April 2003
The Microsoft® Windows® XP Creativity Fun Packs offer new Power Toys, enhancements and tools that make it fun to be creative with Windows XP. They include a wide range of themed content designed expressly for the following features of Windows XP: Windows Media Player 9 Series, Windows Movie Maker 2, Digital Photography and Web Browsing with Windows XP. This document provides installation instructions and other information that will help you get started.
Four Fun Packs are available:
· Windows XP Creativity Fun Pack for Windows Media Player 9 Series
· Windows XP Creativity Fun Pack for Windows Movie Maker 2
· Windows XP Creativity Fun Pack for Digital Photography and Web Browsing with Windows XP
· Windows XP Creativity Fun Pack Power Toys
See below for additional detail on each of the packs.
While the Creativity Fun Packs are unsupported, we have taken great care to ensure that they operate as they should. For this reason, Microsoft Technical Support is unable to answer questions about the Creativity Fun Packs. The Windows XP Creativity Fun Packs are for Windows XP only.
The Windows XP Creativity Fun Packs, including the documentation and information provided, are for your personal use and are subject to the terms and conditions of the end user license agreement presented during the Windows XP Creativity Fun Pack installation process.
To locate the Creativity Fun Packs on your PC after downloading, go to the Start button on the Windows XP desktop and select All Programs. The Windows XP Creativity Fun Pack folders will appear in the All Programs menu.
Thank you from the Windows XP team!
Digital Music with Windows Media Player 9 Series
· Windows Media Player 9 Series Visualizations
· Blogging Plug-in for Windows Media Player 9 Series
Digital Video with Windows Movie Maker 2
· Sound Effects
· Music
· Video Titles
Digital Photography and Browsing with Windows XP
· Greeting Card Templates for Easter, Mother’s Day, Graduation and Baseball Season
· Seasonal Title Slides for Windows XP Plus! DME Photo story
· Internet Explorer 6 Spring Time Favorites
Power Toys for Windows XP
· Windows XP Video Screensaver Power Toy
· Windows XP Automatic Desktop Wallpaper Changer Power Toy
The hardware and software requirements for Microsoft Windows XP Creativity Fun Pack are as follows:
· Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional
· A 350 megahertz (MHz) processor
· 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM
· 300 MB of free hard disk space
· VGA video resolution monitor
· CD-ROM or DVD drive, keyboard, Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
· An Internet connection may be required for some features.
· Windows XP–compatible sound card and speakers or headphones
· 256-color video card
· 3-D graphics acceleration and 16 MB or more of video memory is required for some features. The video adapter must be compatible with Windows XP. Please see the below recommended system configuration for more information.
You can confirm that your video adapter is compatible with Windows XP by reviewing the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) page at the Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs Web site. Type the video adapter manufacturer name in the Search box, and then select Display from the list of hardware types.
· A 500 MHz or faster processor
· 128 MB or higher of RAM
· Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher video resolution monitor
· A video display adapter with hardware 3-D graphics acceleration and 16 MB or more of video memory, including the following:
· Matrox G400 and G450
· SiS300
· Trident BladeXP 128
· 3Dlabs Permedia 3
· Video cards using the ATI Radeon and Rage 128 chipsets
· Video cards using the NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 and GeForce chipsets
If you are using a video adapter containing the ATI or NVIDIA chipsets, we recommend you download and install the latest video card software drivers from the manufacturer's Web site.
The Windows XP Creativity Fun Pack includes two exciting visualizations for Windows Media Player 9 Series. For instructions on using visualizations, open Windows Media Player, press F1, and then search for "visualization."
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Visualization |
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3D Alchemy |
The 3D Alchemy Visualization Pack for Windows Media Player includes five exciting new visualizations built using Windows XP's 3D capabilities: - Classic: A classic view of Alchemy - Monoliths: View album art and a sci-fi themed visualization in 3D - Strange World: A futuristic world and satellite with visualizations dancing on the surface. - WM Museum: A 3D museum of the many versions of Windows Media Player
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Picture Viz 3D: Spring Edition
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An all-new 3D version of the popular Picture Viz packs. View
personal pictures with themed backgrounds for Baseball, Easter, Mother's Day,
Spring, Graduation, or pick your own. Over two dozen transitions to get you
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Blogging (or Web Logging) is a form of personal web publishing, normally done on a regular basis that includes links, thoughts, and journal items that you share with others. This Plug-In for Windows Media Player is designed to make it easier for "Bloggers" to add currently playing song information to a Blog entry using compatible tools. This information will be detected by clients such as LiveJournal and other similar blogging clients and thus enable your Blog entries to have information about your currently playing music (providing your blog client supports this). It works by updating the Windows Media Player window title with information about the currently playing track, a nice feature even if you don't have a Blog.
For more information on this plug-in and code samples for adding support to your Web, Visual Basic, or C/C++ application, visit here.
Make home movies like a pro with Windows Movie Maker 2 and this brand new collection of creative extras, including video titles, music and sound effects. Whatever the occasion, there’s something here that will help you make your home movies even better!
All sounds and music are provided by SoundDogs.com. SoundDogs.com has delivered sound effects for over sixty feature films, including Academy Award nominated films Meet The Parents, The Wonder Boys, As Good As It Gets, The Green Mile, Titanic, Stuart Little, and Jerry Maguire. They have over 155,000 sound effects, music clips and samples online. For more information, visit http://www.sounddogs.com/htm/mm2.htm.
