Kid Pix Studio
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1. a ES Save as StandAlone oe e A vaa i Import Picture l 2g Return to Picker 3Q SlideShow moving van controls e Pick a Picture Button Click this button to load the moving van with the image you want You can insert a Moopie Stampimator Digital Puppet or SlideShow project that was saved with the Save for SlideShow command e Pick a Sound Once the picture is loaded in the van you can then add a sound to the slide You can use the pre recorded sounds or record one of your own You can also hear the typewriter text read aloud Pick a Background Sound Preview L_Select_ CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 23 e Pick a Transition Transition refers to the screen effect when the slides change from one slide to another Experiment for varied effects Pick a transition Daw SlideShow menus Goodies Menu uit Help gt a Play Once U Play Looped dL O Turn Manual Advance On dA _ Clean Up gt A Tool Sounds T FSP Pick a Background Color e Play Once The SlideShow will play through once e Play Looped This command will keep playing your slide show in a continuous loop Double click will stop it e Turn Manual Advance On To advance from one slide to the next using the mouse button The Off setting will advance the slides automatically CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 242. Cast Box e Select the behaviour you want e To turn the behaviour off click the button again CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 13 Path buttons Choose one of these to change the path that your Stamp Actor follows Original Path The original path that you select is stored in memory you can return to it by clicking this button Circle Path This will make your actor travel in a circular pattern The longer you hold the mouse down the larger the circle Smooth Path This will smooth out the original path you created eliminating bumps and jerky movements Bounce Path Of course this will make your Actor bounce along your path Gravity Path This will make the actor drop down as it moves across the screen as if pulled by gravity Creating a Stampimator In this example we will create a Christmas scene in Stampimator Follow these steps 1 Select the Stage Choose Pick a Background from the Goodies menu Find a background which relates to your theme such as the Small Town example bd Toggle Pictures Toggle Pictures See more pictures fee More E n LRE sox ieee Pictures Pe a eg _ 2 Select a Soundtrack Click on the Goodies menu and select CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 14 Toggle Sounds Import a new sound LET sae Otay once a Looping options Record your own sound Fi Ai e Sallthetime po H F oo hardy ever pAn Preview selected sound 14 Sounds J IE bE S
3. hold the actors for your scene To select a Stamp Actor first click a Cast Box The box will turn red Next pick one of the Stamp Actors e To select a Rubber Stamp use the Rubber Stamp tool on the tool bar e Above the drawing area is the Timer Bar This is a visual indicator of the amount of time your path is taking in your Stampimation Firecracker Tool Path Timer Bar Cast Boxes Buttons Moopie Drawing Tools a Bal OF Colour Palette te mamn E G 7 F ATEX aare O Main Sawing Aiea Toggle for more Tools Behaviour Buttons CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 12 Firecracker Tool insite ose mae fs y a Behaviour Buttons Cast Boxes lt Path Buttons oe 6 Firecracker tool To get rid of a cast member click the appropriate Cast Box and then the Firecracker Cast Boxes The rubber stamps placed in these boxes can be used as actors for your Stampimation Click a Cast Box then select a stamp actor from the options tray Behaviour buttons These buttons control the motion of your Stamp Actors during the Stampimation pad Ping Pong Moves your actor back and forth the path you created aJa Mirror Motion The stamp will flip at the end of the path It will L only work if you choose Ping Pong also Always Move To make your stamp actor move when no path is created Standing still actor will be animated To use the behaviour buttons e Click the
4. Language English Preview Cancel Y row to Pronounce You can teach the computer the proper pronunciation for specific words All you have to do is to type the phonetic spelling of the way you want the word pronounced Type the Word 30 characters Hear Original COUGH Preview Type How to Pronounce It KOFF Cancel CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 10 Moopies Moopies stand for Moving pictures Moopies helps you create animated pictures as you draw The main features of the Moopies are e Moopies tools let you choose how you want to draw Select a Tool then look in the Tool Options tray for the various choices e The drawing tool are all the same as KidPix although the resulting pictures are animated e To Save your Moopie picture for a SlideShow you should save it twice Once as a Moopie file and once again using Save for SlideShow The Moopie file can be edited if changes are required Moopie Drawing Tools Bria gaa 5 SET Colour Palette YD Tool options Tray DAEN 7 TEE Main D Rees reenmeto CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 11 Stampimator This is a great little application which enables you to create moving stamps across the screen along the paths of your choice You can consider it as a stage with four actors you control to create a moving picture The main features of the Stampimator are e The stamps are animated in Stampimator e The Cast Boxes
