Newbie needs help with adding backgounds to images

I am a newbie to Photoshop 7.00.

I have some images of bikini girls that I have background erased etc.

I wish to add some nice graduated fills etc.

But I am strugglig with what should be a simple task.

I have found lots of tutorials on Background Erasing, Magic Eraser, Magic Lasoo etc etc but none on how to combine images and the various ways to use layers in these operations.

Can anyone point me to a SPECIFIC tutorial that covers this subject ?

Many people have given me tutorial sites but then you have to wade through lots of tutorials that are often on creating fancy backgound effects that I do not need yet.

Thank you

Regards

Digby
NZ

Well, I can't direct you to what you exactly need, but see if this helps.
Do your background erasing, whatever, and then you'll see that part of the image is transparent (which is, naturally, what you want). Then create another layer, and move it under your 'bikini girls' layer and make whatever background you want.

Thanks

I'll try that

Regards
Digby