How to Use Make a New Background with Photoshop Elements

How to Transform Your Photos: Easy Background Changes with Photoshop Elements!

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Photos: 

City: https://pixabay.com/photos/city-road-buildings-roadway-171444/

Ghost Town: https://pixabay.com/photos/ghost-town-goldfield-arizona-usa-142881/

Woman with Dog: https://pixabay.com/photos/dog-animal-chihuahua-rude-fur-3961092/

Project File:  dodge burn sponge.zip

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Step-by-Step:

Old West - New City
 
Make a new file at the defaut Photoshop Elements size (600x400 at 300ppi)
 
Add 3 photos
 
Old west on bottom, city in middle, girl top layer
 
Align the city on the old west street
 
Use ctrl+t to bring up the control handles to adjust the size, and skew of the photo
 
Sepia Tone the old west street
Add Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer, colorize and adjust Hue to taste
 
Lower contrast
Add Levels Adjustment Layer and bring bottom slider controls slightly in
 
Add Dust and scratches
Filter Menu, Noise, Add Noise
 
Make a 2/3 layer mask for city
Use the rectangular marquee tool and drag from top right corner towards lower left to cover about 2/3 of project. Hit the Add Layer Mask button.
 
Blur layer mask
Filter Menu, Blur, Guassian Blur
 
Remove background from subject
Use Select Subject or your favorite selection method to remove the background from the subject. 
Add Levels Adjustment Layer and adjust image