Overlay a photo on another?

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December 18, 2012
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Though I have had this program for several months, it seems that I cannot make much progress. I have two images. I wish to use one as a background and overlay the other. I have spent two days trying to accomplish this to no avail. I am sure it is very simple but as I have said before, Photoshop Elements is the least intuitive program I have ever encountered.

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99jon

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Select both images using Ctrl+Click (Cmd+click on Mac) then click Open

Both images will appear in the photo bin.

If the background appears first in the editor window double click on the subject image in the photo bin.

Then press Ctrl+A to selct all followed by Ctrl+C to copy

Then double click on the background thumbnail in the photo bin and press Ctrl+V to paste.

Select the move tool from the top of the tool pallet to reposition and scale/resize.

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RettsDad43Author

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Thanks for your help!

I guess that was not my only "problem". I followed your instructions and now have the image over the background. However, I had used one of the available tools to "remove" unwanted elements leaving just the subjects. The area that used to have unwanted elements is white and it was my understanding that the unwanted section would become transparent when placed over the background. This is not the case.

I now have the entire modified image sitting on the background. As usual. I am not sure what do do next.

99jon

Legend

You can make a slelection and press Ctrl+J to get a new layer with transparency then use a solid color background or another image background.

See my detailed instructions here:

http://forums.adobe.com/message/4166187#4166187

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