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This is an experiment to see if the background bokeh adds to the image appeal. Used inpaint and selection brush to remove background. Duplicated image and added heavy Gausian blur to replace background.

Just for fun I wanted to see how well AP can mask hair, I must say I'm very impressed with the results. Although not perfect, it's the best result I have had after many tries with other software. Kudos Affinity!

Before & after of the church I grew up attending in Hale village near Liverpool.

This is an experiment to see if the background bokeh adds to the image appeal. Used inpaint and selection brush to remove background. Duplicated image and added heavy Gausian blur to replace background.

I like the idea of experimentation, like exploration, it can take us to new levels of achievement and awe inspiring places. :rolleyes:

Exceptionally well done!

An interesting image of a ..... is it a species of pelican? Whatever it is, I find the processing not convincing. The tail reflection confuses, should it not be slightly deflected in POV by refraction and also not visible at exactly the same colour and density of the real tail? It presents to me as a bird on a log, with another tail sticking out from behind the foreground log, it's just not believable. Sorry if this critique is too terse, but for me this image defies reality.
 
Photo editing of this nature requires an advanced knowledge of perspective and reflection. It's not easy to replicate without reference. If you had the reference in the first place, then PP would not be required . Anyone who has not got lengthy experience on top of formal art training is doomed to have a hard time with this kind of photo manipulation. That said, everyone has the right to learn by posting their work and receiving honest feedback. My critique is offered in that spirit and hope it is received as such.
 
In my painting career I can remember too many times feeling totally pleased with work I had done (now I consider that feeling a red light), only to wake up the next morning, go into my studio, look at the work I was so pleased with and wonder who the hell littered my studio with such garbage. Good work comes from being your own harshest critic. There is a colour shift between the foot on the log and the reflected foot that is more convincing than the tail, try to replicate this in the tail reflection, morph the shape and rotate it slightly upward plus desaturating it to give more of a reflected look. Hope this helps.

Well Richard. you got that darn right! ;)

My kind of page, experimenting and coming up with some excellent effects :)

This is why I don't complain about what AD doesn't have and just appreciate what it does. In many cases it just forces me to "think different" when solving a creative challenge. Honestly, the tool in the right hands can achieve amazing results! Clearly this is the case here.

LOL Peter. Yes, pmeinertz has set a new standard  :o
Great work. Congrats!
I need some time to recover...

Original and simple. Two important elements, well done.

Another BG edit.

Another BG edit.

I enjoyed the conversation and exchange of ideas, thank you all for your energetic responses. :D

Paul, this is wonderful work. Bravo Maestro!

The masking of the artist is especially well done.

Please anyone, Can this workflow be replicated in AP?  If so please show me.
 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOZjyfrCao4&t=7s

Very well deserved, I'm convinced of your continuing success, as long as you don't do an Adobe crappy cloud!

Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England. Two enormous carved lions, one sleeping, and one that looks as if you've just woken him up. I used Mesh Warp in AF to make all the different mouth shapes for speech and blinking eyes. The speech was poked and prodded in Audacity and GoldWave (it's a little creaky and a little sibilant -- but hey, who know what lion speech really sounds like?) I used Anime Studio (horrible software, but all I've got) to sync the mouth to the speech. 
 
Here's a small copy of the original:
 
And here's the finished product: https://youtu.be/8N4AjXh_GHY

Quality work to be certain. Kudos!

Last but not least, the lady is gleaning, thanks dear thing, I don't want that seed germinating in the lawn :D

Last but not least, the lady is gleaning, thanks dear thing, I don't want that seed germinating in the lawn :D

Very well done, it's tedious work that goes much underappreciated by clients who always complain about the fees for this kind of work. It takes a lot of patience and you succeeded.

It was a very pleasant surprise to see these guys, if only their cousins the Evening grosbeaks would show up next, they're breathtaking in colour and markings. My fingers are crossed. In most of this set, the seed feeder was showing, removed with Inpainting tool and cloning.