Photoshop: Layer Masks

I took the following steps to create this image:

1. Used the patch tool to remove the watermark on both of the provided images.
2. Moved the tile layer into the window image document and cropped the document's height.
3. Created a path out of the shape of the window and added an inverted layer mask onto the tile image.
4. Changed the layer mode of the tile image to Pin Light, lowered the opacity and lowered the saturation.
5. Pasted an image of Marrakech into the document and created another path-to-selection to layer mask the city into the window.
6. Used the type tool to create the text, to which I added a low-opacity stroke and light outer-glow.

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