed template you may want to remove all the Background libraries for that file except Fantasy and Scary Things You can restore the removed libraries at any time and the changes you make affect only the currently opened file To remove a library 1 Enable the Teacher menu by pressing CTRL T 2 Select Manage Library Preferences The Library Preferences dialog appears Library Pre
12. red button to start recording Record Playback Close tray 3 Click the blue button to stop recording 4 Click the green arrow to hear your sound 5 Click the Save button to save your sound Give your sound a name so you can find it again in the My Sounds folder 6 Click the microphone to go back to the Sounds tray To delete a sound in the My Sounds folder click it and click the Trash Can in the Sounds tray Adding Stuff to Your Picture In this chapter you ll learn about e Adding Pictures from Other Programs e Adding QuickTime Movies Adding Pictures from Other Programs or from a Digital Camera Photographs and pictures you create with other programs can become part of your Kid Pix picture You can paint or draw on them or add special effects To add a picture 1 Click the Add menu and click Add Graphic 2 Find the picture to add and click it Choose a BMP GIE JPEG or PICT file 30 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide 3 Choose one of these options e Shrink Stretch to Fit Canvas stretches or shrinks the picture to fill the whole background The picture might get stretched out of shape e Fill Canvas Without Shrinking Scaling stretches or shrinks the picture to fill as much of the back ground as it can without stretching the picture out of shape The edges might be left white e Center at Original Size puts the picture down as is without stretching or shrinking it e Repeat Many Ti
13. stamp letters to the picture e Use the ABC Text feature to paint wacky text onto your picture Drawing Text Boxes When text is in a text box you can check its spelling and make your computer read it out loud To add text Q 1 Click the Text button The Text tray appears Formatting Editing Read Voice Options Options Text 2 Click your picture where you want the text 3 Start typing The text box grows as you fill it up It will make a sound if you need to use the corner size option to increase the size of the text box Text in Small Kids Mode In Small Kids Mode adding text is like using a rubber stamp Letters become part of the background You cant check spelling change the text appearance or make your computer read the text out loud but Kid Pix says the letters names when you click them in the Text tray 19 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools Users Guide To add text in Small Kids Mode Y Click the Text button ek The Text tray appears lel Fic ie 2 Click any letter in the tray to hear its name To see more letters and numbers click the scrolling arrows on the Text tray 3 Click a letter to add it 4 Stamp the letter in the appropriate place on your picture ABC Text Tool ABC Text becomes part of the background You can t change it after you add it to your picture To use the ABC Text tool 1 Click the Toolbox menu 2 Click Edit ABC Text 3 In the ABC Text dialog box type t
14. the picture that s already open Kid Pix asks if you want to save it 4 Click Yes The Save dialog box appears 5 Type a name for your picture and click Save to save your picture and start a new one Saving a Picture Kid Pix saves your pictures in the My Pictures folder so they re easy to find and open again To save your picture 1 Select Save from the File menu 2 Type a name for your picture Kid Pix always asks if you re sure you want to save over an already saved picture 3 Click Save 34 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Opening a Picture You can open any picture you created and saved To open a picture you saved earlier 1 Click the File menu 2 Click Open If you didn t save the picture that s already open Kid Pix asks if you want to save it 3 Click Yes The Save dialog box appears 4 Type a name for the picture and click Save 5 Click the picture to open and click Open Exporting a Picture You can export a copy of your Kid Pix picture so someone without Kid Pix can play it or so you can open it in a different program For example if you save your Kid Pix picture in the JPEG format you can add it to a Web page None of the export formats support Text to Speech Some of them don t support animation movies or sounds To export a picture 1 Click the File menu Click Export Navigate to where you want to save your exported picture Type a name for the exported p
15. 1 Click the Backgrounds button to open the Backgrounds tray esa 2 Click and hold down on the folder name to see a list of folders or use the scrolling arrows to see more folders 3 Scroll through the choices on the right side of the tray until you find one you want Use the up and down arrows to see more choices 4 Drag a background onto your picture Importing Backgrounds You can import a photograph or a picture from a different program in BMP GIF JPEG or PICT to use as a background 26 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide To import a background 1 Click the Add menu and click Import Background 2 Click a BMP GIF JPEG or PICT file 3 Choose one of these options e Shrink Stretch to Fit Canvas stretches or shrinks the picture to fill the whole background The picture might get stretched out of shape e Fill Canvas Without Shrinking Scaling stretches or shrinks the picture to fill as much of the back ground as it can without stretching the picture out of shape The edges might be left white e Center at Original Size puts the picture down the way it was drawn without stretching or shrinking it Repeat Many Times puts down lots of little versions of your picture until the background is filled 4 Click OK to import the picture as your new background Stickers Stickers are pictures you stick onto your picture Stickers can be moved flipped or sized and don t become part of the background un
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18. The Learning Company re Aun FOR S C HOO LS User s Guide e 0757 CE y Riverdeep www riverdeep net f Q pirap ig QuickTime 2000 2004 Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited and its licensors The Proximity Merriam Webster Database 1994 Merriam Webster Inc 1994 2004 Proximity Technology Inc Portions of images 2000 Otto Rogge Photography Includes Microsoft Agent Technology 2000 2004 Mi crosoft Corporation This product contains Macromedia Flash Player software by Macromedia Inc 1995 2004 Macromedia Inc All rights reserved by the respective parties DirectX is a proprietary tool of Microsoft Corporation and its suppliers and may only be used in conjunction with Microsoft operating system products All intellectual property rights in the DirectX are owned by Microsoft Corpo ration and its suppliers and are protected by United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions 2001 2004 Microsoft Corporation All rights reserved The Learning Company and Kid Pix are registered trademarks of Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited Macintosh and Mac are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Macromedia and Flash are trademarks of Macromedia Inc Microsoft Windows and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Quick Time and the QuickTime logo are trademarks used under license The Quick Time
