Blending images using a gradient

When you want to gradually blend one photo into another in a composite, try…using a Gradient on a layer mask. This will give you a softer blend between the…images than using a selection with a layer mask.…I'd like to bring a second photo into this photo of blue wildflowers.…I'm going to use the Place command as I showed you in an earlier movie in this chapter.…Going up to the File menu, choosing Place, selecting this photo of yellow…columbines, which are the State flower of Colorado, my state, and then…clicking the Place button.…

That brings the yellow flower into its own new layer on top of the blue wildflowers.…These two images are the same size and I don't want to resize the yellow flower…layer, so I'll just click the green check mark to finish bringing it in.…What I'd like to do is to hide the area on the right-side of the yellow flower…photo so we can see down through this area to the blue flowers below, and I'd…like there to be a gradual transition from blue flowers on the right to the big…