INTRODUCTION
Photoshop Elements 6 has several good selection tools.  After selecting a portion of a picture, the selection can be moved to the background, making it a separate layer.  The Layers palette must be visible for this procedure.

OPEN A BACKGROUND PICTURE
Hold the Ctrl key and tap the letter O key > find the folder that has pictures > double-click the folder to view the pictures inside > click the View Menu icon and select Thumbnail or Medium Icon view > select a picture such as a landscape and click Open.

OPEN A PICTURE OF AN OBJECT
Repeat above procedure and pick an object or person.

SELECT AREA TO BE MOVED
Tap the “A” key to select the Quick Selection Tool > select the area to be converted (or all area not to be converted and inverse the selection later) > click-click-click to select (hold Alt and click to deselect areas that are not wanted in the selection).  If necessary, use the Zoom tool and enlarge the picture > progress around the edge to finely select and deselect.  If the background is selected, click Select + Inverse.
 
MOVE SELECTED OBJECT ONTO THE BACKGROUND LAYER
Tap the V key to select the Move tool > drag the selection onto the Background layer > move the new layer to expose a corner of the selection box > hold the Alt key and drag the corner square in (or out) to correctly size the object > release Alt key and drag object into position > click the green checkmark to complete the crop and move.  Close the original object & do not save.

OPEN A SECOND OBJECT
Open a second object and repeat the above 2 procedures.

CONCLUSION
Photoshop Elements 6 makes it easy to select an object.  A selected object is then dragged onto the Background layer to form a new layer.  Any number of selections can be included.  It’s a good idea to resize, if necessary, to keep all pictures close to the same size before beginning the process.

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