In the past I have used Photoshop before but not for complex tasks such as this, but once I found out how to design my picture I have produced I really enjoyed it and found it straight forward pretty much.
Firstly I searched pictures of a sand dune, a bear, an astronaut and the Eiffel Tower and then saved them all to my computer. In order to set up a file I created a 800 x 1000 pixels document width 72 dot per inch. This was to keep the file compact and easy to store on my computer network.
To scale my images I went into Photoshop, clicked on edit, then went down to transform, clicked on scale and held down the shift key (which makes the image clear once it has been set to the correct size) then pull to the size you are wanting, once you are happy with how small/big the image is, hit the enter key and the size should be set.
To add images to another layer (probably the background) click on Open, select your image and then drag it to the image you would like it to layer on. Once it has been dragged and set onto the image, close the window for the picture you no longer are using.
When saving a Photoshop document, always save it as a PSD file type, which will save all the layers you have created and make them become one layer instead.
If you want a soft edge when cutting an image from its background, go over to the tool bar on the left hand side, click on the third icon down and select the polygonal lasso. Then you will see at the top of the window, something that says 'Feather', change this setting to 1/2 pixels depending on how soft you are wanting the edge to be.
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