How to make two pictures one?

How can I make two pictures into one with Gimp 2? Step by step instructions PLEASE!!?

• I have a picture of me. & one of a friend. i wunna somehow put them together and make it look like ONE legit picture. Im TERRIBLE with technology so please go easy. (: All i need is simple step by step instructions. Thanks in advance ! PLEASE HELP!!

• Answer:

  Gimp ~image editor, http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html you can drag and drop both into edit window, or create new canvas size, to fit both images, then open or import both into layers, if your canvas is too small, you can use Image >resize canvas, http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/graphics_tools/gimp_user_manual/en/gimp-image-canvas-size.html if your images are too large or don't fit, you can use Scale tool, http://manual.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-scale.html if you wanted to place both people into one background, select each with lasso tool copy, then paste as new layer, http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-free-select.html then add background or create new layer , you have option to use feather for selection to smoother border, or use soft eraser brush, http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-selection-feather.html save edit file as xcf, and copy as jpg when done, Plugin Registry GIMP http://registry.gimp.org/ G'MIC : GREYC's Magic Image Converter http://registry.gimp.org/node/13469 ..