Combine multiple images

All I want is to combine multiple photos and have them be different layers, and nothing on this godforsaken website is telling me how to do it, and I'm about to go out of my mind.

Hi! It's sometimes difficult and frustrating to try to find one particular piece of information.
In fact, the easiest is to use Bridge! Select the files, go to Tools>Photoshop>Load files as Photoshop layers, and it will be done for you!
See: http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1709187 or  http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/layers/images-as-layers/ for a workflow example.
If you have Photoshop extended, you can try Julianne Kost's second method: http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/2012/02/open-several-photographs-into-a-single-photoshop-docu ment.html

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