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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Kayla30271140ks29

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Everytime i try using the lens blur feature it says "'something went wrong, there was an unexpected errror and your request could not be completed"

mpphoto8496

Known Participant

It works great for a lot of things however it would be very helpful to have an Add and Subtract brush. It seems to have problems with openings in hair where the background shows through. Otherwise, it is an amazing addition.

Michael Palumbo

John P R5

Participant

There is, its under refine dropdown. Not easy to spot at first

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zwdb08wdb

Participant

I see you moved my feedback to here. That would present another Adobe issue , their complicated site . I searched for feedback and found nothing . That to needs addressing. But truly for this beta blurr tool to be effective it needs to be linked to masking so landscape users and even portrait users can mask specific areas for the effect ..AI is good but its the user that should be in charge of how its implemented. AI is taking the editing skill out of the equation of photography to appeal more to the point ans click generation. Its a great tool but should allow for user control. In landscapes you only want specific areas to blurr...this is nothing more than than the same portrait blurr app that comes with my phone inputed into a photography editing giant like lightroom. But its allready a free part of most phone cameras. So adobe is behind the 8 ball. Why not create a tilt shift focus effect , or better noise reduction or focus stacking in the mobile app that would be game changing since folks like me with poor eyes edit with my phone. Then allow simple blending layers ...or add vibrancy to the masking tool,for creative color, the mobile app is good but could be great....Bill

Mr Wyn

Participant

When the subject is obvious (to my eye and the AI) it works like a charm, however, it needs a way to extend the masking in the depth preview to inlude bits that were missed... For example I had a photo with two people, a woman (subject) and a guy holding a water bottle and smartphone - the guy was nicely blurred in foreground all except for the water bottle! I went into the masking and found the person, I added the water bottle and the phome, but couldn't figure out how to make the lend blur update the blurring on the the masked person to include the extended mask. Obviously, I don't totally understand what I need to do... Still, a very nice and welcome additional feature and looking forward to it's continued refinent.

lkazphoto

Participant

I would like to keep Camera Callibration to be the panel that's mapped to the CTRL+9 shortcut. Or at least these customizable.

ajh3_esquire

Adobe Employee

Love it...so much. I ran Lens Blur on a scanned hasselblad transparency and it generated a wonderful depth of field effect. But it also created strange circular bokeh circles in the uniform clouds. Is this expected or a strange artifact?

joshuabury

Adobe Employee

Try reducing the Boost slider under the bokeh options. It's possible some of the brighter details in the clouds are getting detected as "light sources" and boosted so they are more visible when blurred.

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Nuts100000

Participant

Excellent on most of my photos (wildlife)....Goodbye to expensive fast lens

John P R5

Participant

LOVE the future and thinking of this feature. It's got some quirks to work out....this photo picked up some areas that may have been off plane from the subject (bird in this case).

cadec87784668

Participating Frequently

If it would work and not hang up it it might be a good tool. So far not impressed at all.

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MenahemYaniv

Participant

In Visualize Depth I would like to be able to sample an existing depth color, to set the amount slider accordingly, so I can paint the same depth at another area of the photo.

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