Lesson 1 - The RPMC UI

• The Thumbnails View lists pictures in the current folder. To change the current folder, click the [Open Folder] button.
• The Edit View displays the selected picture from the thumbnails view. Here you make selection using one of the [Tools] and add the selection the collage.
• The Collage View displays the collage background and the element pictures added from the Edit View. Each element picture is marked with a number. You can right click the background or a element number to modify the background or the element.

Lesson 2 - Make Your First Collage

• Select a portion of the picture on the Edit View using the left mouse button.
• Add the selected portion to the Collage View by pushing the [Add to Collage] button. The added portion is now the number 1 element of the collage.
• Size the element by dragging its borders.
• Make a mirrored copy of the element by right clicking the element number and select the [Duplicate] menu command and then [Mirror] command.
• Adjust the position of the two elements, so that they overlap each other smoothly.

Lesson 3 - The Collage Background

The collage background can be of a solid color or an picture.

• Solid Color Background: Right click the Collage View and select the [Background]->[Fill] command.
• Picture Background: Select the picture from the Thumbnails View so that it appears on the Edit View. Right click on the Edit View and select the [Set as Background] commmand.

Lesson 4 - Make a Christmas Card

This lesson continued from the previous one.

There are tons of free greeting card templates on the Internet. The best ones are those that have a Alpha Channel, and are usually PNG pictures. The Alpha Channel controls where the picture is transparent. The collage background of this lesson is such a PNG picture.

• Open the picture you want to fit into the background so that it appears on the Edit View.
• Add the picture to the Collage View.
• Move and Size the picture so that it fit to the transparent area of the background very well.

Lesson 5 - Tools, Transition, Bucket

• Tools: There are four Tools: [Rectangle], [Oval], [Irregular] and [Bucket]. Tools are used to make selection on the Edit View. The first three tools are used to draw an enclosed shape. Only things inside the enclosed shape will be added to the collage. The fourth tool, the Bucket Tool, flood-fills areas that are not to be added to the collage.
• Transition determins the width of the transparent border of the selection. The larger the Transition value, the wider of the transparent border.
• Bucket values determins the flood-filling power of the Bucket Tool.