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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James329132208ypi

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Some websites offer a service to remove lens blur and the effect of camera shake from image files, mainly jpeg. Some of these are surprisingly effective. Apparently this involves some form of AI. Does Adobe provide such a service or, will the ability to do this appear in Lightroom Classic and other photo editing applications?

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fonzindy

Participant

I am LOVING this new deature in Lightroom! So easy to use and it makes the photos so nice. love it!

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Whimsy Pet Studio

Participant

Game changer for me, please continue to add more to lightroom. I'm cheering you on!! Thank you.

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jjaylad

Known Participant

This is a great addition to the program. I shot with prosumer cameras for years and then with crop sensor cameras (I like to shoot sports). Manyu years ago I made actions for photoshop to select subject onto another layer, then dup the base layer and apply a depth blur to it, with 9 adjustable blur areas, using smart objects. It was easy to adjust as needed after the action ran and that is how I faked expensive lenses all these years. Got so it took only a minute or so per photo, but this new feature looks like it will negate the need to even flip it into Photoshop! I've used Luminar's blur feature too, but this is infinitely superior.

With a marathon to shoot on the weekend, I'll see how it works using my 18-140 on the D7200. I have a Sigma 50-150 2.8, but the 18-140 will be nice for runners close to my position.

Nice to see Adobe finally catching up to my cell phone in capability for this, and without the need for the phone's depth mapping. Really nice! Should be a huge time saver and so far I'm really pleased with the results. Now if only we could apply it in batch at default settings. That would make it mind bendingly useful.

stefanf58290378

Known Participant

I like to have an ad or substract tool to add or delete blure on not desired parts

joshuabury

Adobe Employee

You can find a brush tool for making corrections to the estimated depth, and therefore returning some areas to focus and making some areas blurry, by expanding the "Refine" tools at the bottom of the lens blur panel.

owent59949149

Participant

I have tried several times to get it to work without success. I get the message, "There was an unexpected error and your request could not be completed". Every single time. very disappointed.

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NickelthroweR

Participant

Lens blur, when activated, makes my screen go black for about ten seconds and the results are unuseable. Here is an example.

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garyd03

Participant

When using Lens Blur my machine crashes. Message not responding. Its an 18month old Dell desktop with a good spec. Running latest version of Windows 10.

Looking at task manager it seems eat up the processor.

Only happens on Lens Blur. Recovers then crashes again.

Gary

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simonsaith

Adobe Employee

Likely a GPU driver issue. Could you share your system info via Lightroom>Help>System Info...

Please also try this to see if it is helpful for you. https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-new-ai-powered-lens-blur-early-access...

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Bruno Guido25435298438n

Participant

Hallo,

die Veränderungen sind bei einem ersten Test nur gering. Ich sehe momentan noch keine Anwendung für meinen Bedarf. Vielleicht habe ich es auch an den falschen Bildern ausprobiert.

Viele Grüße

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constantind7119395

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Utilizarea rapidă arată fantastic

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