Researching Photoshop Skills

This is a practice photo shop picture that I have created. I took on the task of learning how to use photo shop because, Looking at the briefs, I know it will be extremely likely that I will have to use photo shop for one of my ancillary tasks.   

Here is my first attempt at making a movie poster. As you can see, I have learned how to cut out objects and I have learned how to merge backgrounds and add a glow that sits behind the main title of the movie. I have added this glow behind the title to add an emphasized look to the title and make it stand out from the poster more. I have merged the two backgrounds to create the exact background that I wanted for my movie poster instead of having to search the internet to find one and compromise on a background. Lastly I have cut out the characters for my movie because this makes my characters contrast the background of the movie poster so that the person looking at my movie poster can tell that these characters are the main four characters in the movie.