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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Thomas27569982enky

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auf den ersten Blick sehr gute ergebnisse ...

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wumble

Participant

Nit pick: "apply" makes no sense. "Start" would be better.

I really like this feature but would like it more if I could apply it in Photoshop on a differeht layer for subsequent revision.

I will only use the first brokah style

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Patryk32920445vt77

Participant

Hi, feature looks really promising, however I wold like to add option to lock focal plane position and only change the dept of field around that plane, as a checkbox. This way you could use it in simple quick mode to increase depth or in normal mode where you have more control.

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32572850i6j2

Participant

A paintbrush tool for when the detection software doesn't recognise part of the edge of your subject and needs touching up. To be honest, I'm not sure why you didn't add this as a tab/slider inside the masking menu to give the selection more customizability.

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simonsaith

Adobe Employee

There is. Expand the "Refine" collapsible widget in the lens blur UI where you can brush areas that you want to be more in focus or out-of-focus. Checkout Julieanne's video .

helensotiriadis

Participating Frequently

Just tried it out in LR on a PSD with a great many layers and works quickly. It does much more than I expected. I agree with suggestions re toggling depth map and filmstrip indicator. I'm wondering if the bokeh shapes can be expanded? I love square 😕😕

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Mr.Periandro

Participant

I really liked the new feature, but I understand that it should also be a faster feature.

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defaultw79i85820olv

Participant

This is a great tool, I know it's not perfect, but it makes it so much easier than not having it, it shows me possibilities. A little bit of work here and there but that's what I love about photography! Great stuff for me.

henrygrover

Participant

As others have commented, more work on refining how it works around hair would be good - see attached pic.

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Sussexwolf

Participant

My first impressions are that this is pretty impressive. Certainly it will help with photos taken with my bridge camera which has a larger depth of field due its smaller sensor.

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pw4004

Participant

If the background is messy, eg around a bird on grass and sticks, the blur doesn't detect the edge of the bird quite accurately enough but leaves a tiny bit of the background beside the bird sharp - enough to be unusable. Otherwise and in other situations it's a brilliant function.

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