New user question  -  superimposing one image on top of another

Hi,
I am a new user to Photoshop having downloaded the trial version of Elements 10 this morning so forgive my very basic question. I have a picture of a sunset and a picture of a ship. How do I place the ship in the sunset please? that is, how do I superimpose the ship on to the sunset background?
Cheers,
Mankie22

You can also try the quick selection tool.  The selection tools take some practice to understand them.  Changing brush sizes in the option bar may help you with either the selection brush tool or the quick selection tool.  You want the selection to include the entire ship, not just the outer edges.  You may have had the brush very small and therefore just selected a narrow edge of the ship. 
Once you make your selection and paste it over the other layer, you should take a look at how the edges of the ship appear.  If they are jagged, you might need to Undo a couple of steps and either fix up the selection ( change brush size, addto/subtract from).  Another refinement would be to make sure you still have a selection tool active and then right click within the selection.  Choose Refine Edge and you can smooth the edge there - along with other refinements available.
Click on Help in the menu bar and go to the Adobe help site.  Type in key words for more info.

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