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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simon.pixel

Participant

Hello, I'd like to pass on several errors from the new "New AI-powered Lens Blur (Early Access)" tab.

It turns out that when I want to do a before/after with the "*" key, to correct certain blurred areas when they shouldn't be, lightroom starts to bug and I can't do the before/after anymore.

The second error I get is when I try to redefine certain areas that are too blurred for my taste (to correct details), it's as if a sharp "line" appears on my image.

However, this tool is really spectacular and very powerful!

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Jean Philippe35518687hie8

Participant

Good evening

I now use it almost routinely. Great job.

One question:
When I press Option (Mac) with the blur button, do I switch to the sharpen brush?
And vice-versa with the sharpen button.

I see that the size of the brush doesn't vary, unlike that of the mask tool.

Why are there two logics between the blur brush and the mask brush?

A comment:
Why did you translate the sharpness button into French as cone?

Thanks

frankw71143602

Inspiring

Feature is good mostly (so far) but sometimes misses the subject. Example -- photo of skunk cabbage dead center, but LB picked up some out of focus leaves in the upper right, blurred everything but he leaves -- they were already blurred and not the subject anyway..

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chucks44

Participant

Missed this option until today, and had a W-O-W moment with my first result. Had to take a quick head shot for an overdue publication this morning and wasn't satisfied with my camera work. After applying this option, it helped me out of a tight corner. Can't wait to get back and start to play with this and learn how it can work for me.

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john jy48626999

Participant

I am using "lens blur" feature. I got good results but it is very slow compared with other lightroom classic functions. Slow responds after moving bar.

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Wilbur16B8

Participant

A very nice feature. I especially like the ability to refine the effect as the software does not always get all of the details right, such as the stick being held by a snowman. Natural bokeh is certainly the best, but there are times when you just don't have the ability/gear to get the shallow depth of field you would like.

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default9st4oq3cj5zg

Participant

Holy S***, I REALLY love this!!

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shankarhokie

Participant

The lens blur option is awesome! Recently, I was in NYC for the fashion week. I did a night time street shoot on Broadway with my Canon R6 and a 240240 lens. I was at F5.6. The street was busy with people and cars and the building and signs were too much in focus. On a whim, I tried the lens blur and I was blown away. The photos looked (to me) like they were shot with an expensive lens. Maybe purists will figure it out that this was done is software, but to me and my friends they look amazing. Now I can postpone buying that $2000 F2.8 lens for a bit. 🙂

superyeti80

Participant

Would be great if I could turn off the preview while I adjust the heatmap style (visualiser) mask. That way I can make precise adjustments to the mask without having to run heavy computation every time I release the mouse.

superyeti80

Participant

For clarity, I mean turn of the preview of the blur effect whilst still retaining the heatmap

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Jean Philippe35518687hie8

Participant

Bonjour

Cela a l'air d'un outil formidable. je le découvre progressivement.

La documentation courante est un peu succincte. Je souhairearis une documentation plus détaillée.

Merci

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