There are a few ways of doing it.

Try this. And note the the overlay has no filtering to preserve the edges of it. You may have to play with the mixing to get the effect you want. The way it is set up now just gives a basic overlay. The preview will look really odd, but it works.

Full image link:   http://shvrdavid.com/images/overlaymask.jpg

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