19. a mixer or just parts of the paint ing with a mini mixer To mix things up 1 Click the Mixer button to see the Mixers tray Mega Mini Sizes Options Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide 2 Pick the mega mixer or the mini mixer from the left side of the tray The mega mixer mixes up the whole picture with one click the mini mixer mixes where you drag the mouse 3 For the mini mixer choose the mixer size 4 Choose a mixing effect option from the right side of the tray 5 Click your picture with the mega mixer or drag the mouse with the mini mixer to mix areas on your pic ture Mixer Tips e Mix up an imported photograph for fun results For information on importing photos see Adding Pic tures from Other Programs e You can change the size for some mini mixers Use different sizes for different effects Using Rubber Stamps Use the Rubber Stamp tool to stamp animals and other shapes onto your picture To use Rubber Stamps 1 Click the Rubber Stamps button to see the Rubber Stamps tray Up Arrow Down Arrow Folder Name Size Stamp Rubber Editor Stamps Choose a folder Click and hold down the folder name to see more choices Use the up and down arrows to see more Rubber Stamps Click the size for your Rubber Stamp OUA UN Click a Rubber Stamp then click your picture Editing Rubber Stamps You can edit Rubber Stamps and create your own To edit rubber stamp
20. alistic Paint Options Paint Mode Wacky mode creates magical effects Sound Art To use Sound Art talk sing or play music into a microphone attached to your computer Mouse move lets you direct the painting with your mouse You must speak into the microphone at the same time you depress the mouse button Release the button to move the microphone icon pointer to another part of the page Repeat Sound Art Size Mouse move Paint Mode Paint Options 12 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Hands free lets the sound do the painting Sound Art Hands free Spray Cans 3D Shapes mode sprays three dimensional balloons candy shapes or bugs Moving Paint mode sprays balloons bubbles and creatures that dance fly hop or wiggle UNA a Spray Can 3D Shapes Moving Paint Painting Tips Experiment with the Painting Tools modes and options Try lots of different combinations e For information on adding text in Wacky Paint Mode see ABC Text Tool Some of the realistic Paintbrushes let the Paper Texture show through For more about Paper Texture see Using Paper Texture Using Fill Buckets Fill buckets let you fill up an area of your picture There are three Fill Buckets Solid fills an area with one solid color or a single color pattern Blend fills an area with a blend of colors Pattern fills an area with a multi color pattern To fill an area 1 Click the Fill Bucket button to
21. ann a E E ai i a 38 Slide Advance Options ree eee a e a E e e OE E E ESSEE 38 Transition Effects ies 39 AU O PLONS E A e a a 40 Background Color riciiids 41 Playing Your Slide ho Weitere 41 Switching to Manual AdvVaOCe ooocoocccnoccnoocnnonncononnnonnnonnnonnnnnnnnnnnn cnn nn nnnn nana n naar nrnnnnnnnncannnnas 42 Printing Your Side ho Wisin talas E 42 Saving Your Udo a ai 43 Exporting Your de Mit Gat ails a iii 43 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools Pull Down Menus oooocoocccnconooncnnnonaccnnnononnnnnnnoancnnnnnnnanononnos 44 Frequently Asked Question iii iO ia saveseabeseds 48 Getting Technical Support 0 iii idad 49 A A O O 50 2 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide What s New Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools is a major update of the best selling education and creativity program It was designed with extensive input from teachers and students to be the best personal productivity and creativity tool for every K 8 classroom In this version teachers can control which graphic libraries are active for a project This is ideal for theme based teaching or special needs students Teachers can add instructions to project templates which students can listen to with the bilingual text to speech function Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools keeps many of the great features from the previous version editable text Rubber Stamps Stickers and Animations expanded sound library import and export JPEG and GIF images access to all
22. as cards 42 slideshows as comic books 42 slideshows as thumbnails 42 Pronunciation specifying for text to speech 23 46 Publish to Idea Machine 5 Q QTMovies folder 32 QuickTime adding 31 exporting pictures as 35 exporting SlideShows as 43 movie tips 32 playing movies 32 User s Guide R Rectangles drawing tool 11 grab tool 24 Resizing animations 28 stickers 27 text boxes 21 Restore Original for Rubber Stamps 16 Rotating stickers 27 Rubber Stamps adding 16 editing 15 and stickers 49 Reading out loud 22 Rubber Stamps tray 15 S Save As command 44 Saving pictures 34 slideshows 43 Shrink Stretch to Fit Canvas for backgrounds 27 for pictures 31 Slide advance options 38 in SlideShow 38 key down 39 manual advance 42 mouse click 39 read text done 39 timer 39 Slide Transitions button 38 SlideShows audio options 40 background color 41 customizing 38 53 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools deleting blank slides 38 deleting pictures 38 editing pictures 37 exporting 43 exporting as QuickTime 43 exporting for use on another computer 43 loading pictures 37 moving pictures around 37 new 36 opening 36 playing 41 printing 42 printing a range of pages 42 saving 43 scrolling 38 silent transitions 41 slide advance options 38 sounds for 40 starting 36 transition effects 39 visual transitions 40 SlideShow button 36 SlideShow to Go export format 43 Small Kids Mode 7 activating text in 19 Solid Fill
23. bucket 13 Sound Art about 12 hands free 13 mouse move 12 Sound library button 25 29 Sound Recording tray 30 Sounds adding 29 controlling 7 importing 30 in SlideShow 40 User s Guide recording 30 removing 29 microphone 30 Spanish 7 Special characters 45 Spelling 22 Spray Can 13 Square Grab tool 24 Stand alone exporting pictures as 35 Sticker library button 25 27 Stickers adding 27 and rubber stamps 49 definition 25 deleting 27 flattening 27 46 flipping left to right 27 flipping top to bottom 27 library for 25 moving 27 resizing 27 T Teacher menu 4 Teacher Mode 4 Teacher tools 4 7 Teachers note 5 Technical Support 49 Templates 5 Text 19 23 ABC text tool 20 adding in Big Kids Mode 19 adding in Small Kids Mode 19 aligning 22 centering 22 changing in Small Kids Mode 19 changing size of 22 54 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools changing style 22 reading out loud 22 text boxes 20 deleting 21 flattening 21 formatting text in 22 moving 21 moving off page 21 resizing 21 style 22 Text button 19 Text tray 19 Text to Speech changing voice for 23 pronunciation 23 reading text out loud 22 Texture paper 16 45 Toolbox menu 46 Tool tips 47 Transition effects in Slide Show 39 Trash Can in SlideShow 38 Turn Attached Sound On command 40 46 Turn Manual Advance On command 42 47 Turn Small Kids Mode On command 7 47 Turn Text To Speech On command 22 46 Turn Tool Sounds On command 46 U Undo co
24. d type 25 in the Starting Picture box and 50 in the Ending Picture box and so on 3 If you picked Storybook Card Booklet or Comic Book pick one of these e Portrait holds the paper the tall way and prints Comic Book pictures two across and three down e Landscape holds the paper the wide way and prints Comic Book pictures three across and two down 4 Type the page numbers for the starting and ending pictures to print 5 Click OK to print the SlideShow 42 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Saving Your SlideShow SlideShows are saved in your My SlideShows folder inside the My Pictures folder To save your SlideShow 1 Select Save from the File menu 2 Type a name for your SlideShow 3 Click Save Exporting Your SlideShow You can export a copy of your SlideShow to play without Kid Pix or to play on another computer with Kid Pix Exported SlideShows will not include the Text to Speech feature For information on Text to Speech see Reading Text Out Loud To export your SlideShow 1 Click the File menu Click Export Navigate to where you want to save your exported SlideShow Type a name for the exported SlideShow GU BW N Choose an export format e SlideShow to Go Creates a folder with everything you need to run your SlideShow on a different computer with Kid Pix Copy the resulting folder to the other computer then use the Open command on the File menu to open the SlideShow file in t
