Features of Kid Pix 3


What are the features of Kid Pix 3?
Kid Pix Deluxe 3 has editable textboxes, expanded libraries for stamps, stickers, animations as well as sound and backgrounds. You can import graphics from the Internet and export JPEG and GIF files to share student projects with parents. There are templates in the form of  lesson ideas, and an idea machine.

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Basic tools in the "Paint Zone".

             Backgrounds Library

Stickers Library
 

Animations Library
 

Sounds Library
 

Undo Guy

Play

Save
 
 

New Picture
 

Erase the whole picture

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Paint

Drawing  Tools

Paint Buckets

Stamps
 

Grabber Tools

Tools

Paintbrush Tools

Electric Mixer Toosl
 

TextBox Tools

Erasers
 
 

Color Picker Tools


Exit

 

 

Print

Paper Texture

Help

To Slideshow

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Tool Picker

Pencil- Solid      Crayon- hard/fuzzy

           Chalk-               Marker-           Sizes
              soft/fuzzy       see-through

Options

              Straight line            Outline Shapes
  Free-hand            Rectangle       Oval         Polygon

                Curve                   Solid Shapes

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What is a Background?
A Background is the very bottom layer of your page. Stickers, animations, text boxes, and movies "float" above the background and are not impacted by paint tools. To explore these, drag and drop them on your page.

What can I do with Sound?
The new Sound Library helps you make one page a presentation by adding sound to it. Be careful not to add music to every page as it may distract from the content. Often times a student's voice is much better than what the computer can do.
As you look through the library you'll find "My Sounds". This is where you can record your own voice. To add sound to your page just drag and drop it on your page. Click the green play button to hear your sound.

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What are Stickers?
Stickers are another form of stamps. The difference is that stickers can be resized and moved as they "float" above the background of the page. This can be a benefit when some tools make changes to the entire background. Stickers can be "flattened" to become part of the background (Toolbox menu and Flatten Stickers and Animations). To explore stickers, just drag and drop them on your page.

What are Animations?
Animations are short moving pictures that may repeat. Use the green play button to see them move on your page. They "float" above the background like stickers and can be resized and moved. They also may be flattened (Toolbox menu and Flatten Stickers and Animations) but will no longer be animated. To try some animations, just drag and drop them on your page.

What Does the Undo Guy Do?
The Undo Guy will make your last action as if it did not happen. This is very handy if you make only one mistake because he only removes the last thing you did. For example, if you are filling red paint into a shape and accidentally paint the shape, the Undo Guy will put things back to how it was before you painted the shape.

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Paintbrush Tools and options


                Paintbrush      Sound Art                           Realistic Paint Mode 

                                                  Spray Can                   Wacky Paint Mode        Paint Options
(Using the Spray Can you can spray 3D shapes!)      Sizes

Paint bucket Tools and options


                       Solid                        Pattern

                                         Blend                                                 Fill Choices

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Electric Mixer Tools and options


                  Mega-                    Mini-
                 whole screen          small area           Sizes                      Options

Rubber Stamp Tools and options


                        Libraries                                       Sizes     Stamp Editor             Rubber Stamps 

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Text Box Tools and options
You can edit a text box by selecting the Text Box Tool and then clicking in the box you want to edit. You can then delete or add more text. Text boxes "float" above the background and can be "flattened". They should be flattened if you do not want Slideshow to read them aloud. 

                                    Font                         Size                  Copy   Text to Speech        Voice
                                    Style              Alignment                Cut   Paste 
Grabber Tools and options


The Hand allows you to move 
stickers, animations, and movies.                     Trash   Copy

The Scissors cut, copy, or trash a                             Paste                Select a shape for cutting out.
selected section..

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Eraser Tools and options


                                                    Little Eraser          Big Eraser              Sizes      Shapes


How do I use the Paper Texture feature?
There are 21 paper textures to choose from. Using the Draw Tools, select the chalk, crayon, or see-through marker to see the effect of the texture you have chosen.
 

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Getting Started        Basic Features     Helpful Hints    Technical Issues
Templates and Lesson Ideas        Slide Shows