real newbie question

[piterm1]

hi everyone
im new to photoshop and my skills are progressing really slow
im having trouble with overlaying one image over another
if anyone could tell me how to do it
basically i have two pics of , one big and a small that i want to have over the biggger one, but I want the second (small ) picture to be transparent so that the background of the first picture is still visible, or distinguishable.
help please

 

[Geoff]

heya pitern nice to have ya aboard!
well to get a transparent effect, just play around with the Opacity and Fill bar in your LAYERS PALETTE and hopefully you'll get the effect you need

P.S. if you dont know where the layers palette is go to the tope of the screen to WINDOW and click on LAYERS hope i helped ya out and feel free to ask anymore questions, the gurus here are more than happy to answer any questions

 

[wbiss]

Welcome aboard piterm1!

And, hey... thanks for jumping right in and helping out, Geoff!

 

[Guest]

Hi and welcome to the board piterm1

 

[JyNx]

Right on target Geoff!

Opacity and Fill Opacity are the things you need to worry about in your situation. [excited]

 

[sfm]

Welcome aboard Piterm
sfm

 

[Geoff]

ty jynx

 

[Leejune]

Welcome aboard Piterm, doesn't take long to get an answer here, we have an agreeable, knowledgeable gang B7

 

[Sanby]

Welcome Piterm.

Geoff, great answers, hope it solves your problem Piterm

Sanby

 

[Bobzworld]

welcome to the group piterm1, enjoy your stay

 

[azheat4u]

Welcome aboard piterm1. This is a great board where everyone is always willing to help.

 

[Geoff]

its a shame that we havent heard from piterm, but oh well maybe he'll be back

 

[wbiss]

We hope so, Geoff!