Creating ArcMap where two parts of different imagery basemaps are visible at once?

Question

I'm using ArcMap to create
backgrounds for a book of poetry 
where the backgrounds of poems
are satellite imagery.

I would like to have a section of my map be from a BW image and another from a color image, but I can only figure out how to view one basemap at a time.

Would I be able to dictate boundary between two the layers?

PolyGeo · Answer

To do this I would use the Swipe Layer tool:

The Swipe Layer tool is used to interactively reveal layers beneath
  the layer being swiped. This tool makes it easy to see what is
  underneath a particular layer without having to turn it off in the
  table of contents.
  
  You can access the Swipe Layer tool from within the Image Analysis
  window, where you interact with raster layers, and you can also access
  it from the Effects toolbar, where you can interact with any layer in
  the table of contents.

tacarn · Answer

This could be accomplished by clipping one background image to a polygon of your design in another shapefile, while excluding the other background image from the clip. You would be able to get artistic with the shape you clip to. Think of it like a mask in photoshop.
https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/map/page-layouts/clipping-the-data-frame.htm#:~:text=Right%2Dclick%20the%20data%20frame,Click%20the%20Specify%20Shape%20button.

Creating ArcMap where two parts of different imagery basemaps are visible at once?

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