25. dents can be directed to the Idea Machine for your customized templates and other projects organized by curriculum area 1 Open a new Kid Pix file and create your design 2 Enable the Teacher menu by pressing CTRL T 3 If you want to manage the library preferences for the template do so now See Manage Library Prefer O OND MY ences for more information If you want to include a Kid Note for the template create one now See Add Edit Kid Note for more information From the File menu select Save As Give your file a name and select a destination folder My Pictures is the default folder Click Save From the File menu select Publish to Idea Machine Select a destination folder in the Idea Machine directory or create your own 10 Click Save Add Edit Kid Note You can create edit or delete a note for a particular Kid Pix file When a student opens the file the note appears and is read aloud To add a note for students l Enable the Teacher menu by pressing CTRL T DB WN Open the Kid Pix file to which you want to add a note Select Add Kid Note The Leave a Note window appears Type your message in the space provided If you d like the note to be read aloud in Spanish click the checkbox next to Read this note in Spanish Note If you select this option you must type the note in Spanish When you are finished click OK Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide T
26. e a text size color and style for the text in any selected text box In Small Kids Mode try paint ing the letters To change the look of text in a text box d W l Click the Text button to see the Text tray 2 Click the text box and highlight the text you want to change a 21 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide 3 Do any of these things e To change the font click the arrows next to the Font box You can also click and hold down on the font name e To make text bigger or smaller click the arrows next to the Font Size box You can also click and hold down on the font size e To change the style click the Bold Italic or Underline buttons e To line up text to the left right or center click an Alignment button e Use the Color Picker to change the color of text Checking Spelling When Kid Pix checks your spelling it checks all the text boxes on your page You can t check spelling for rub ber stamp text To check your spelling 1 Click the Toolbox menu 2 Click Check Spelling 3 If Kid Pix finds a word it doesn t know you can do any of these things e To change the word click a word in the Suggestions list or type a word in the Change To box and click Change e To continue checking spelling without changing the word click Skip e To add the word to your personal dictionary so Kid Pix will recognize it as correct from now on click Learn 4 When you re finished click Do
27. each other just as if you painted them on a piece of paper Items like stickers animations sounds movies and text boxes float over the background on the plastic layer They remain independent until you flatten them Flattening an object merges it into the background You can pick up items on the plastic layer and move them resize them and for animations or movies play them Some actions cause things to flatten even if you don t flatten them yourself For example when you export a picture many of the objects flatten as a result because the export format does not know how to display them otherwise How can I move a Kid Pix file from one computer to another Can I save a Kid Pix picture or SlideShow in another format so other people can see it These two questions are related To move the picture or SlideShow to another computer that has Kid Pix on it save the picture on a removable disk or export the SlideShow as a SlideShow to Go To move the picture or SlideShow to another computer without Kid Pix on it export it in a format the other computer can play For more information see Exporting a Picture and Exporting Your SlideShow How can I set up multiple users and make the settings different for each one Log in as KidPixAdmin to set up multiple users Then log in as each user in turn and set up Kid Pix for that user For details see Setting Up Multiple Users How do I use the Sound Art brushes
28. effects between slides including Cut Wipe Dissolve and Iris Each effect has a sound associated with it You can change the sound for any effect To set transition effects Sm 1 Click the Slide Transitions button una The customizing options appear 2 Click the red Transition Effects arrow in front of a slide to change the transition into that slide or click the arrow after the slide to change the transition out of that slide and into the next one 39 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Transition Effects 3 Choose a visual transition effect No Sound The bottom list scrolls to show you the sound for that visual effect 4 Leave the sound as the pre selected sound click a different sound or click No Sound to make the transi tion silent No Sound is at the end of the list 5 Click Preview to see how the transition will look and sound 6 Click OK Audio Options Audio options tell SlideShow which sound to play for each slide To set audio options g 1 Make sure that Text to Speech and Play Attached Sounds are on in the Controls menu 2 Click the Slide Transitions button The customizing options appear 40 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide 3 Click the Audio Options button for the slide you want to change Audio Options 4 Tell SlideShow what to do while this slide plays e Choose Play Sound to tell SlideShow to play the sound attached to this picture e Cho
29. ep by step and stop at the frame you want to see printed Sounds You can add a sound from the Kid Pix Sounds library import one or record your own When you record or import a sound it s added to the My Sounds folder in the Sounds library To add a sound from the library f To 1 Click the Sounds button to see the Sound library be i Folder Name Sounds 2 Choose a folder Click the folder name to see a pop up list of folders or use the scrolling arrows to see more choices 3 Scroll through the sounds Use the up and down arrows to see more choices 4 Click a sound to hear what it sounds like The sound keeps playing until you click somewhere else on the screen y 5 Drag the sound you want onto your picture to add it You can hear the sound when you click the Play button To remove the sound from your picture F 1 If youre playing your picture click the Stop button 2 Click the No Sound button in the Sound tray ME No Sound Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide To import a sound 1 Click the Add menu and click Import Sound 2 Find the sound file to import and click it If you use Windows choose a WAV file If you use Macintosh choose an AIFF file 3 To add this sound to the My Sounds library check the Add to Library check box 4 Click Open to add the sound to the picture To record a sound 1 Click the Microphone in the Sounds tray 2 In the Sound Recording tray click the