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Video Element |
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Video Titles and End Credits
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Choose from a selection of six “countdown,” “the end,” and blank video titles to add to your home movies. Use the blank clips to add your own titles using Movie Maker’s titling engine. |
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Static Video Titles |
The Creativity Pack contains 16 static titles slides that you can use as is or add your own titles to. For many occasions, including Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and Graduation. |
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Music Tracks and Music Transitions |
Courtesy of SoundDogs.com, this fun pack has 3 full length songs that you can add to your graduation movie or any kind of movie. There are also five music transitions to add dramatic interest to your home movies. |
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Sound Effects |
More than 50 new sound effects, including party sounds, graduation ceremony sounds, and a bunch of miscellaneous sounds, like cars, buzzers and clicks. |
Make sure to download the final release version of Windows Movie Maker 2 to take advantage of the fun pack. You can find it at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/moviemaker/downloads/moviemaker2.asp.
Note: Make sure to review the system requirements for Windows Movie Maker 2 to ensure that your PC will provide an optimal experience. These requirements are listed on the download page above.
Before you begin using this content, you must import it into Movie Maker. Here’s how:
To import Windows Movie Maker content:
1. First, open Windows Movie Maker 2. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click on Windows Movie Maker.
2. In Movie Maker 2, from the File menu, click Import and navigate to the location on your hard drive where you installed the Windows XP Creativity Fun Pack for Windows Movie Maker 2. The default location is in your My Videos folder [My Documents à My Videosà Creativity Fun Pack].
Note: When importing the Video Title Slides, uncheck the Create clips for video files box. This will ensure that the video files you import will remain in one piece.
3. Select the clip or clips you wish to import. (Press and hold the CTRL key while selecting multiple files.)
4. Click Open to import the clips. The video files will now be in Collections folders in Windows Movie Maker 2.
For more information about Windows Movie Maker 2, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/moviemaker/.
Spring-time Greeting
Card Templates and Title Slides
There are 15 greeting card templates for Mother’s Day, Graduation Day, Baseball
Season and Easter that you can use with Windows XP or Microsoft® Picture It!® (or
other graphics programs) to create your own spring-time cards, personalized
with your photos. You can send the greeting cards via email, or print them out
and mail them.
You’ll also find five Title Slides you can use when creating a Photo Story with Windows XP Plus! Digital Media Edition. Title Slides are useful way to add an opening theme to your Photo Story. The Windows XP Creativity Fun Pack features Title Slides for the season’s major holidays, including Mother’s Day, Graduation and Easter. To learn more about Photo Story and Windows XP Plus! DME, or to buy it now, visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows/plus/dme/dmehome.asp
We’ve collected over 70 great sites covering a range of topics including baseball, Easter, Mother’s Day, digital photography, graduation, and the outdoors. These sites will help you find the perfect gift, buy a digital camera, plan a hike, start a garden and much more. Once installed, the links will appear in your Favorites menu. Just open Internet Explorer and click on the Favorites drop-down menu. They will be in a folder called “Spring Favorites.”
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Screensaver |
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Windows XP Video Screen Saver Power Toy |
The Microsoft® Windows XP Screen Saver Power Toy makes it easy to play any Windows Media Video or series of videos (such as home movies created with Windows Movie Maker 2) as your Windows XP Screensaver.
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When installation completes, the Display Properties dialog box is displayed with the Screen Saver tab selected. This enables you to select the Screen Saver option, and to change settings for the screen saver.
To manually select the Windows XP Video Screen Saver Power toy
1. Right-click on your desktop, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Screen Saver tab.
3. In the Screen saver box, click XP Video Power toy.
To select a File or Playlist to run as a screen saver
1. Right-click on your desktop, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Screen Saver tab.
3. In the Screen saver box, click XP Video Power toy.
4. Click the Settings button,
5. Under file or Playlist to use, select the Playlist or,
6. to select a file manually, select the option "Manually selected file" at the top of the list and click the edit button to select.
Note: Playlists and Auto Playlists can be customized using Windows Media Player 9 Series.
Tip: You can also turn any installed Windows Media Player 9 Series visualization as a screensaver by selecting it first in Windows Media Player, and then running the screensaver with a music Playlist. Audio during screensaver playback can be muted by selecting "Mute audio on playback."
Tip: You can adjust the volume, or select the next or previous item when using a supported keyboard, such as the newer Microsoft Keyboards.
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Desktop Wallpaper Changer |
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Windows XP Desktop Wallpaper Changer Power Toy |
Make your computer desktop more dynamic, interactive, useful and fun! The Wallpaper Changer Power Toy allows your desktop wallpaper to change automatically. It also lets you choose which images to display. Select the folder of images to display as a slide show and set the display interval to change wallpaper every few minutes, hours, or days. The simple intuitive interface is easily available from the system tray.
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To uninstall the Windows XP Creativity Fun Pack, use the following procedures.
To uninstall the Visualizations
1. In Windows Media Player full mode, click Tools, and then click Options.
2. On the Visualizations tab, click the visualization you want to remove.
3. Click Remove, and then click Yes when prompted.
To uninstall any of the Movie Maker components:
1. Click on the Start menu.
2. Select Control Panel.
3. Double-click on Add or Remove Programs.
4. Select the Movie Maker component you want to remove, and then click Change/Remove.
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