This post applies to Camera Raw, Lightroom Classic & the Lightroom Ecosystem products. The Lightroom team is sharing an early look for AI-powered Lens Blur–giving you the ability to apply optical blur on any image regardless of how it was taken. Lens Blur is now available to try on all Lightroom surfaces. How does Lens Blur work? Lens blur applies a depth-based blur effect, similar to what can be achieved with real-world optical lenses, by using AI-generated or device-captured depth data (when available). Lens blur will automatically prioritize focus for the detected subject, but you can also interactively adjust the focus distance. Precise focus range tuning is also available (currently desktop only: Lightroom Desktop, Lightroom Classic, and Camera Raw). You can also further customize the Bokeh shapes, highlight Boost (desktop only), and make depth map refinements (desktop only). Will my Lens Blur adjustments on one surface be synced to other surfaces? I.e. mobile to web to desktop, and vice versa? Yes, all edits will sync. To revert settings, you can go back to previous versions or history steps, or un-apply Lens Blur settings. Can I add Lens Blur settings to my presets? No, presets and copy + paste workflows are not currently enabled for Lens Blur during Early Access. For more information, please check out Lens Blur. Please give it a try and share feedback in this thread as we continually improve this feature. Lisa Ngo: Lightroom Product Manager Current Popular Lens Blur Feature Requests: Add Noise Option Custom Bokeh Stop by and give them a vote if they're of interest to you! Posted by:

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This post applies to Camera Raw, Lightroom Classic & the Lightroom Ecosystem products.

The Lightroom team is sharing an early look for AI-powered Lens Blur–giving you the ability to apply optical blur on any image regardless of how it was taken. Lens Blur is now available to try on all Lightroom surfaces.

How does Lens Blur work?

Lens blur applies a depth-based blur effect, similar to what can be achieved with real-world optical lenses, by using AI-generated or device-captured depth data (when available).
Lens blur will automatically prioritize focus for the detected subject, but you can also interactively adjust the focus distance. Precise focus range tuning is also available (currently desktop only: Lightroom Desktop, Lightroom Classic, and Camera Raw).
You can also further customize the Bokeh shapes, highlight Boost (desktop only), and make depth map refinements (desktop only).

Will my Lens Blur adjustments on one surface be synced to other surfaces? I.e. mobile to web to desktop, and vice versa?

Yes, all edits will sync. To revert settings, you can go back to previous versions or history steps, or un-apply Lens Blur settings.

Can I add Lens Blur settings to my presets?

No, presets and copy + paste workflows are not currently enabled for Lens Blur during Early Access.

For more information, please check out Lens Blur.

Please give it a try and share feedback in this thread as we continually improve this feature.

Lisa Ngo: Lightroom Product Manager

Current Popular Lens Blur Feature Requests:

Add Noise Option
Custom Bokeh

Stop by and give them a vote if they're of interest to you!

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NEKSNPR

Participant

I'm impressed! Keep going. This is one of the best new tools since LR masking.

Feature Request: Refinement brush to paint in focus or blur where the AI depth analysis algorithm made mistakes.

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simonsaith

Adobe Employee

This brush based refinement is already supported. It is hidden behind a collapsible "Refine" arrow in the UI by default.

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BlueRanger

Participating Frequently

First try for me - I happened to be looking at railroad switchers, and this photo struck me as having a well-defined subject that should provide a relatively easy test. Aside from the halos others have mentioned, which increase with blur intensity, it doesn't like it when a part of the subject is the same color as the background - it blurred the roof. So it still needs refinement and maybe it will never work perfectly for every photo, but I think the overall effect looks convincing and I'd call it a good start. It's not something I need with my cameras because I have the lenses to blur backgrounds as much as I want, but I definitely see this being useful for some of my drone photography.

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Morgan M.

Participant

Fast and easy to use for the most part. My main complaint is that it works very slowly on my end when trying to clean up edges manually (I am using a 2019 Macbook Pro). For example, I had to wait a few minutes for it to load as I attempted to manually un-blur the figure's hand. However, I have had issues with Lightroom Classic running very slowly, so it may not be like that for everyone.

AndreasL9067694

Participant

Easy to use! Nice effect for portraits and people photography!

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Sylvain Messier

Participant

It seems that I can't apply refine Blur everywhere I want.

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Sylvain Messier

Participant

I works if I use Point/Area focus.

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mjskok

Participant

🎉 EXCELLENT! - Please include in PRESETS so it can be used along with other settings 🙏

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FrancoisCKX

Participating Frequently

I love the general working of the new lens blur! If I could make a wish, as a photographer it would be to be able to tilt and or swivel the axes along which lens blur works, much like on a view camera where you can tilt and swivel both film and lens planes (along their horizontal and vertical axes). I am not sure I would need either noise or a more elaborate bokeh, I think the bokeh is fine as is.

Best,

François Hendrickx

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jamesd41541245

Participant

I tried this feature to blur an already out-of-focus background further. It created a more defined edge than was already present, along with a shadowy halo. Neither of these outcomes was desirable.. I'll continue to try it on other images. It may have some practical applications.