30. ff the command reads Turn On and when you turn a setting on the command reads Turn Off Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide About Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools In this chapter you ll learn about e Getting Started with Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools e Introducing the Paint Zone e Introducing the SlideShow e Getting Help Getting Started on Windows Once you ve installed Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools on a computer using Windows 98 2000 Me or XP here s how to start To start Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools 1 Put the Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Do one of the following e If you see the startup window click Start Kid Pix e If you dont see the start up window double click the Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools desktop shortcut or choose Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools from the Start menu 3 If this is your first time using Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools type your name in the box that says Enter your name here 4 From now on your name will be in the list and you can click it or type it again to start 5 Click Go to start Kid Pix Getting Started on Macintosh Once you ve installed Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools on a Macintosh computer OS 8 6 9 2 2 OS X 2 x and later here s how to start To start Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools 1 Put the Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Do one of the following e Double click the Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools des
31. fonts on your system Text to Speech functionality more graphics and Backgrounds SlideShow controls Sound Art print comic book style Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools also has many excit ing new features Teacher Tools Teachers can control which graphic libraries are active for a given project With Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools it s easy to create custom templates and add notes and instructions to projects The enhanced Idea Machine templates are organized by curriculum area Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools Interface improvements The Menu bar is always visible providing instant access to all features Rollover tool descriptions are an aid to learning and support emergent and beginning readers Help Movies Help movies minimize time spent teaching the pro gram speed classroom integration and let kids advance at their own pace Improved Spanish Language Support Spanish language mode includes Help foreign lan guage character support and menus More Work Space Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools has been redesigned to give you 17 more work space than Kid Pix version 3 and 31 more than Kid Pix Studio Deluxe Flexible Text Formatting Font styles and sizes can be mixed in a single text box for productivity and to build word processing skills Font names appear in actual fonts to encour age productivity Enhanced Print Options Print options now include select target printer print mode preview reverse print
32. hat computers version of Kid Pix Kid Pix will find all the files it needs to show your slideshow e QuickTime Can be played on any kind of computer but requires a QuickTime plug in to play To download the plug in go to www apple com To play the resulting file use the QuickTime plug in to open and play your exported file 6 Click Save 43 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide The Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools Pull Down Menus In this chapter you ll learn about e The File Menu e The Edit Menu e The Add Menu e The Toolbox Menu e The Controls Menu e The Help Menu The File Menu New Creates a new Kid Pix picture or SlideShow For details see Starting a New Picture and Starting a SlideShow Open Lets you open a Kid Pix picture or SlideShow Kid Pix first looks in your My Pictures or My SlideShows folder but you can browse other folders on your computer For details see Opening a Picture and Creating and Opening SlideShows Save As Saves the open picture or SlideShow For details see Saving a Picture and Saving Your SlideShow Export Saves your picture or SlideShow in a different format For details see Exporting a Picture and Exporting Your SlideShow Publish to Idea Machine Enables you to save your file as a template in the Idea Machine folder You must first save your illustration as a Kid Pix file then switch to Teacher Mode by pressing CTRL T See
33. he text 4 Click OK 5 Click the Paint button 6 Choose Wacky mode click the ABC Text brush and start painting to see the text Wacky ABC Mode Text Brush Working with Text Boxes You can resize a text box move it or delete it Start by selecting the text box using the Grab tool 20 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide To change a text box 1 Click the Grab button The Grab tray appears a TIP F m aj q _ A 2 Click the Hand 3 Click the text box to see its edit frame 4 Do any of these things To move a text box click the bar at the top of its frame and drag it e To change the size or shape of a text box drag its handles The text wraps around inside the new shape e To delete a selected text box press the Delete key on your keyboard e To flatten text so it s part of the background click the Toolbox menu and choose Flatten Text You may want to use the Toolbox Check Spelling option first Text Box Tips e You can drag text boxes almost all the way off the page without deleting them This lets you play text out loud without having text boxes appear in the picture If you drag a text box partially off the page it wont get bigger when you type A sound will tell you when you run out of room to type in new letters e You can click on the blue drag bar without using the Grabber Then you can move the text Changing the Way the Letters Look You can choos
34. how For details see Getting Rid of Blanks Go to SlideShow Paint Zone Switches you from the Paint Zone to SlideShow and vice versa For details see Going to SlideShow and Editing Pictures The Help Menu Getting Started Movie Plays a movie that introduces the features of Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools Help Gives you onscreen help After you select Help you must click on the part of the screen you need help with For details see Getting Help Turn Tool Tips On Off Displays the names of tools when you point your cursor at them View User Guide Displays this User Guide in Acrobat Reader 47 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Frequently Asked Questions The questions and answers in this chapter include e Why do some things become part of the background while others remain separate e How can I move a Kid Pix file from one computer to another e Can I save a Kid Pix picture or SlideShow in another format so other people can see it e How can I set up multiple users and make the settings different for each one e How do I use the Sound Art brushes e Whats the difference between Rubber Stamps and Stickers e Whats the difference between animations and animated Wacky Brushes Why do some things become part of the background while others remain separate In Kid Pix a picture is like a piece of paper with a layer of clear plastic over it Things you add to the back ground cover over
35. ick one of these formats e Full Page prints each picture on its own piece of paper one at a time Type the number for the page to print in the Starting Picture box e Storybook prints two pictures on a piece of paper To print two pictures on a page choose Storybook and type 1 in the Starting Picture box and 2 in the Ending Picture box To print the next two pictures choose Print again and type 3 in the Starting Pic ture box and 4 in the Ending Picture box and so on e Card Booklet prints each page on one panel of a piece of paper folded into quarters To make a card print one slide onto the first panel and write on the other panels To print four pictures on a page choose Card Booklet and type 1 in the Starting Picture box and 4 in the Ending Picture box To print the next four pictures choose Print again and type 5 in the Starting Picture box and 8 in the Ending Picture box and so on e Comic Book prints six pictures on each piece of paper To print six pictures on a page choose Card Booklet and type 1 in the Starting Picture box and 6 in the Ending Picture box To print the next six pictures choose Print again and type 7 in the Starting Picture box and 12 in the Ending Picture box and so on e Thumbnail prints twenty four pictures on each piece of paper To print twenty four pictures on a page choose Thumbnail and type 1 in the Starting Picture box and 24 in the Ending Picture box If your slideshow is longer than that choose Print again an
