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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GJSmithPhotography

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This is very impressive and easy to use. I would write more but I can't wait to get back in a play with the Bokeh slider on some older pictures.

Adobe inovation makes my life easier.

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bud_ralston

Participating Frequently

Is there any way to speed up the function? I have 256GB RAM, yet I get the spinning beachball every time I make an adjustment in Lens Blur. It's disruptive to my current workflow. Otherwise, I love it!

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jjaylad

Known Participant

WOW! I thought I was well equipped on my laptop with 64g of Ram.

I find that at first the Lens Blur works pretty fast but after a few changes or Focus/Blur brush strokes it slows down a lot and keeps slowing down. It only takes a minute to restart LR so I do that and it works OK again for awhile, then that process has to be repeated. I watch Task Manager in another window and it is amazing how fast the memory useage for Lightroom accumulates when using Lens Blur.

Perhaps that's why it is still in 'Beta' and hopefully they will sort that out when it goes Mainstream.

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Maia34768762phij

Participant

muito bom mesmo

wonderstone38

Participant

I love it!

But I'd like to apply my own depth map to it.

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jjaylad

Known Participant

I guess, in essence, LR is creating its own Depth Map. Are you saying you have a depth map file of some sort that you want LR to read the depth details from?

When I'm not happy with what I get in LR or when LR freezes or slows down, I sometimes flip the image to PS, where I select the subject onto a masked layer, then dup the background apply the same mask to it and invert it , make it a smart object then go to Filter/Blur Gallery/Field Blur and apply 9 evenly spaced adjustment points. (I made an action that takes it to that point.) Then I adjust those 9 points to suit the image. That works just fine too and gives near perfect control over the process, without anything slowing down and having to be re-started as happens in Lightroom using the Depth Blur.

Of course there is a depth blur in PS Neural Filters but to me it is basically mimicking what LR does. I've used my action so often its kind of 2nd nature now, but I do love what LR does until it slows down or locks up.

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Nick28172794jyum

Participant

Please add a subtract brush capability to remove blur from areas that the algorithm has included but may be in error or may help the creative look.
The focal range adjustment doesn't allow precise local adjustment.

Thanks,

Nick Ariemma

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jjaylad

Known Participant

The Lens Blur has 2 adjustment brushes but to make them available you need to click the "Refine" drop down:

Once they are visible you can pick which one you want to use and use it like you do any Masking brush in LR.

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default0j54qibpting

Participating Frequently

Thanks for pointing that out - I had missed it. I don't see a way to REMOVE the blur effect using the brush - am I wrong about that?

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Helmut Wille

Participant

leider muss ich immer wieder lesen : Es ist ein unerwarteter Fehler aufgetreten . Dann funktioniert das Programm nicht Was mache ich falsch?

.unfortunately I have to read again and again: An unexpected error has occurred. Then the program does not work What am I doing wrong?

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kipcarroll

Participant

Lost for works! Brilliant work, Thank you so much!!

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Marlowe34747373iqgb

Participant

the blur option is a great addition. Unfortunately it keeps blurring out not just my background but some of my subject which is obviously not useful nor intended. hope this gets rectified.

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rocket S jack

Participant

Yes, I can see where it can be used. I just used it. keep up the work.

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Carolina347405576raf

Participant

Olá, a funcionalidade de desfoquue de lente ficou simplesmente incrivel, adorei o resultado final e a maneira de usa la ficou muito boa, intuitiva e fácil.

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