Help with blending photos.....

Please help me.....I am a newbie when it comes to post processing......I am wanting to blend these two photos. I want to superimpose the flag above the soldier. I have been playing around with CS3 and cannot figure out how to do this. I know that it is possible. I have Kelby's book but for some reason I cant find anything on this. Thanks in advance!

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Select flag using magnetic lasso, copy, paste onto other image. Right click in layers palette, convert to smart object. Resize as desired. See attachment one.

To have it behind him just resize then add a layer mask, select a black brush and paint him - big strokes so you can see him, don't be accurate go way over the edges. Then grab a white brush and paint the flag back.

Total time it took me is about 2 minutes, that's why it looks like a 3 year old did it

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Thanks for the tutorial..............​.it helped ALOT! Merry Christmas!!!!!!!

No worries, easy stuff

More reading: see the video tutorial & other links in post #8:
Tough Exposure question

The young man is shot pretty well but I would suggest getting another flag. here is what I did with what you have

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I'm not sure what your going for here; however, when I do composting I usually try and make it as believable as possible. That said a flagpole would not be located right up against a building. Perhaps try putting the soldier twenty feet or so in front of the building and then placing the flagpole between the soldier and building.

Just another idea.

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In case you didn't notice, you left his right ear grey.

hawkeye60 wrote in post #6939649
In case you didn't notice, you left his right ear grey.

Good catch!

The horizontal line running along the wall (at his eye level) is very distracting. You might want to clone it out.

Fooled around a bit with a different idea...

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I went like this

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Wow!!!! Thanks to you all for the help. I really appreciate it. This is my first attempt at post processing like this. I am learning so much from you all. I guess that's why I love POTN sooo much. This is my good friend's son and he is stationed in North Carolina. He wil be shipped out to Iraq next year. He's a real hero! Thanks again.............Merr​y Christmas and Happy New Year!

good lord!!! u guys did great!!! i have been trying to put my dogs from 2 different pics into 1 and sooooooo have NO clue what i'm doing and u guys ROCKED this!!! GREAT JOB!!