This tutorial will teach you how to blend renders/other objects into your background...

1.) first make a background, i will be using this one i made:


2.) copy and paste an image into a new layer, directly above the layer with your background


3.) then using the lasso tool, select around the part of the image you would like to blend and keep (you could do this in waves or just smooth selections)

4.) then right click inside the selected area and click Feather

*you can set it anywhere between 15 and 25... for this i used 20

5.) then under your layers palette click the rectangle with the circle in it (second thing to the right) (highlighted in red below)


that will blend your render into your background... experement with the feather amount, the opacity and layer properties, and how much you select with the lasso tool, whether its waves or smooth, inside the render or outside...
this is my final product:


if you liked this tutorial, then join the forums... great place to get better at GFX

~Disturbed