Using an AI generated depth map in Affinity Photo

With the new Depth Anything AI tool we can generate depth maps which we can utilize in Affinity photo in an creative manner.

Link to the depth map generator:

For more information about depth maps:

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[mtntopviking]

Very cool. I am going to watch it 10 or 12 more times while doing it at the same time so that it sinks into my brain.

[elizabethrussell]

I need to watch this again to understand what is happening, looks really effective.

[tobiaskieser]

Thank you very much for highlighting this amazing program for generating depth masks of photos. I have used it to greatly improve several close-up pictures where the background was too bright. Strangely, your procedure using the erase blend mode did not always work, and I often had to make several attempts until Affinity photo generated the desired mask. Trying your method on another PC and on a MacBook failed completely. Fortunately, rasterizing the greyscale masks worked reliably, but the intensity of the channel mixer must be adjusted before rasterizing.
The computer I use are quite old: Lenovo X260 i7 16GB Affinity Photo 2.3.1; MacBook Pro 2016 i5 26GB Affinity Photo 1.10.8.