Double exposure effect

Hi,
I was trying to find a way to imitate analogue photography's double exposure but I failed. I did not find any useful online help neither. Of course I know about layers' blending options (multiply, screen) etc. What PS gives me at the moment are not at all satisfactory at all as the result always shows an 'effect' instead of seeing the two images merging into each other.
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
Peter

I do this with Blend If sliders under Layer Options.
Simply double click the layer, and then move the sliders on "This Layer" or "Underlying Layer". You can split my channel color frequency, or by a global luminosity setting. This way you can target the exposed areas to blend only in shadows (like in film) or on highlights. It gives a lot of creative freedom and play. Once you start mixing hte Blending Modes, and the Blend-If sliders you can get a lot of the effect you're after.
Here is a video to see how I made this one that I just grabbed real quick from my machine. Double Exposure Tutorial.mp4 - Google Drive

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