I would like to know if anyone can suggest a way of joining 2 images side by side without a straight
line between the images. Like feathering effect or whatever it's called.

The only way I have done it is to use feathering on the 2 images (with transparent backgounds) and "merging" them side by side. But there must be a better way of doing this.

If anyone has any suggestions or ideas of an alternative way of doing this, it would be much appreciated. Thank you.

By the way, I am using Photoshop 7 and I also have Photoshop 5.5.

Regards
Barry