36. ick the Idea Machine button For information on creating your own Idea Machine template see Publish to Idea Machine The Controls Menu Turn Tool Sounds On Off Sets whether tools and buttons make sounds when you click them For details see Controlling Sound Turn Text To Speech On Off Sets whether Kid Pix reads the text in text boxes when you play your page For details see Reading Text Out Loud Turn Attached Sound On Off Sets whether Kid Pix plays the attached sound when you play your page For details see Controlling Sound 46 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Switch to Spanish Changes all menus tool tips and Help screens to Spanish Select Cambiar a ingl s to revert back to English Turn Small Kids Mode On Off Simplifies the program for younger children For details see Activating Small Kids Mode Turn Manual Advance On Off Temporarily overrides the transition settings in your SlideShow so you have to click the mouse to advance the slides For details see Switching to Manual Advance View Teacher s Note If the teacher has included a note such as instructions or special messages select this option to view it and hear it read aloud When you have finished with the note click OK to close the note or click Replay to hear it read again See The Teacher Menu for information on creating and editing notes Clean Up Gets rid of the blank slots in your SlideS
37. ick the Paint Zone button in SlideShow or choose Go To Paint Zone from the Controls menu e Open the picture you want to edit e When you go back to SlideShow your new saved picture must be added back into the SlideShow in the appropriate place using the Load button Moving Pictures Around SlideShow plays pictures in the order they appear The slideholders are numbered so you can tell the order Drag or move pictures into the order you want To move a picture by dragging 1 Click the picture to move 2 Drag it to the new location If you drop a picture on a filled slideholder the old picture moves over to make room for the new one 37 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide To move a picture by pasting 1 Click the picture to move 2 Click the Edit menu and click Copy or Cut Copy keeps the picture where it is and pastes a copy somewhere else Cut removes the picture and pastes it somewhere else 3 Click the new slideholder for the picture 4 Click the Edit menu and choose Paste If you drop a picture on a filled slideholder the new one replaces the one that s there To delete a picture from your SlideShow 1 Click the picture to delete 2 Drag it to the Trash Can or press the Delete key on your keyboard Seeing All the Pictures Use the arrows at the top and bottom of the picture slideholders to scroll your SlideShow Getting Rid of Blanks You can clean up your SlideShow so the blan
38. icture aN BW N Choose an export format e JPEG PICT or BMP Everything in the picture is flattened If you plan to attach the picture to an email message use the JPEG option JPEG and PICT pictures can be opened on a Macintosh com puter JPEG and BMP pictures can be opened on a Windows computer e Flash Your animations and sounds will play Flash requires a browser with a Flash player plug in To download the plug in point your browser to www macromedia com e Stand alone The exported picture runs without any other software If your picture has a movie in it the QuickTime file flattens the movie to a single frame e Page As QuickTime Movie The exported file can be played on any kind of computer but the person playing it needs a QuickTime plug in or player To download the plug in point your browser to www apple com Use the QuickTime plug in to open and play the exported file 6 Click Save Using SlideShow In this chapter you ll learn about e Creating and Opening SlideShows e Loading Pictures e Moving Pictures Around 35 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide e Customizing Your SlideShow e Playing Your SlideShow e Printing Your SlideShow e Saving Your SlideShow e Exporting Your SlideShow Creating and Opening SlideShows You can make a SlideShow with your pictures Load pictures into your SlideShow and put them in order Add transition and slide advance options Then save play print or ex
39. k slides don t interrupt the ones with pictures To get rid of blanks e Click the Controls menu and click Clean Up Customizing Your SlideShow You can set slide advance options visual transition effects and sound effects Slide Advance Options Slide advance options tell SlideShow when to move from one slide to the next You can have a different slide advance option for each slide You can tell SlideShow to move to the next slide after a certain number of sec onds or to wait until the text on the slide is read aloud or until you click the mouse or press a key on the keyboard If you dont set any slide advance options each slide will show for 7 seconds To set slide advance options g l Click the Slide Transitions button The customizing options appear 38 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Advance Settings 2 Click the Advance Settings button for the slide you want to change 3 Do one of these things e Choose Timer and type the number of seconds to wait between this slide and the next one e Choose Mouse Click to tell SlideShow to wait until you click the mouse before the next slide displays e Choose Key Down to tell SlideShow to wait until you press any key on your keyboard except Escape before the next slide displays e Choose Read Text Done to tell SlideShow to read any text on the slide and then display the next slide 4 Click OK Transition Effects You can set up special
40. ktop shortcut e Double click the Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools folder then double click the Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools icon 3 If this is your first time using Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools type your name in the box that says Enter your name here From now on your name will be in the list and you can click it or type it again to start 4 Click Go to start Kid Pix Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools has two parts e The Paint Zone lets you create pictures with drawing and painting tools e SlideShow lets you put pictures into a presentation with visual transitions and sounds The Kid Pix Paint Zone When you start Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools you see the Paint Zone i lt we bs The Kid Pix SlideShow You can make a SlideShow with your pictures Read Using SlideShow to learn more about this great feature Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Getting Help In the Paint Zone or the SlideShow you can find out about anything on the screen A Help window appears and a voice reads the information You can view or print the guide you re reading now the Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User Guide To get on the spot help 1 Click the question mark A 2 Then click the item you want help with 3 Read and listen to the help message 4 To hear the message again click Replay 5 To close the help window click OK e Some item
