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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Céline Caudal Photographe

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Un très bel outil en devenir! J'étais un peu sceptique mais ça m'a bluffée, je pense que cet outil va me servir de temps en temps. Merci!
Bon, ça n'arrange pas le fait que LR fait toujours chauffer la machine, disons que ça en ajoute (malgré l'augmentation des caches etc...)

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Jvickers

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so far so good.

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nicolasg61711952

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I usually flip my canvas often inorder to get a better perception and catch distorted perspective in my sketches. Whenever I use "flip canvas horizontal" the depth map will not update with the new canvas, but instead remain in the same previous position. I am using the Camera Raw filter on a "smart object" image. Other than tat, works nice!

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merics98297120

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I would love to see the algorithm improved to not apply lens blur to people with tattoos. It currently has trouble differentiating between skin with tattoos and a background that has paisley floral print on it. For reference, the tattoos are traditional style, and are not at all floral in nature, yet the AI is still confused about what is skin and what isn't.

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Is it possible to export the depth information as a color image and import it after correction?


















If this is possible, I think that even if automatic depth detection fails,
the necessary parts can be corrected using Photoshop, etc. 
(Photoshop's object detection function is quite effective.)

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mDietsch

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This is SOOOOO COOOL!!! Give the guy who came up with this a raise!

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thornell3d

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Thanks for continuing to improve Lightroom. Love the blur feature.

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keithm70009634

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I'm getting a kind of bright edge to some areas of the image when I apply the lens blur., like edges of clothing. Happens both at in-focus/out-of-focus edges as well as in areas that are both in the blurred range. Changing bokeh styles helps a little but doesn't eliminate it. Same with "Boost".

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Brauneddy

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Yeah, had this as well and even worse at a group photo. The only chance was to cancel it again... 🤷🏻‍♂

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Douglas16B8

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I get this error everytime I use it and It will not work. I am using it with Bridge 2021 on a Mac. Any advice?

Model Name: iMac

Model Identifier: iMac20,2

Processor Name: 10-Core Intel Core i9

Processor Speed: 3.6 GHz

Number of Processors: 1

Total Number of Cores: 10

L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB

L3 Cache: 20 MB

Hyper-Threading Technology: Enabled

Memory: 32 GB

System Firmware Version: 1968.140.7.0.0 (iBridge: 20.16.6072.0.0,0)

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jacobsquires

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Would really love to be able to mask, and invert mask things I wanted bokeh blur on rather than this focal range. Focal range is wildly unreliable currently, would rather just mask the background, would be quicker and more accurate and you could build your ai modeling better with the results of the masks being shared.

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