by Bob » Mon Dec 29, 2014 2:23 pm
Hi Robbie,
You are in the default tabbed image mode which only shows one image at a time. In tabbed mode, you will need to use copy and paste. Select picture 1 and ctrl+click on the layer in the layers panel to select it. Type ctrl+c to copy the pixels. Select picture 2 and type ctrl+v to paste them as a new layer.
You can drag the layer from one image to another directly, but you need to see both images at the same time. One way to do that is to change to tiled mode which will show both photos side by side. You can change to tiled mode in Premiere Elements by selecting Window>Images>Tile from the menu. Once you can see both photos at the same time, select the photo which has the layer you want to copy (photo 1) by either clicking on the photo or on the name in the toolbar. Now, click on the layer you want to copy in the layers panel and drag it over the image of the photo where you want it to go (photo 2). Release the mouse button and the layer will be copied into photo 2. You'll probably want to press and hold the shift key while dragging to maintain the alignment.
If the resolutions for the two photos are different, the resolution of the destination file is the one that controls the size, you may want to change the resolution of the source image to match before copying the layer.