Merging two VERY DIFFERENT scenes

[creativevision]

Hi - I've seen online lots of questions and answers about how to merge two images together so that they appear as one cohesive original image but I've got a slightly different question which I hope people can help me with!

I have two very different images (crowded underground train scene and peaceful beach in Bali). I want to create one image 1000 x 500 which as a header image about how people suffer loneliness in big crowded cities (represented by the crowded underground train scene) and how relaxing your mind with some peaceful professional therapy (represented by the Bali beach scene) can help.

So I was thinking transitioning from the train image on the left to the peaceful beach on the right but not sure how to do it other than a basic side by side with an arrow (very ugly) lol

 

[creativevision]

Actually I want to add something I've just thought about ... There are probably lots of designers on this forum ... and perhaps some may be thinking that's not a very nice idea let alone the technical bits of how to achieve it 😁

I kind of agree and so if anyone has a completely different idea for a more suitable header image (this is for an email newsletter) given the subject matter, any thoughts much appreciated!

[Pšenda]

1 hour ago, creativevision said:

crowded underground train scene

Just for laughs - is this what you call a "crowded" subway? 🙂

I would rather imagine something like this:

 

P.S. Just an idea:

Edited September 22, 2023 by Pšenda

[DWright]

You can create this effect by adding a mask to one of the photos then apply a gradient to the mask

 

[carl123]

1 hour ago, creativevision said:

this is for an email newsletter

What's the newsletter about? Jetting off on a cheap holiday, providing some sort of relaxation techniques, selling therapeutic/hypnotherapy services or something else?

Be specific

[creativevision]

Thanks all ... actually maybe the two suggestions from @Pšenda and @DWright together would work well ... basically a thought bubble being added to @DWright's merged composition?

Hi @carl123 - sorry, it's a newsletter to busy/stressed/hectic/lonely central London customers of a therapeutic treatments business to try to entice them into booking again. I say lonely in the sense that is often quoted "big cities are the loneliest places to be"

[creativevision]

12 minutes ago, DWright said:

You can create this effect by adding a mask to one of the photos then apply a gradient to the mask

 

I'm not sure on how to create a mask and add a gradient 😞 

[v_kyr]

6 minutes ago, creativevision said:

I'm not sure on how to create a mask and add a gradient 😞 

See this thread for how to apply a mask to an image and instead of using the selection tool there, you just select the mask layer and apply a gradient with the gradient tool on the mask.

 

[carl123]

32 minutes ago, creativevision said:

sorry, it's a newsletter to busy/stressed/hectic/lonely central London customers of a therapeutic treatments business to try to entice them into booking again. I say lonely in the sense that is often quoted "big cities are the loneliest places to be"

Sorted.

I was born to give therapeutic advice.

Spent 20 years in the City of London. All you needed was Whisky, Cocaine and a knowledge of where the "fun underground" places were after work. Could not wait to get to work every day. Only the weekends were boring.

 

[Pšenda]

45 minutes ago, creativevision said:

basically a thought bubble being added to @DWright's merged composition?

Of course, there are many possible ways, including blending ideas into the original image.

[creativevision]

47 minutes ago, carl123 said:

Sorted.

I was born to give therapeutic advice.

Spent 20 years in the City of London. All you needed was Whisky, Cocaine and a knowledge of where the "fun underground" places were after work. Could not wait to get to work every day. Only the weekends were boring.

 

OMG I came on here expecting / hoping for some graphic design advice and I've found a content marketing expert. Your post completely cracked me up and I genuinely genuinely wish I'd seen it before sending our much more boring newsletter! Brilliant!!

[anto]

Another way

[v_kyr]