James Paterson shows you how to craft a fantastical composite and get to grips with key compositing skills in Photoshop CC

Composites are one of the things that Photoshop does better than any other image editor. With a few simple selection and layer skills, you can combine a wide array of photos into one magical scene like this.

We’ve used several free downloadable images from Pixabay. com. If you want to follow the technique in full, search there for 547324 (toadstool); 4274633 (bee); 1028727 (clothes line); 4916366 (sparkles); 3578206 (windmill); 1854161 (light bulb); 3999489 (chimney); and 2467437 (smoke).