Layers for beginners

[brucecoull]

Hi I am trying to put one person from a image behind a person in a different image in Photoshop.I cannot get the images to stack in the layers panel .It is only the image in workspace that is the background layer,then if I click on the other image that becomes the background layer,I cannot get a stack of layers ,ie the two images or indeed more if I needed to open up one on top of the other .Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.   Bruce

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[Nancy OShea]

Please show us your Layers panel to reveal your stacking order.

In a nutshell, Layers are like transparencies. 

• The topmost layer is in front of all other layers. 
• The bottom layer is behind all other layers. 
• Middle layers are sandwiched between them.

Use Layer Masks to conceal/reveal regions from top and middle layers.

https://www.adobe.com/learn/photoshop/in-app/get-to-know-layer-masks

[Nancy OShea]

A crude example of stacking order below.

[Nancy OShea]

Open image 1,

Hold down Ctrl/Cmd + A to Select All.

Hold Ctrl/Cmd + C to copy.

Switch to second image.

Hit Ctrl/Cmd + V to paste.