Ghost-Fade face onto a banner

I am trying to create a banner for a website. I want to take a portrait from another pciture and add to mine, but I want it to be "faded" or "lighter" than the actual banner. Basically like a ghost. Im not sure exactly how to do this or even where to start. I know my way around CS2 fairly ok, I just dont know the steps.

Here is an example:

First cut out the portrait with the pen tool (probably best with a feathered edge) and copy it to its own layer. Have your two images open side by side. With the Move tool, drag the portrait onto the banner image and position it. It will appear on its own layer in the banner image. You can then decrease the opacity of the portrait layer to achieve the ghost-fade. Alternatively, you could play with the layer's blend modes to achieve various different effects.

[QUOTE=Wano]First cut out the portrait with the pen tool (probably best with a feathered edge) and copy it to its own layer. Have your two images open side by side. With the Move tool, drag the portrait onto the banner image and position it. It will appear on its own layer in the banner image. You can then decrease the opacity of the portrait layer to achieve the ghost-fade. Alternatively, you could play with the layer's blend modes to achieve various different effects.[/QUOTE]

Thanks! I had tried this before but I wasnt getting the effect I wanted, I figured it was tooooo easy to be the "right way" to do it.

I guess the only "right" way to do it is the way that gives you what you want to achieve. The only other way I can think of is to use layer masking with gradients. Maybe someone else can chip in?