5. amp Showease work in a SlideShow This activity will have you explore and create different drawings and animations using the Kid Pix applications You should try to create drawings using as many applications as you can To conclude the activity you will then place all your creations in a SlideShow presentation You should think of a theme and make all your creations based on this theme Art projects to create Kid Pix two drawings 1 Make a title page with your name and SlideShow title e Include stamps graphics and colour 2 You can create a second Kid Pix Drawing e This drawing should include an imported graphic or a movie You will need to use the Wacky TV to preview the movies e Use the typewriter to add text and have the text read aloud by the computer e Asa challenge you can also try to include a voice recording for this drawing Record your comments or reflections on your Kip Pix creation thus far Moopies one animated drawing e Use the Wacky Brush and the animated stamps to make a moving picture e Many options are available toggle through the various choice in the Options Tray e Make sure you save your project twice once as a Moopie which will allow you to edit it later on and a second time Save for SlideShow to include it at the end Stampimator one project e Based on your theme select a background some music and some actors for your Stampimator project
6. O Clean Up When editing your project some of the Moving Vans may be left empty To remove these empty vans use the Clean up command e Tool Sounds As you work Kid Pix makes little noises This command turns them On or Off as you wish gt e Pick a Background Colour This will fill the background space of your presentation with the colour of your choice e Time Slider Gives you control over the amount of time for each slide in your presentation Click and hold the mouse while you slide left or right to increase or decrease the time CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 25 FAQs The following answers are for frequently asked questions about Kid Pix e Can l import graphics from other sources Yes Using the Import a Graphic menu in Kid Pix and Import Picture menu in Moopies Stampimator and Digital Puppets These functions will allow you to store and use graphics from a variety of sources in in many formats e cannot see the animated projects my students created in the slideshow You can only see pictures and movie files in slideshow To use the animated projects in a slideshow you must save for slideshow to convert your project into movie format Remember to save the project in the original application and then save it for slideshow If you want to make changes to your project it can only be done in the original application file Converted files cannot be modi
7. Puppets are little marionettes that you control with your keyboard You will have to explore the different keys that make specific movements You can add music or your own voice and record the movements to go along with the voice Wacky TV is a viewer for digital movies Kid Pix comes with many short little movies that can then be inserted into drawings and slide shows You can also view work that has been saved for a slideshow with this zany tool Slideshow is similar to Microsoft PowerPoint and AppleWorks 6 Presentation It allows the student to put all of their work from Moopies Stampimator Digital Puppets and Slideshow together to tell a story or showcase work accumulated during the year Installing Kid Pix Studio Kid Pix is supported for both Mac and PC platforms Detailed instructions and specifications are listed in the Installation Guide in the package and on the CD ROM readme files Installation of the software on your computer system will place the minimum necessary files for you to run the program In order to run Kid Pix without the CD ROM recommend you also copy these additional folders to the Kid Pix folder on your computer e Backgrounds e Demo slide shows e Movies e Pictures e Colour Mes e Kids e Sounds e Pictures This will enable you to use Kid Pix without the CD ROM with the exception of Digital Puppets which requires the CD ROM CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 3 Kid Pix Kid Pix is a graphic dr
