How to Create the Out-of-Bounds Effect in Affinity Photo

Leopard leaping off a log with part of its body popping out of a photo frame, illustrating the Out-of-Bounds effect created in Affinity

The Out-of-Bounds effect is a fun way to make part of your photo “extend” outside a frame, creating the illusion that your subject is popping out of the page. Although the steps are similar in many graphics programs, Affinity Photo offers a flexible workflow using masks and adjustment layers. Here is how you can achieve this effect.

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Adding Filters in Filter Forge

Filter Forge is a powerful plugin that allows you to use thousands of filters created by other users. However, whenever you install Filter Forge for the first time, you will wonder where all those filters are. Simply put, they aren't, so you will have to add your preferred filters. It is a very easy process, so let's have a look.

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Featured Resource – Filters Unlimited 2.0

Although filters and plugins are not always necessary, sometimes, it is fun to play around with new settings that might not be available in Paintshop Pro. Filters Unlimited 2.0 is one of those filters that has hundreds (if not thousands) of possible effects. Although you likely won't use all of them for your main projects, you might discover some effects that will trigger inspiration for other things.

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