41. l 11 Change Effects command 46 Check Spelling 22 46 Circle Grab tool 25 Clean up menu command 47 Color Picker 17 Comic books printing SlideShows 42 Controls menu 46 Controlling sound 7 46 Cookie cutters 25 Copy command 38 45 Crayon tool 11 Color changing 17 Customizing libraries 4 Cut command 38 45 D Deleting animations 28 blank slides in SlideShow 38 pictures from SlideShow 38 stickers 27 text boxes 21 Dragging pictures in SlideShow 37 Drawing text boxes 19 Drawing tools 11 curves 11 polygons 11 E Edit ABC Text command 46 text 21 Erasers 17 Users Guide Erasing parts of a picture 18 the entire picture 18 Exporting a picture 35 Exporting your SlideShow 43 Export menu command 44 Eye Dropper 17 F FAQs 48 File menu 44 Fill Buckets 13 Fill Canvas Without Shrinking Scaling 31 Flash exporting as 35 Flatten Stickers and Animations command 27 28 46 Flatten Text command 21 46 Font changes 22 font size 22 formatting text 22 Frequently Asked Questions 48 Full Page printing pictures as 42 G Getting Started movie 10 47 GIF pictures adding 30 adding as backgrounds 26 Grab tool 24 moving objects with 24 H Help 10 How to Pronounce command 23 51 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools I Idea Machine open a picture starter 34 46 publish to 5 Import Background command 26 45 Import Photographs Images 26 Import Sound 29 45 Italics for text 22 J JPEG pictures 30
42. led Empty Line shapes shapes For rectangles ovals and polygons you can draw either a filled or an empty shape Empty shapes let the background show through e To draw a curve click the Curve shape and hold down the mouse button while you draw a line Release the mouse button then bend the line to the curve you want e To draw a polygon click the Polygon shape Draw the sides clicking after each one Finish by clicking the starting point Drawing Tips If you change the Paper Texture and then draw with the Crayon Chalk or Marker a pattern shows through under your drawing For more on Paper Texture see Using Paper Texture 11 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Using Painting Tools Use Kid Pix Painting Tools for a dazzling array of realistic and out of this world painting effects Choose from Paintbrushes Sound Art and Spray Cans Each tool has two modes To paint 1 Click the Paint button 2 Click the Paintbrush Sound Art or Spray Can tool Look on the next few pages for more information about each kind of tool 3 Choose a size not all tools have sizes 4 Choose a painting mode When you pick a mode the options change 5 Choose a painting option 6 Click in the drawing area and hold down the mouse button Move the mouse around to paint Paintbrushes Click the Paintbrush and choose a brush size and painting mode Realistic mode paints like a real brush Paintbrush Sizes Re
43. logo is registered in the U S and other countries All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Real Time Frequency Analyzer and Fast Fourier Transform algorithm licensed from Reliable Software of Seattle Washington www relisoft com In the interest of product improvement information and specifications repre sented here are subject to change without notice Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS WV USING W226 5p il o iO O e al e ol O at 3 Options for Educators iia 4 Maia re brary PYCRCTONCES dai 4 Publish toJdea Machine nein ainei dat 5 AdW Edit Kid Note A dia 5 Setting Wp Multiple Us iii ad idad ad tags dadas 6 Activating Small Kids Modena erae dd traida 7 Bilingual Spanish Mode ceccceecceeeccceeeeeenceeeeeeeeneeenaeecneeeenaeeceeeeeeecsaeeeaeeeesaeeeneeeseeesneeeaes 7 Controlling Ud ii a AA as 7 About Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools 0 00ccccecccceccesceeseseceeeeesceceeeseesceseaeeaeecseceaeeneeseeeeeeeeeesees 8 Getting Started on Windows cccceecceeesceeeceeeseeeeeeenceeseaeeesceceaeeeeeeceeeseeeeseaeeeneeesieeseaeeenaeess 8 Gettirie Started on Macintosh e jcc aerosol gna eaten dese eae eds Peete 8 The Kid Pix Paint Zone ti eats dav seeds tame a tats eee 9 Th Kid Pig Sd Wisin 9 Getting Help ispisna Ta 10 Using the Art Tools 20 0 e EL BONE AOR T E a 10 Using Drawing Tools ii E E E ST 11 Drawing Tips iii pati tostada 11 Using Painting Tools
44. mes puts down lots of little versions of your picture until the background is filled 4 Click Open to add the picture Use the handles on the picture to change its size then click inside the picture and drag it where you want it Picture Tips To use a picture as a background see Importing Backgrounds Adding QuickTime Movies You can add one QuickTime movie to each picture To add a movie l 2 Click the Add menu and click Add Movie Find the movie to add and click it Make sure you choose a QuickTime file Check the Preview The preview shows the poster for this movie or its first frame Click Open to add the movie The new movie replaces any existing movie Drag the movie where you want it To move or delete a movie To move the movie click it and drag To delete the movie click it and press the Delete key on your keyboard 31 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Playing Movies Play movies in a loop or frame by frame Movies also play when you play your page To play a movie in a loop 1 Click the movie E 2 Click the Play in a Loop handle 3 To stop playing the movie click Play in a Loop again To play a movie frame by frame E Click the movie 1 Click the Frame by Frame handle 2 Each click advances the movie by one frame Movie Tips e Ifyou don t have your own movies you can use the ones in the QTMovies folder on the Kid Pix Deluxe CD or
45. mmand 45 Undo Guy 18 Users adding 6 deleting 6 yv View note from teacher 6 View User Guide 47 Users Guide Visual transition effects in SlideShow 40 W Wacky Brushes 12 WAV files importing 30 Windows getting started on 8 55 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide 483227 UG rev 05 04 56 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide
46. nd Lets you use a sound on your computer as the attached sound for your Kid Pix picture For details see Sounds 45 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide The Toolbox Menu Edit ABC Text Lets you type the text to paint with a Wacky Brush For details see ABC Text Tool Check Spelling Checks the spelling in all the text boxes in your picture For details see Checking Spelling Flatten Text Makes text boxes part of the background You can flatten just the selected text box or all text boxes For details see Working with Text Boxes Flatten Stickers and Animations Makes stickers part of the background You can flatten just the selected sticker or all stickers For details see Stickers Say It This Way Lets you teach Kid Pix how to say words it doesn t know like names and places For details see Teaching Kid Pix to Pronounce Change Effects Lets you customize the settings for your SlideShow For details see Customizing Your SlideShow Pick Background Color Sets the background color for your SlideShow For details see Background Color Idea Machine The Idea Machine is a collection of templates designed to jump start your creativity There are crafts projects calendars cards and maps There are lots of activities related to language arts math sci ence and social studies To open one of the templates choose Idea Machine from the Toolbox menu or cl
47. ne Reading Text Out Loud You can play the picture to hear all the text boxes top to bottom and left to right You can t hear rubber stamp text except when you click the letters in the Text tray To hear one text box read aloud 1 Click the Text button 2 Click the text box you want to hear 3 Click the Controls menu and click Turn Text To Speech On If the menu says Turn Text To Speech Off don t click it it s already on 4 Click the Read Text button in the Text tray 22 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide To hear all text boxes read aloud 1 Click the Controls menu and click Turn Text To Speech On 2 Click the Play button Changing the Voice Use the Voice box in the Text tray to change the voice that reads the text To change the voice that reads the text 1 Click the Text button The Text tray appears 2 Click the Voice box and pick a different one 3 Click the Read Text button in the Text tray Teaching Kid Pix to Pronounce Kid Pix might not know how to say people s names or how to pronounce other special words To change the pronunciation 1 From the Toolbox menu choose Say It This Way 2 In the Original Word box type the word that Kid Pix is pronouncing incorrectly 3 In the Pronounce As box type the phonetic spelling of the word For example the letters ph sound like f so the phonetic spelling of Stephan would be Stefan
