What approach/tools for a collages scene (to blend it all in so as not to look like a collage)

What photoshop approach/techniques/tools should I be looking into (e.g. watching tutorials) in order to create a collage scene? 
That is, a scene where I superimpose various pieces of images to create it.  Might be a general background (say a road), then superimposed trees from another image on the left, and a building on the right etc.  So the tips/tools re how to blend them in so as to not make it look like it is a collage (well as a much as possible anyway)...

Matt Kloskowski's Compositing Secrets would be an ideal nbook for you. I beleive it was Amazon's Photoshop book of the month, or some such accolade, a while back.
\http://kelbytraining.com/product/photoshop-compositing-secrets/
Otherwise, the steps involved are Selection, Layers, and Masking.  Google up Photoshop Compositing tutorials
Or a couple of general Photoshop tutorial sites wit hundreds of free videos:
http://kelbytv.com/photoshopusertv/
http://planetphotoshop.com/category/tutorials
Also look at the Steve Caplin books, or the forum on his How to Cheat at Photoshop site.
http://www.howtocheatinphotoshop.com/
And finally try to learn about perspective, eyelines and horizons.  There are two free to view videos here:
http://www.video2brain.com/en/courses/creating-perspective-in-photoshop
And the final finally, learn about shadows and light direction.  I'd say two of the most important aspects of a believable composite are shadows and perspective.

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