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Make sure you’re working on the top image by clicking on it to select it. If you click on it again, you’ll make the top picture visible. If you disable it, you’ll be able to see the image on the bottom layer. Try clicking on the eye icon next to it enable/disable it. The top image is currently blocking the background layer. You’ll be able to see them as thumbnails so you can recognize them. Go to the Layers panel and see how you have two layers – one holding each photo. But that doesn’t mean that the second one isn’t there. When you have two images open in the same document in Photoshop, by default you’ll only see the top layer because of the blend mode.

Step 2: Open the two images as layers in Photoshop.

That’s why you should choose two images that can give you a harmonic result. This way of layering photos will give you the effect of a double-exposure. There’s no right or wrong way to do it, choose the one that you feel more comfortable with. You can drag the image from one window to the other you can use the Copy and Paste commands from the Edit menu or their respective keyboard shortcuts Cmd + C and Cmd + V or you can use the Place Embedded command. Then, you’ll need to have the two images together in the same document. If this is not visible, you can enable it in the menu Window, Layers.

I’ll walk you through all three and then you can use the method that suits you best, or you can use all three of them when you’re working on more complex composite photography ideas.įor all of them, you’re going to be working in the Layers panel.

Let’s take a look at three of the most useful ways to blend images together, as presented in the above video courtesy of Photoshop Essentials.Įach one will give you different results and will present different challenges.