Handy
Tip : There are quite a few different techniques for blending
one image into another, some use masks and others what is called
the compositing technique described on this page. Whatever method
you choose, blending images improves the overall look of a graphic
creation.
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Paint Shop Pro
Tutorial. How to blend images with the compositing technique.
You can blend two or
more photographic images using the PSP compositing technique. In this
PSP tutorial on blending images, we will use an image of Ayers Rock in
Central Australia and blend in an image of a great Australian and champion
golfer, Greg Norman.
Step 1
Open up an image that you will use as a background.
 Add
a new layer.
( Layers/New Raster Layer.)
Step 2 Open
up a second image that you will blend into the first background image.
 Pick the Freehand
Tool  and
draw a selection around your selected image (Freehand
Settings: Selection Type = Point to Point
Feather = 0 Anti-Alias
= Checked)
Step
3 Click on Selections
/ Modify / Feather.
Set feather selection to 15 pixels.
You should now have an image like this.
When done place
a copy of the selection to your clipboard.
(Either press keyboards
Ctr + C or click Edit / Copy.)
Step
4 Click on your
first image, the background image.
Paste clipboard image onto background
image.
(Edit / Paste / As new Selection. Or Ctrl + E. )
Position
pasted image in desired location.
Deselect. Step
5
Click on Layers>Properties,
set
Blend Mode = Hardlight
Experiment with the Blend Mode and Opacity settings or use the layers
toggle layer tool 
Step
6 When you have
your desired effect, click on
Layers/Merge all /flatten and Save
As.
You can add as many blended images as you like by adding another
layer and following the above steps.
 And
here is the finished image.
Two great Australian icons together!
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