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Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
September 27, 2023
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P: New AI-powered Lens Blur (Early Access) available across all surfaces.

  • September 27, 2023
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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:

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

 

 

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johnny corcoran
Participant
October 11, 2023

i did alots of adventure shoot up the mountains, its ok cos of the long grass doesnt work well with it.

Participant
October 11, 2023

meh

Participant
October 11, 2023

Works, but not when the subject is hairy. Similar to other comments, lose fine details and flyaway hairs which makes it a nice gimmick but not great for actual use. I usually photography dogs, so can't see me using it much unless I can refine it more.

Participating Frequently
October 11, 2023

it is actually really useful 

Participant
October 11, 2023

It works well but slows down the PC. The screen went black intermittently (Windows 10)

Participating Frequently
October 11, 2023

The focus mask is not available as a selection mask.  The "select focus range" is grayed out in the masks panel.

 

The depth mask works well but it would be good to be able to use it with the masks tab.

 

Refering to the RAW update, splitting up each section 'light' 'effects' etc creates extra clicks and is time consuming having to open up every tab.  

rhemondb93973931
Participant
October 11, 2023

Feathering subject need some more improvement

Found some strange artifects on the edges of the subject ( a deer in this case) 

Participant
October 11, 2023

An adjustment brush for retouching would be useful. as I have photos where parts have not been softened.

Participant
October 11, 2023

The actual quality of the bokeh is nice, but the masking around hair is really horrible and blocky, meaning I would not use this for people shots in its current form.

Participant
October 11, 2023

 looks fantastic