Photoshop Faces on Ornaments

I am croping a face from a head and want to put it on a christmas ball. But I am having a problem putting the 2 pictures together. Putting the head on the christmas ball. Can you help. [End Quote]

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I am croping a face from a head and want to put it on a christmas ball. But I am having a problem putting the 2 pictures together. Putting the head on the christmas ball. Can you help.[End Quote]

Sure, in a nutshell, make a soft-edged (feathered) selection around the face you wish to put on the ball.

Now, drag it into the window of the ornament file. Notice it will arrive on a new layer above the ornament image. Scale it to the correct size.

Now change the Blending mode of the layer to "Multiply" and see if that works. Experiment with color corrections, and transparency.

If you want it to be mapped to the surface of the ball, then use the Spherize filter, and experiment with size and position until it looks right.

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