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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GPGW

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If not already mentioned, outputting an optional layer mask would be helpful too

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Michael2356933486w2

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This has been doing amazingly well for me. There are 2 things I need right now.

1) Batch Processing. This takes so long, that I need to be able to just set it and forget it for the set of photos I'm working on and then I can come back and refine as needed.

2) A keyboard shortcut. Please.

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Happywaterbear

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This is a great addition to Lightroom, now all you need to be able to do is make it apart of the copy attributes setting so I can apply the same effect to other photos as I go.

It would be nice to have maybe an additional option for Bokeh to add custom bokeh in the assigned background as well as adjusting the depth map manually, but so far this is fantastic and welcome addition!

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CHRISTIAN KREBS

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Great feature, works already very good. I`m missing also the possibility to add grain to the KI-Bokeh. It`s too smoosh and doesnt fit to the "normal" parts of the picture. Especially low light situation with hiher ISO resolution need a function to add grain to the bokeh part.

conlanpatrek

Participant

Noticed it doesn't blur transparent edges, makes it harder to use in a composition.

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SandraFrance

Participant

Is it just me? I used a fairly abstract image, and applied lens blur and depth. Achieved an image that I liked, but was unable to retain it. I tried exiting the same way as I would for masking, but that did not work either. Once I tried ANY other adjustments on the image, all my blur work disappeared.

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Alicia25816196nygr

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Lens blur is great, but sometimes will include subjects' ears, hands or hair. A tool to erase this would be amazing. Otherwise I can't use lens blur on such images.

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Atho MAJESTIC VISUAL

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so heavy in my gtx1050 ti i7 gen 4

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dtdirtbiker

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I really like it. I got nice compliments on the first set of photos I edited using the Lens Blur.

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Alexander31338023s33l

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I like the effect however, if the subject has fine edges, the masking capability of the AI engine falls short; there doesn't seem to be a way to adequately refine the transition edge from focus to blur, so the intended subject is often blurred, and it's time-consuming to attempt fixing the transition. A selection tool would be helpful since the Auto Mask is too heavy-handed. I get a cleaner effect using masks and blur filters the old-fashioned way.

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jimmy33926916dmwm

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Quick usage looks fantastic

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