8. e Experiment with the tools and controls to get the desired effects e Refer back to the Job Aid for details on the features e Make sure you save your project twice once as a Stampimator which will allow you to edit it later on and a second time Save for SlideShow to include it at the end Digital Puppets one puppet project e You can use the digital puppet to introduce your project or at the end to conclude your project e You will need to select the puppet of your choice e Choose an appropriate background e Record your voice e Explore how to animate your puppet by using the key board keys e Once you are ready press record to add puppet movements to your voice recording e Make sure you save your project twice once as a Digital Puppet which will allow you to edit it later on and a second time Save for SlideShow to include it at the end Create a SlideShow SlideShow the final step using your 5 projects e Using the various drawings and animations you have just created prepare a show to showcase your work e Your SlideShow can include animations movies text read aloud etc Basically anything that Kid Pix enables you to use e Include some transitions between the slides e You can even add some background music to your show CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 31 Trainer Notes Resources Computer Lesson Plans for Kid Pix http www mississippi net lamarelm technolo htm pix This
9. site features the following e Venn Diagrams e How to Convert Kid Pix e A is for Apple D Slideshows for the Web e raw More Objects e Kid Pix Kid Pix ldeas From e Faces Geneva Gr 1 6 e Two by Two e Kid Pix Learning Ideas e Let s Make Shapes Grades 2 4 e ABC s and 123 s e KidPix Notes e Big Bigger Biggest e Kings Park Technology e Match the Colour Game e Marcia s Kids Pix Page e Repeat the Pattern e Marilee s Kid Works and Kid e Sports Balls G Pix Page e et In Shape e Second Grade Literature e Favourite Things HBJ 1993 Treasury of e Bookmark Literature Index Page e Shape Book e Using Graphic Converter to e Early Literacy Technology Convert Kid Pix Graphics to Project creating centres Gif Files Kid Pix exploration http www learningspace org prof_growth training Kidpix Kid Pix projects http www ameritech net users macler kidworks html othproj Kid Pix in the classroom http home wsd wednet edu W D NewberyFolder kidpix_ bookmarks html Putting Kid Pix SlideShows on the Web http www inform umd edu UMS State UMD Projects MCTP Technology slideshow C SI P On Line technology tutorials Kid Pix http www brrsd k12 nj us brhs Business Professional o 20Development Kid 20Pix htm Kid Pix on line http www kidpix com CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 33
10. 10 different puppets e The buttons at the bottom of the screen enable you to record your puppet movements and then play your show e The Timer Bar indicates the time you have left for your recording bd Timer Bar Puppet Digital Puppets Display Area l Control Buttons CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 17 Create a digital puppet show 1 Select Pick a Puppet from the Goodies menu 2 Experiment with your Puppet Different keys will animate your puppet s arms legs and mouth To get the best effects it is a good idea experiment with the movement controls for a few minutes before recording 3 Pick a background Using the Goodies menu here hiis 4 Record your voice Click on the Goodies menu and select Pick a Sound Choose Record a sound The recorder will appear and you have 20 seconds of recording time available B pay ence C all ie pin eri citi elmu lt Record Stop Pause Play 00 Save 0 seconds 0 i oa E CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 18 5 Start the Action e Click the record button the sound you recorded will play and the timer bar will start to fill up e Press the letter keys to make the puppet move e If you remember the keys associated to different movements you puppets will animate appropriately e Press Stop when you are done the movements you added will be save with your recording e Clic
11. EC 3 Choose your Actors Again from the Goodies menu select Pick a Stamp Set There are 112 stamps per set to choose from For this example choose the Celebrations stamp set which has many Christmas stamps The Animation Controls dictate how the stamps will move Ad RAAG we M ee u ma Fic P Stamp Animation 5 ao i Tip horizontal teal Tip vertical 4 Start the Action e Click the Cast Box e Select the Actor from the Options tray e Hold down the mouse button while you drag the actor across the screen e The red bar appears at the top of the screen in the Timer Bar that indicates how much time you have When it fills up you are done e Repeat this process for each Stamp Actor CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 15 p gt oy on a Fal E E Chamas rae 5 Click on the Behaviour and Path buttons to modify the path of your actors 6 Save your project twice Once as a Stampimator project and a second time Save for SlideShow if you want to include it in a SlideShow CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 16 Digital puppets Digital Puppets are controlled with the keys on your keyboard You can make the puppet move and add a voice recording This Kid Pix feature requires the CD ROM to function The main features of the Digital Puppets are e This application ereates an animation rather than a picture e You can choose from
