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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stephaniea270587

Participant

This is a great feature and replaces the 'background blur' mask I made myself! Would love to be able to make fine adjustments to what it perceives as the subject, as is possible with masks.

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Luca329286205ds0

Participant

it's fantastic

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Sono.photos

Participant

I was working on 270 photos and doing lens blur on some of them, I did about 15 when LR suddenly went blank and updated my photos by creating a second copy of all the originals -even the ones that did not have lens blurr (1 shows my edits and 1 has the raw file). the files I was working with are Nikon NEF files (lossless). so all of the sudden my picture count doubled even in the Library. That can't be by design.

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simonsaith

Adobe Employee

Something else is going on. Are you doing importing in the background? Or this might be an user error by accident?

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Tony22164589ob6d

Participant

I also noticed i that it doesn't do well when a subject is infront of a white background. You can notice that on the edges of the subject as they don't seem to be smooth

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Michaela314445141ta9

Participant

Anyone else havingtrouble with it rarely working? Feels like 4 out of 5 images, I get the "something went wrong" message

johnrellis

Legend

@Michaela314445141ta9, "something went wrong" usually indicates you've got an out-of-date graphics driver. Please follow these steps:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-new-ai-powered-lens-blur-early-access...

arlenes1482429

Participant

Absolutly love it! It is a substitute for expensive lenses.. takes my photography to the next level,,,Thanks Adobe!

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Bombdog

Participant

It takes your editing to the next level, photography still just average! 😄

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dsirjuesingh

Participant

Would like the option to move the focal point of the blur to other parts of the image.

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simonsaith

Adobe Employee

You can try out the Point/Area focus sampler or try out the focus range slider control.

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shooktj

Participant

I agree with the toggle and the earlier comments, but overall I love this feature. Has been really helpful with sporting events and crowds!

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adrian_hudson

Participant

Worked really well!

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DaddioManOttawa

Participant

very cool.

option to create a mask to add adjustments to the blurred (or not blurred) areas like the other masks in lightroom would be uber cool. unless it's already in this and I don't see it lol.

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