How to cutout and peek out

[MikeHughesEcho]

I'm sure I used to be able to cut out the top of a head, for instance, using the pen tool and then duplicate it and paste it back in place so it could be slid around and perhaps appear peeking out of the top of a pic frame. Has that process changed, or is it just my old brain...?

[Luke Jennings3]

There are probably several methods to do this, here is one- 

Open the image in Photoshop and draw paths around the areas you want to pop out, save the path(s) as clipping paths.

Place the image in InDesign and duplicate it, apply the clipping paths to the top image (Object> Clipping Paths> Options). insert shapes or other images between the original images. Here is a link to a related discussion:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/overlap-an-image-over-different-shape...

[MikeHughesEcho]

Thanks Luke - but I don't have Photoshop! Sure I used to do it all in ID....

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

You can do the same in InDesign.

In short - you need to create Clipping Path in InDesign as a new object / container for your head.

1. Lock the layer with your image
2. Create a new layer - above
3. Using Pen tool - create new object
4. Duplicate your image inside this object