12. Job Aid Prepared by Luc G linas Kid Pix Studio Deluxe Paint Write Create Animate This must be one of the most popular computer programs for kids It would be surprising to find out that your school did not have one or two copies lying around Kid Pix is a digital art tool which has many interesting multimedia capabilities The following Job Aid will get you started using the six different areas within Kid Pix encourage you to consult the complete Kid Pix User s Manual included on the CD ROM for more specific instructions Based on the premise that all children love to create pictures and stories Kid Pix was created to stimulate and encourage the creative artistic side of children Kid Pix can produce different art projects that include animation clip art stamps movies and sound It also has many hidden features and controls that children love to explore and discover As an educator you will find that Kid Pix provides an environment that is easily adaptable to the curriculum of many school subjects Kid Pix is quite versatile The themes and the interface will appeal mainly to younger children K to grade 3 The multimedia capabilities make Kid Pix an interesting tool to be used in Portfolio Assessment Children can create pictures and write stories reflect on their work and record their comments using a voice recorder They can create a digital slide show of their work to be presented to parents at the end of a uni
13. as the alphabet book So far the program is going wonderfully Language Arts J Stamp pictures write sentences to describe use microphone to record someone reading your sentence and put it together into a SlideShow e Make an animated alphabet book with Kid Pix and the SlideShow e Make and print out a dictionary e Have students write and record their own ColorMe Pictures for other students to use Art e e Create self portraits with recorded Hello put into a SlideShow for a parents night or use as a stand alone class who s who book e Use the shapes to create tessellations small squares perhaps arranged in a mosaic e Make pattern pictures with the stamps Math e Use the stamp that looks like dice to create math problems One boy with learning disabilities for example made some pages with the dice randomly dropped and then found the numbers to go with them Finally he stamped the and signs and then stamped the answers on the page e Stamp numbers and then use the picture stamps to show quantity CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 27 e Use the ColorMe pictures for reading comprehension e Read a SlideShow book someone else created Social Studies e Draw and paint a picture of your home e Draw a map of your home room school neighbourhood etc e Use the KidArt Maps software that works with Kid Pix to create maps for projects etc e Record neighbo
14. ature It will make your movie experience even wackier e Undo Guy Will remove the effects you have added CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 21 Display your art work with the SlideShow You can insert sound effects and use transitions to create amazing multimedia presentations that can be projected to a group The main features of the SlideShow are e Create a multimedia presentation e You can link as many as 99 Moving Vans loaded with Pictures Moopies Stampimators Digital Puppets and SlideShow animations e Each Moving Van has a slide preview area they are numbered to see the order they will play you can reorder your slide e Time slider bar indicates how long the slide will play e If you inserted a movie the time slider turns into a film strip SlideShow Bus eee flo el z s Se z em eee n 7 ZEDO Control Buttons 4 Scrolling Arrows 4 Slide Number Slide Preview Area Pick a Picture Button Pick a sound Button ii A Pick a Transition Button CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 22 To insert Moopies Stampimators Digital Puppets or SlideShow projects into a presentation they must be saved using the Save for SlideShow command If not you will not be able to select them for your SlideShow Edit Toolbox Goodies New N b Open a Moopie 0 mh Ca Fah was Save aMoopie 5 gt a Save for SlideShow
15. aw paint application designed for children from 3 12 years of age With this software children can easily draw their own pictures to which they can add multimedia elements like sounds video clips animations and clipart The main features of Kid Pix are e To create a drawing you must select a drawing tool e Colours can be selected from Colour Palette e Tool Options let you decide how you want the tool to behave The tool options are located beneath the drawing area click on the option you want to select e More tool options Some tools offer many choices stamps is one example click the arrow at the right end of the Options Tray tool to reveal more choices Cursor lt _ z Drawing Tools aero a e Colour Palette gt Toggle for more Tools Tool options Tray lll Kid Pix Main Drawing Area Kid Pix menus e Edit for making changes to your picture e ToolBox menu controls how Kid Pix works e Goodies menu p 7 provides you with variations for the tools such as changing the Stamp Set ColourMes Recording a Sound Picking a Movie e Speech menu p 10 used to hear the text you have typed on your picture CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 4 Wacky Pencil Rectangle i Wacky Brush Paint Can lt lt i r f Tr Electric Mixer r Eraser De Talking Alphabet Stamps a gt Typewriter i SEER Rubber Stamps E gt Movin
