Need Help! can GIMP do this...

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So I currently use Gimp and I have been playing around with it and slowly learning things.... I Need a photo of all of these children looking at the camera is there anyway to compose these three shots into one with all the children looking? and if so How? I usually watch tutorials on youtube but I cant seem to find one on doing this (probably because I am not even sure what it would be called) so any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated!!!

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If this is what you’re after….
I did this in PS but its basic stuff so should be OK in the GIMP.

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Open images one and two.
Drag image two onto image one, delete the original image two.
The dragged image will now be called “layer 1“.
With the rectangular marquee tool, select the left-hand side of layer 1, from the edge to include the fluffy toy? to the right of the girls arm.
Edit-Copy-Paste, this puts the selection into a new layer.
This new layer will be called “layer 2”
Drag “layer 1” to the bin/trash, you have done with it.
You now have two layers “layer 2” and background.
Now click on this new layer “layer 2” then go to Edit-Transform-Scale, then holding down the shift key, click on the bottom left of the transform box and push it in to resize the girl hit enter when done. Move into position. I used the fluffy toy and the grass by it, as a register.
Still on “layer 2” create a mask; it’s the white square with a hole in it at the bottom of the layers panel in PS.
Now with black and white selected as fore and background colours respectively, on black with a soft round brush paint away the join correct any mistakes by switching to white and repainting.
Flatten and clone any anomalies.
Done.

Rhodese.
 
yes! exactly what I was trying to do.... thanks so much for taking the time to help me! I will give it a go on my own now:)
 
Yes, use the same commands in Gimp, but the controls are slightly different.
Open all 3 images and paste the 2 smaller ones in the first one Edit -"Paste as new layer". Close the other 2 windows.
Right click each of top 2 layers and click "Add layer mask". Choose or accept a white mask.
Hide the lower 2 layers using the eye icon in the layer list. Select the top layer.
Use a fat soft black brush and paint over the whole layer except the childs head. (Right click the layer & "Show layer mask" if you want to check it.)
Show the background layer. You will see the head on the top layer floating above it.
Use "Tools → Transform Tools → Move" to move the head roughly into position. Use "Layer → Scale Layer" to adjust it for size.
Fine tune the positioning/scale. Fine tune the black masking. The rest as above.

I just discovered Gimp has "File > Open As Layers" as well as drag and drop.
 
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