48. o edit a note 1 Open the Kid Pix file whose note you want to edit 2 Enable the Teacher menu by pressing CTRL T 3 Select Edit Kid Note The Leave a Note window appears 4 Edit your message in the space provided 5 When you are finished click OK To delete a note 1 Open the Kid Pix file whose note you want to delete Enable the Teacher menu by pressing CTRL T Select Edit Kid Note The Leave a Note window appears Select the entire message in the space provided Press the Delete key Click OK Du BW N When a student opens the file the note appears and is read aloud The student can click Replay to hear the note again or he or she can dismiss the note by clicking Don t show me this dialog again To view the note again the student must select View Teachers Note from the Controls menu Setting Up Multiple Users You can add or delete users for classroom use or if many students use the same computer To change settings for multiple users 1 Do one of the following e At the Login screen type KidPixAdmin and then click Go Enable the Teacher menu by pressing CTRL T then select Manager User Names 2 Type the names of the new users and click Add after each one 3 To delete a user select the name to remove and click Delete Warning When you delete a user all of his or her saved work is also deleted 4 Click Done when you re finished 5 Select your name then click Go Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for School
49. ose Play Text to tell SlideShow to read the text on this picture out loud Turn both options off to tell SlideShow to be silent 5 Click OK Background Color Slides in a SlideShow will appear against a solid color background You can pick the color for this backdrop To choose the background color 1 Click the Toolbox menu and click Pick Background Color 2 Pick a color and click OK Playing Your SlideShow You can play a SlideShow to see all your effects To play your SlideShow L Click the Play button 2 If your slide advance options are set to wait for a mouse click or a keyboard key click or type a key to advance the slides 3 To stop playing before the SlideShow ends press the Escape key 41 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Switching to Manual Advance Switching to Manual Advance keeps your other transition and sound settings in place but lets you advance the slides manually To switch to Manual Advance 1 Click the Controls menu and click Turn Manual Advance On 2 Play the SlideShow by clicking the Play button 3 Click the mouse or press any key on your keyboard except Escape to advance Printing Your SlideShow You can print each picture in your SlideShow one at a time on its own piece of paper or you can print small versions of the pictures onto one page You may choose 1 2 4 6 or 24 slides per page To print your SlideShow 1 Select Print from the File menu 2 P
50. otch Eye Dropper Many Kid Pix art tools use the color you choose from the Color Picker You can see the current color in the color splotch at the bottom left of the screen and on many drawing and painting tools The Color Picker also includes the Eye Dropper a tool that lets you pick up any color in your picture to use instead of a color in the Color Picker To pick a color in the Color Picker 1 Move your mouse toward the color splotch The Color Picker pops up 2 Click a color on the Color Picker Choose a color As soon as you click a color the color splotch changes to show your new choice Move the mouse off the Color Picker to close it and begin painting or drawing To pick up a color with the Eye Dropper SS 1 Open the Color Picker by moving your mouse near it Se 2 Click the Eye Dropper 3 Move the Eye Dropper over your picture As your mouse moves the color splotch changes to show the color that the Eye Dropper can pick up 4 Click when the color you want appears on the color splotch The Color Picker closes The color you clicked becomes the new color for drawing and painting until you choose another color Using Erasers The Big Eraser erases your whole picture Any paper texture or sound you added to your picture is still there You can also click the Firecracker to erase your whole picture The Little Eraser erases where you drag with the mouse leaving white space 17 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for School
51. port your SlideShow Going to SlideShow You can go back and forth between the Paint Zone and SlideShow To go to SlideShow e Click the SlideShow button in the Paint Zone or choose Go to SlideShow from the Controls menu Starting a SlideShow You can create a brand new SlideShow or open an existing one To create a new SlideShow e Click the New SlideShow button on the left side of the screen y To open a SlideShow e Double click the icon for the SlideShow you want in the SlideShow tray at the bottom of the screen The SlideShow tray shows SlideShows in your My SlideShows folder To open a SlideShow in a different folder use Open on the File menu 36 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Loading Pictures Each slideholder in the SlideShow can contain a Kid Pix picture Once you load the pictures you can move them into any order you like If you leave spaces blank the SlideShow will skip those spaces when you play your SlideShow To load a picture Slideholder Load Button 1 Hold the mouse over a slideholder to see the Load button below it Click the Load button for the slide holder where you want the picture to appear 2 Select the saved Kid Pix file you want to use 3 Click Open Editing Pictures To change a picture you loaded or create a new picture go back to the Paint Zone You must save whatever you have in your SlideShow first To go back to the Paint Zone g e Cl
52. s 1 Click the Rubber Stamp button to see the Rubber Stamps tray 15 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools Tealdber s Guide 2 Click the stamp you want to edit 3 Click the Stamp Editor pencil to see the Rubber Stamp Editor Fill Bucket Firecracker Rotate Pencil Undo Flip Use these tools to change your stamp e Use the Pencil to draw on the stamp e Pick a color in the Rubber Stamp Color Picker and use the Fill Bucket to recolor the stamp e Click Undo to undo your last change or click Restore Original to go back to the original stamp e Use the Firecracker to erase the whole picture so you can start from scratch e Click Flip to turn your stamp over from left to right e Click Rotate to turn your stamp 90 degrees each time you click 4 Click OK when you re finished Using Paper Texture You can change the background texture of your Kid Pix picture Then when you draw with the Crayon Marker or Chalk a pattern will show through under your drawing To change the paper texture 1 Click Paper Texture from the Add menu The Paper Texture tray opens 2 Scroll through the paper textures in the tray 16 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide 3 Click the texture you want You can see the texture you selected next to the Paper Texture button 4 Draw with the Crayon Marker or Chalk to see the texture Using The Color Picker and Eye Dropper Regular Grays Colors Skin Tones Color Spl