16. fied e Can l use a Photo CD files or professionally prepared clip art CDs Certainly You can use the files in the same manner by importing them into Kid Pix Photo CDs are often provided when rolls of film are processed If you ask you can have your pictures stored in digital format on a CD These files can then be used in Kid Pix e How many sounds can a Kid Pix Picture have With Kid Pix you can record a 30 second sound with your picture and paste a digital movie with sound in your picture The recorded sound will play first then the digital movie An attached sounds play when the file is used in SlideShow e cannot hear any text If you selected the Paint Text to Background command under the Toolbox menu the text box contents from the clear plastic layer get painted onto the white paper layer Now that they are part of the picture they cannot be edited moved read out loud etc You can add more text boxes to your picture at any time by using the Typewriter tool Only text in a text box can be read aloud by the computer CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 26 Lesson ideas for all subjects Grades I to 6 At a staff workshop in Geneva Switzerland educators came up with the following ideas for use of Kid Pix Some of these ideas are being used with the English Language Special Education Association ELSEA students These are children with severe learning disabilities who are working on some of the activities such
17. g Van OO Eyedropper O OC eel Undo Guy RAR93it_e Mystery Button e Rectangle and Oval Tool By pen holding the key you can make a perfect circle or square e Wacky Brush Select an option from the tool options to vary the effects e Paint Can Fills in closed shapes with a colour or a pattern of your choice e Electric Mixer Transforms your picture e Eraser Some erasers are eraser pencils that only erase part of the picture Use it by holding down the mouse button Other erasers erase the whole picture with one mouse click Click on the mystery button A hidden picture is revealed CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 5 e Talking Alphabet Stamps Stamp Letters numbers and punctuation marks on your picture e Typewriter Use this tool to add text to your pictures Some features include e Edit the text without changing the picture e Hear the text read aloud e Resize text reshape or change text location e Draw under text without erasing it To add text to your picture e Click the Typewriter tool e Move the cursor to where you want to insert the text click the mouse and a text box will appear then type away e You can move the text box afterwards e You can paint the text into the picture using the Toolbox menu Paint Text to Background You will not be able to edit this text nor will it be read aloud once it has been transferred to the picture e Rubber Stamp Choose a s
18. k the Play button to see the show e You have created a digital puppet show Digital Puppet Sample Project 7 Save your project twice Once as a Stampimator project and a second time Save for SlideShow if you want to include it in a SlideShow CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 19 Wacky TV Wacky TV is a digital movie player It basically runs like a TV VCR A few special features are also added for fun effects The main features of the Wacky TV are e Once selected Wacky TV will display the Pick a Movie dialog box listing the movies that are provided on the Kid Pix CD e Navigate through the folders to select the movie of your choice e You can get other movies through various sources on the Internet e MAC users will play QuickTime movies and PC users play either MOV or AVI formats Channel Changer Tool Bar Electric Mixer Wacky TV Viewer CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 20 Channel Changer Select this to change the movies to watch Goodbye Returns you to the Picker screen Stop Stops the movie Play Starts the movie Movies run continuously Step by Step To advance the movie one frame at a time Rewind Brings you back to the beginning of the movie Volume Control Adjusts the sound level Paste Jar Select this tool to paste the current movie into your picture e Electric Mixer Experiment with this fe
