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ManyHatsatWork
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October 30, 2025
Question

Blurring Issue?

  • October 30, 2025
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Hi,

Ever since I updated to 15.0 yesterday on my windows 11, I cannot see what/how much blur I am putting on my photos in Lightroom. I'm having to export before I can tell then blindly adjust. Is there anything that can be done about this? It's driving me nuts and waisting a ton of precious time...

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    OrganicMomentsTX
    Participant
    November 19, 2025

    I, too, am having this problem. It shows the blur effect in the navigator section but not in the actual section I’m editing in. It was working a couple of days ago, then it just stopped. It’s annoying having to export the photo just to check, then make adjustments. 

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    AlekeCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    October 30, 2025

    Hi @ManyHatsatWork, welcome to the community!
    I gave this a try on my end but wasn’t able to reproduce the issue. Just to clarify, when you apply Lens Blur, does the photo not update at all with the changes? Does this only happen with that specific tool and with a particular image?
    If you can, please share a few more details, like a screenshot or a screen recording showing your workflow and where the issue comes up. That would really help us take a closer look.
    Thanks so much!
    Alek

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    ManyHatsatWorkAuthor
    Participant
    October 31, 2025

    Hello, @Aleke, thank you for your response.

    I've only noticed the issue when I'm trying to use the blur backround presets or manually doing them in the lens blur panel. In lightroom, the photos (any photo) appears to have no blur no matter what I do but if I export and view in Window's preview the photo has blur and very often too much so I have to blindly adjust and reexport before I can make another adjustment. Any ideas?

    I have attached two minor examples here; one how it appears in lightroom and one of the exported version.

     

    Thanks!

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      Barryvcns
      Participant
      October 31, 2025

      Here's my Lens Blur isssue - copied from Lightroom Queen Forum :-

      Re-editing some old "Favourite" photos to show on my wife's Photo frame. Working on a .jpg previously edited with Lens Blur included successfully. Removed some distractions to improve the composition. Updated AI Edit Status button and background blur was gone. Fiddled around in the Lens Blur panel trying various things even trying a reset on a virtual copy. Background not blurring and Visualise checkbox not showing the depth mask. Lens blur has always been somewhat slow on my PC which is reasonably specd.

      So tried exporting the photo without edits to Photoshop Beta (latest update) and opened in ACR filter. Lens Blur worked perfectly and much more quickly than in LRc. Visualisation showed depth mask. So, cannot be a resources or hardware issue in LRc as now I am working with both LRc and Photoshop open at the same time running a dual display so can flip easily from one to the other.

      Can anyone confirm if they are experiencing this behaviour in LRc 15.0?

      Thanks, Barry

       

      Attached screen shot shows no blur in background or Visualisation depth map

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