72 a KidPix

I've written about KidPix before from a learning point of view. This time KidPix deserves a mention from a creative point of view. I'm facilitating a combined presentation with my colleague in Malta. We have been looking at population statistics comparing Malta with NZ in graphical form. By taking the set of graphs obtained from Cenus papers we dropped the graphics into KidPix. Using the eydropper we were able to colour coordinate the bars, add text, remove text and generally "fix" the graphs so they looked similar and represented the data well in a comparative form, without altering the data. While this could be done in Photoshop, KidPix was quick, easy and in a small file size to send back and forth. For me KidPix has been around the block a couple of times, is an oldie and a goody and in this case was a low cost tool doing a high end job. MacKeiv have produced the new version of KidPIx, and although it doesn't have some of the older features, there are some powerful new ones. So KidPix gets the thumbs up from me again for its versility, and for allowing me to do a job outside the square.