merge 2 images to create overlapping effect

[jaychou]

hi all, I'm newbie here. Please take it easy for me if this question has been asked before. I couldn't find a tutorial on it so I have to ask here.
I got a task to use 2 photo let say photo A and B and merge them. B has some text in it.
Now i need to place B on A, but i need to make B transparent so that anything on A underneath it still visible.
I have tried the clone stamp but it will erase the text on B.
I have also tried to define a pattern from A and use it on B, but it will also erase the text on B ...
How do I do it to create a photo of A with just the text of B on it (like B's background is transparent).
thanks
:banghead:

 

[IamSam]

Hi jaychou and welcome to PSG!

If I'm understanding you, all you need do is isolate B's text and place it's layer above A's.

It's hard to tell without examples.

 

[jaychou]

Thanks IamSam, that would do the job for me. However i dont know how to "isolate the text" in B.. How do i do that? The magic wand does not select the text only

 

[jaychou]

for example, i want to place the text "Bonita Boutique hotel" without the solid white background onto to the bedroom photo (of course in my situation the text is more complicated otherwise i would have just type it onto the bedroom). How do i make the white background transparent or just isolate the text and put it onto the bedroom ?

 

[hawkeye]

Change the blend mode on the layer with the text to multiply.

 

[jaychou]

Change the blend mode on the layer with the text to multiply.

great !! got it done. thank you so much !!