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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JoAnn_VA&ME

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Hello,

I really like this feature and would very much like to use it with more control such as in Photoshop with a selection tool implemented to add more accuracy. Great addition. Thank you.

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JustinPhil

Participant

Not sure if this has been mentioned but adding an eye dropper feature to paint in a specific blur amount with the "Vizualize Depth" enabled would really help in adjusting fine features within the mask.

Robert Hewitt Images

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Nice idea - from the videos I have seen. But much too slow for me ... perhas my set up is impactign but I am not getting it to work at all

Robert Hewitt

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samkatz88

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I'm not finding this blur tool useful because the "visualization" just doesn't "visualize" very well for me. I can't make sense of the veritable rainbow of shades on my screen and it's hard to tell what's bluring, what's not with any precision. While the blurry parts are by definition variable in blurriness, the subject which I need to stay tack sharp is not apparent....I wind up painting like crazy over the subject. Is there a better way to depict/preview the blurriness vs remaining sharpness? Thanks

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Mike Donnel

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I think the blur tool is working great but i am no pro

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David17271264yyjo

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Not sure if this is where I supply feedback on the Beta Blur but w

anted to know if a small swirl could be added to the Bokeh simliar to lenses like Helios 40 85mm f 1.5?

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sarat89501253

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This seemed great at first but then I started noticing a jagged sharp edge around my subjects hair separating them from the blurred background. Maybe some sort of glitch?

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sueperse

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I tried out lens blur and found it strange. It blurred the hair on the subject. In the background it blurred parts of things, like the corner of a quilt., part of a cushion, some of the wood paneling in the baclground but not all, and part of an electrical cord. I hope you can fine tune this because I was excited when I saw it in LR. I have a 2015 Mac, so that may be the problem?

S. Perse

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johnn48694981

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It's just guessing what should be blurred. You can "erase" the blurr effect in areas that should not be blurred.

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sueperse

Participant

Hi,

I wanted the whole background blurred but it only blurred bits here and there. I’m wondering if my 2015 iMac is too old. It is not able to update past Monterey 12.7.2.

Sue Perse