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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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1380 replies

Participant
March 12, 2024

I encounted an out of memory error on the graphics processor in Photoshop, to which the GPU accelaration was disablled.

thaysa42080494
Participant
March 12, 2024

Recurso marailhoso, uma pena não ser agil e travar algumas vezes.

 

meadows.enk
Inspiring
March 12, 2024

Love this feature. Please continue developing it and improving the AI powering it. Excited to see a full release

Participant
March 11, 2024

Salut,

un seul mot à propos du "Flou" : génial

 

Hello,

only one word about "lens blur" : great !

Participant
March 11, 2024

Is there a way of painting on the on the auto mask? This would be fantastic if incorporpated in the masking section. 

Known Participant
March 10, 2024

Can custom presets be added? I have noticed it does stall and goes unresponsive for 10 -20 seconds between brush strokes for sharpening.

jacquesm55275436
Participant
March 10, 2024

Bonjour , c'est une superbe fonction .Continuez vers ce chemin . Felicitation. JM

ashleyc10358492
Participant
March 9, 2024

when applying it to birds of prey or just birds if the primary feathers at the wing tips are spread the blur doesnt go between the feathers so it looks odd 

Participant
March 8, 2024

I tried this on a flock of birds (Starlings). It almost looked amazing, but it destroyed the Starling's beaks, so was unusable for my image. Really interested to see how this progresses though.

Known Participant
March 8, 2024

Can a grey scale mask be made from the focal mask? If so could it be copied and then used in the masking section? If this can't be done can some tone controls be added that will follow the focal mask? The more out of focus the more tone adjustment would be made and add an invert option so the more in focus the more adjustment would be applied. I do like this feature, sure it is not perfect but with the brush to add or subtract and holding the control key while brushing for auto masking is my workflow.