• Open 2 files (see below)
  e.g. angelika.jpg; clouds.jpg
• Click on your first image (e.g. angelika) to activate it
• Go to Select > All
• Now go to Edit > Copy
• Activate background photo [clouds] by clicking on it.

NB  Or you could use the Move tool [V] to simply drag a copy of one picture onto the other.

• Go to Edit > Paste: clouds will be obscured completely by angelika. Note that there are now two layers.

• Use one of the selection tools to select the part of the image that you want to show through. I used the Elliptical Marquee Tool.

• Soften the edge of the selection by feathering it: on the Tool Options bar type in a radius of about 20 pixels: the radius will depend on image size.

• Click on the angelika layer on the Layers Palette to select it.

• Finally, click on the Layer Mask Tool at the bottom of the layer palette to add a mask that will allow the background image to show through.

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