19. s drawing tools Or A ColorMe Screen Era More Pictures Use this option to add graphics to your picture You can add Backgrounds Clip Art Cutouts and Maps CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 8 Record a Sound Use this feature to add sounds to your Kid Pix picture Students can also record their own voice Pick a Movie You can use this command to play the movie you have inserted in your picture You may have to navigate to the folder where the movies are located OO Preview fm Pick a Movie 3 Kia Pix Studio Babakitis Flybys ai craig and Company C QuickPix 5 Wonderful Waterfowl Create ft Show Preview The Wacky TV will appear over your picture Preview the movie using the Wacky TV Click the paste jar to paste the movie in your picture For more information see the Wacky TV section PE Bit um mih ea ree gt Wacky TV Screen CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 9 Speech menu Kid Pix can read aloud any text typed with the Typewriter tool using the Speech menu options lt gt Read Text Aloud Text written with the Typewriter tool will be read by the computer If you have more than one text box in your picture they will be read in order from top to bottom and from left to right lt gt Pick a Voice Use this tool to select a voice for the computer to use for speaking Pick a Voice Voice Bruce high quality Gender Male Age 35
20. t or semester ICT Training Updated July 2001 Contents Kid Pix Studio Deluxe The picker Screen Installation Kid Pix Moopies Stampimator Digital puppets Wacky TV SlideShow FAQs Lesson ideas Activity Trainer Notes CSLP The Picker screen This is the first window that you see when you enter Kid Pix The six buttons lead you to the 6 areas of Kid Pix Each of the six areas provide children the opportunity to create different kinds of art projects can be selected from the Picker Kid Pix Picker Screen Kid Pix is a drawing and painting program designed for children in mind The tools are simple to use and by clicking and dragging with the mouse great works of art can be created Kid Pix is the main application Children can also write text and use stamps with ready made clip art Moopies short for moving pictures takes the students into the world of animation In Moopies the Wacky Brushes Rubber Stamps Alphabet Stamps and Electric Mixer effects move Stampimator brings children into the area of drama It is a theatre stage inside your computer where animated Rubber Stamps are the actors and you are the director Select a stamp click and drag the mouse along a specific path and the actor will move along that path This is a great starting place for story starters Children can then write about their projects CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 2 Digital
21. tamp and use the mouse button to paste it into your picture You can change the stamp set by selecting Edit a Stamp from the Toolbox menu e Moving Van This tool allows you to pick up and move a portion of your picture to another area or to copy a section of your picture e Eyedropper This tool enables you to duplicate a specific colour from your drawing to be used with another tool e Undo Guy This tool will undo the last action CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 6 Kid Pix menus D a6 F x E i i a EM A Record a Sound R E gt TE ay Play Sound AH lt gt Pick a Movie Y fey Play Movie U O a Stamp Set Choose this to make changes the set of rubber stamps available in the Rubber Stamp Tool option tray Stamp sets come in sets of 112 Pick a Stamp Set fiashevostae CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 7 Bric Hidden Pictures Hidden pictures are created with the eraser tool Click the Eraser tool then the mystery button and start erasing A picture will slowly appear Click on the Mystery button again to change the hidden picture O a DrawMe Select and you will hear a different suggestion for a creative drawing Hundreds of suggestions exist The words will appear on your drawing You can erase the words from the screen with an eraser Yra a ColorMe ColorMes are like colouring books they are black and white drawings that can be coloured by your students using the variou
22. urhood sounds with a portable recorder and then make a picture of the sound and import the sound you recorded Use the pictures to create a visual and auditory picture of where you live e Make a SlideShow of your school or neighbourhood field trip farm animals city country a zoo etc Drama e Make parts face features hands etc for paper bag puppets Science e Illustrate a science experiment and record the steps on several Kid Pix pages and then make a SlideShow to demonstrate your experiment to others e Draw a picture of the different steps for plant growth and make a quick e Make a SlideShow to animate the growth musie N Make programs and posters for school musical events e During the staff workshop the teachers were amazed at the possibilities and really enjoyed the program themselves Even non techies who get the jitters just thinking about technology integration had fun and began to see the endless possibilities for this program and the programs that support it CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 28 Suggestions for parents For parents who have a computer printer and Kid Pix at home all of the suggested activities may be carried out Submitted By Diane Simmons Tomczak Sous Servaz 17 CH 1266 Duillier Switzerland http henson austin apple com edres ellesson elem kidpixgeneva shtml CSLP Kid Pix Studio Page 29 Exploring and creating with Kid Pix
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