Please assess critically. I want to learn from your review.

Great job! The arm over the shoulder looks good. She may be a bit too large but otherwise I think it works.

Yes ... she should be somewhat smaller. That's right. She stands behind me. The arm is correct in terms of size. The girl (the head) looks too big. Thank you, GrandmaT.

she looks like she's viewing your neck as lunch. Great job on the merging

Right ... Turning his head slightly tilted forward. That would look more pleasing. Thanks Faemike55

What you are doing is not so easy and you did an excellent job here. Not sure how I would go about it. I am just not that smart, but I give you two thumbs up here.

outstanding manipulation and she is beautiful.

Very very very pretty idea !!!!!

Interessante Idee. Weiter so!

That came out really well. Nice work!

Interesting idea but a difficult challenge!

There's only practice ... exercise ... routine ...

Fantastically well done my friend...

Hmmm... I take it that's you to the right and grandpa to the left. On a more serious note - I take photos of myself in certain posing situations. I then import a one sided square into the Poser work space, adjust the X and Y directions to match the size of the photo. Then, in the materials room I attach the photo to the one sided square. I then put transparency to 0.5 (I usually have to experiment depending on the brightness/darkness of the photo). Back to the work space. I place the square where I want it and pose the Poser figure with the square as support. I then make the square invisible and render. If I want myself in the image, I use the square semitransparent at first (to pose the figure), make it invisible, then render. Then make the square visible with no transparency, and render again. Then Photoshop to composite the 2 images. I've had a lot of fun trying different ways of using this. See my image at -

https://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/happy-4th-from-the-dino-gang/2628642

Note - I can only render one V4, or 2 dinos per image, so this was a LOT of work, and FUN!. Keep up the good work! :-)

I work with Gimp 2 and Paint Shop pro X8. In this image are four main layers been applied. 1. The Grandpa on the left. 2. The Girl right. 3. The arm from the girl on the left and last 4. The background. (Photo from a furniture store) The difficulty is: The Girl is in Layer 2 and 3. Between is the Grandpa on Layer 1. That is the difficulty. But I practice. I'm still not satisfied with the image. Because of justified criticism from the forum. Then: shadow and light is not optimal. The colors need to be matched. I work now on a similar image.

One bit of advice I've learned through photomanipulation over the years is that if you have a specific image in mind, do everything you can to make sure that whatever new elements you are creating to add to your final image match the lighting and image quality of the base image. Hollywood effects artists put a lot of planning into this, which is why their effects are often seamless. Since you already have a photo that you want to use as a base, I would use that picture as my backdrop in DAZ or whatever and use it to place the lights on the virtual gal, scale her, etc. I might even go so far as introduce a Mike4 as your "stunt double" to make it easier for you to pose the girl in such a way that she looks lifelike. You should try to make your rendered character match your base photo so closely so that postwork will be easier for you.

Glasses always make photoshopping more challenging because in real photos, there are reflections in glass. You have them in yours, but the Poser gal's glasses do not seem to reflect anything else in the scene. If you don't want the challenge of adding reflections, you can ditch her glasses for now. The color tones are also different between the Poser gal and the rest of the scene, which you'll want to address using curves and such to bring the color temperatures of the two elements closer together. You could also cheat a little by converting the image into B&W or adding some grain to the image. There's more than one way to accomplish these things, so experiment and be fearless.

I hope my critique is useful!

Your criticism is very valuable. I am pleased that not only positive criticism is given. One can only improve if honest criticism is said.

Hilfeeeeeeeeeee GIMP, da blicke ich nicht durch, musst mir mal ein paar Nachhilfestunden geben - Zwinker! Die Grafik schaut toll aus und so sehe ich auch mal den 'Kopf mit Hut' von dem lieben Menschen, der bei meinen Grafiken immer so gerne lacht (Hühnerstärke als PS fand ich Spitze), morgen darfste wieder lachen, aber nur wenn du vorbei schaust - Gelle???

Really great work.

you are off to a great start, her scale is a bit off and there is some feathering needed on the hat, other than that looks really good, well you look a bit tense, maybe because the the lovely lady? =)

I always make such a face. Especially when I am photographing themselves. I think I have no other face.

Looks like something's got a hold of you and won't let go ! ! ! ! Nice work ! ! !

excellent manipulation

Ein nettes Pärchen, die beiden. Ist dir gelungen!! ;-)

Nice job, great creativity!!

If you need help using Photoshop to edit and merge various photos, let me know. Because I can still clearly remember searching for information on the subject, and fortunately I found a fantastic piece at https://skylum.com/how-to/how-to-merge-photos-in-Photoshop-and-blend-layers detailing everything in excellent detail. So, I strongly advise everyone to read it. I sincerely hope I was helpful. Wishing you luck and success.