AFFINITY PHOTO
STEP BY STEP REPLACE A BACKDROP
TROPICAL COMPOSITE
Cut out your subject with simple selection skills then drop in a new background
01 SELECT THE BIRD
Open our bird_before01.jpg image (download link bottom left) in Affinity, making sure you’re in Photo Persona, grab the Selection Brush from the toolbar. Check ‘Snap to Edges’ in the options at the top, then paint over the bird and perch to select it. If you pick up parts of the backdrop, hold Alt and paint to subtract.