53. s User s Guide Activating Small Kids Mode Kid Pix has two modes Normal Mode and Small Kids Mode In Normal Mode all the Kid Pix tools and fea tures are active In Small Kids Mode complex features like menu options SlideShow and printing are hid den This lets younger children create freely without confusion In Small Kids Mode children can e Use all the art tools e Add text to a picture using rubber stamps instead of the keyboard When a child clicks a letter in the tray Kid Pix says the letters name out loud To use Small Kids Mode 1 On the Controls menu click Turn Small Kids Mode On 2 To return to Normal Mode click Turn Small Kids Mode Off Bilingual Spanish Mode You can translate the menus tool tips and Help screens into Spanish 1 Click the Controls menu 2 Select Switch to Spanish To return to English mode 1 Click the Controles menu 2 Select Cambiar a ingl s Controlling Sound You can turn Tool Sounds Attached Sounds and Text to Speech on or off for each user 1 To set sound settings 2 Click the Controls menu Set each of the following e Turn Tool Sounds On Off determines whether you hear sound effects when you use the tools and trays in Kid Pix e Turn Attached Sound On Off determines whether the attached sound plays when you play the picture Turn Text To Speech On Off determines whether you hear text boxes read aloud when you play the picture When you turn a setting o
54. s User s Guide You can undo only one move when erasing so be sure to be careful You can t erase stickers animations movies or text boxes To erase these select them and then press the Delete key To erase your whole picture 1 Click the Eraser button The Erasers tray appears Little Big Sizes Shapes Eraser Eraser Eraser Options 2 Click the Big Eraser 3 Click your picture To erase your whole picture using the Firecracker 1 Click and release the Firecracker 2 Everything is erased including textures and sounds To erase part of your picture 1 Click the Eraser button The Erasers tray appears 2 Click the Little Eraser 3 Click a size for the eraser 4 Pick one of these e To erase with a round outline click the circle setting e To erase with a square outline click the square setting 5 Pick an eraser option 6 Drag where you want to erase Using The Undo Guy Click the Undo Guy whenever you do something to your picture that you don t want to keep Click again to redo what you just undid You can only go back one step when you Undo Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide All About Text In this chapter you ll learn about e Adding Text e Working with Text Boxes e Changing the Way the Letters Look e Checking Spelling e Reading Text Out Loud Adding Text There are three ways to add text e Draw a text box and type the text In Small Kids Mode add rubber
55. s have movies that show you how to use a tool To view the movie click the Movie button To view or print the User Guide 1 From the Help menu choose View User Guide 2 In Acrobat Reader read or print information If you need Acrobat Reader go to www adobe com To view the Getting Started movie 1 From the Help menu choose Getting Started Movie 2 Click Play to start the movie There is one movie for the Paint Zone and one movie for SlideShow 3 Click Done when you have finished Using the Art Tools In this chapter you ll learn about e Using Drawing Tools e Using Painting Tools e Using Fill Buckets sing Mixers sing Rubber Stamps sing the Color Picker and Eye Dropper sing Erasers U U U U e Using Paper Texture U U U sing the Undo Guy 10 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Using Drawing Tools Use Kid Pix Drawing Tools to draw different kinds of lines There are four drawing tools Pencil Chalk Crayon and Marker You can draw freehand straight or curved lines rectangles ovals or polygons To draw 1 Click the Draw button Chalk Marker soft fuzzy see through Pencil Crayon Sizes Shapes solid hard fuzzy 2 Pick a tool from the left side of the tray 3 Choose a size for your line 4 Choose a shape 5 Click in the drawing area and hold down the mouse button Move the mouse around to draw Rectangle Oval Polygon Freehand Curve Straight Fil
56. see the Fill Buckets tray You can then select Solid Blend or Pattern fills from the tool choices Click on the library choice to see the varied color effects you can use Solid The Solid Fill Bucket uses the current color in the Color Picker Choose solid or a single color pattern 13 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Blend The Blend Fill Bucket doesn t use the current color in the Color Picker Pattern The Pattern Fill Bucket doesn t use the current color in the Color Picker You can pick a multi colored pattern 2 Pick a bucket from the left side of the tray 3 Choose a fill from the right side of the tray 4 Click inside the area on your KidPix page to fill Fill Tips e Be sure the area you fill is enclosed Open areas will allow the fill color to bleed out to larger areas e If you fill with a blend you can hold the mouse button down on your picture while the blend appears Then without releasing the mouse button move the mouse around to change where the blend colors appear inside the filled area on your picture e You can design your own two color patterns Fill an area with a solid color then change the current color and fill the same area with a single color pattern for an interesting effect e For information on changing the color for solid fills see Using The Color Picker and Eye Dropper Using Mixers Mixers mix up your picture You can mix up the whole painting with a meg
57. terea kr hy Io hs sc o binga reos reyi o piam a Bh Faj Fia lA ee oll el rr ce veloc bo Bods iL TE eal ae ea riha Shor Tki om iha hi Tio cdas baap Pers iha E rede E boe Hos rn ll rd click ices The Mr ll one dos a Hi iua ha va a kat laa pichi b h bip pos a o Lai Kee dat amea i Lado dr al Ll PA ah il a Tr ra ll he trip ihr Ea Fp bie Bat Thera Ihsa Tam al i Pki 141 ame Y Eachgparads 1 mail l kim 3 Select the type of art Backgrounds Animations and so on from the list at left 4 From the Shown list at right select the library you want to remove 5 Click Move The library moves to the Not Shown list at left You can remove all the libraries by clicking Move All 6 When you are finished click OK Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide To restore a library l Select Manage Library Preferences The Library Preferences dialog appears a A 0 N Enable the Teacher menu by pressing CTRL T Select the type of art Backgrounds Animations and so on from the list at left From the Not Shown list at left select the library you want to restore Click Move The library moves to the Shown list at right You can restore all the libraries by clicking Move All When you are finished click OK Publish to Idea Machine You can create your own templates for use in the Idea Machine You can further customize these templates by managing their library preferences and creating Kid Notes Stu
58. til you flatten them To add a sticker 1 Click the Stickers button to open the Stickers library 2 Choose a folder Click and hold down on the folder name to see a pop up list of folders or use the scrolling arrows to see more choices 3 Scroll through the stickers Use the up and down arrows to see more choices 4 Drag a sticker onto your picture 5 Move size or otherwise adjust your sticker before flattening it See next section To move change or delete a sticker 1 Click a sticker in your picture to see its frame Scale Flip left to right F Flip top j to bottom Scale 2 Do any of these things e To move a sticker click inside it and drag e To resize a sticker drag a Scale handle e To flip a sticker top to bottom click its lower left handle To flip a sticker left to right click its upper right handle e To make a sticker part of the background click it click the Toolbox menu and choose Flatten Stickers and Animations Specify the selected sticker or all stickers After a sticker is flattened it cannot be moved resized or changed e To delete a sticker click it and press the Delete key on your keyboard 27 Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools User s Guide Animations Animations are stickers that move like cartoons when you play them To add an animation sy 1 Click the Animations button to open the Animations library 2 Choose a folder Click the folder name to see a pop up list
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