How to Create a KidPix SlideShow
A KidPix slideshow is a collection of KidPix pictures is a prearranged sequence. You can set timing and transitions between pictures.
Quit Kid Pix * and open the Slide Show program * which is located in the Kid Pix folder.
1. Preparing and Saving Your Pictures
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Create a folder on the Desktop to hold all your KidPix picture files.
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Name the folder. Example: “KPPictures”
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Create your pictures/slides in KidPix.
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If there is sound to record, wait and record sounds within the slide
show program.
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Save each picture with a unique name to the folder. “KPPictures
2. Start the SlideShow
Program
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Open KidPix Studio.
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Select “SlideShow” from the
Return to Picker menu.
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If you are in KidPix, select
“File->Return to Picker” to
open the SlideShow.
3. Begin a SlideShow
4. Create A Slide
To make a slideshow out of a
collection of pictures, you need to
place each picture into an
individual slide of the slideshow.
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A truck represents each slide.
If a “truck” is highlighted in blue, it is
your currently selected slide.
Create a slide using the “Pick
a Picture Tool.”
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You will receive a dialog box
to locate your picture.
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Locate the folder
contains your Kid
pictures: “KPPictures”
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Select a picture to add.
Pick a Picture
that
Pix
 Continue adding slides to
empty slides.
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To add more slides to your slideshow, use the up/down
arrows at the bottom right corner of the screen.
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5. Add Sounds
6. Add Transitions
To enhance your slideshow, add
sounds between slides.
To add variety to your
slideshow, add transitions
between slides.
To add sound between two slides:
Add Sound
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Add pictures to two adjacent
slides.
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Select the transition tool
on the first slide.
Choose a sound.
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Choose a transition.
Press Select.
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Press Select.
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Add pictures to two adjacent
slides.
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Select the sound tool.
the first slide.
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7. Change Slide Timing
8. Control A SlideShow
Change the timing between
individual slides if you want
some slides to stay on the screen
for a shorter or longer period of
time.
Control your slideshow with the
“Slide Controls” located at the
bottom of the screen.
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Click
and
drag
“Transition Timer.”
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The transition
appear in a box.
time
0:02
Undo
the
will
Choose a Transition
Play
Delete
Loop Play
Transition Timer
To arrange slides in a different order, select the slide you want to
move. Click and drag the slide to an empty slide.
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9. Save a SlideShow
Three are three different ways to save a
slide show.
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Save as a SlideShow.
Saving in this format will allow
you to make changes to your
slideshow. The following is
reguired to run a saved slideshow.
1) KidPix Studio installed on a
computer.
2) The pictures that make up the
slideshow must be in the same
folder as the saved slideshow.
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Save as QuickTime Movie.
You cannot make changes to a
QuickTime movie. The following
is required to run a QuickTime
movie.
1) QuickTime installed on a
computer.
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*In order to run a QuickTime
movie or a StandAlone
Slideshow, you do not need
the original pictures that make
up the KidPix slideshow.
Save as a StandAlone. You
cannot make changes to a
StandAlone SlideShow.
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