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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Bryanakers

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Love this tremendously - it's a great effect. What I'd like to see is the ability to add a little noise to the blurred area for reality. I have some low light images that were somewhat noisy. Applying the lens blur has out-of-focus that are free of noise and just don't look right.

mastier

Participant

In my case it removed the hand from person having the suit. Also adding some car in the back.
Beyond that, pretty ok.

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windhover_uk

Known Participant

Worked well for me... terrific new feature. As already mentioned maybe a small icon to say which images have had Lens Blur applied. Good work guys...

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Thomas344391356jm2

Participant

this feature has been a complete game-changer for me.

when it works, it often has issues with blurring subjects' ears, especially in busier backgrounds.

carlynd25901776

Participant

Lens Blur is awesome.. what I'm really wishing for is a toolbar of my favorite brushes as small buttons/icons to access them quickly rather than having to scroll down.

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EastTexas44

Participating Frequently

I running LR Classic (13.0.1) on a 2019 iMac (Sonoma 14.1.1) and find that Lens Blur works nicely until I try to use it on narrow elements like butterfly antennas; then it usually eliminate parts of the these narrow appendages - as you can see on the right antenna on this fritillary. The left image doesn't have Lens applied, while the right image (a virtual copy of the left image) does.

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Ian34430476obfx

Participant

Over all, not a bad tool. It could do with a "brush" to recover areas where it hasn't got quite right, but as I said, Not Bad

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sb2314

Known Participant

It would be nice if they included aperture f-stops to stimulate what they would show the photograph as to be more realistic rather than a fake blur which can be overdone.

raktdy

Participant

So far liking it r/

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KDearing01

Participant

Lens blur is looking great. The only reason I haven't been able to use it yet is because the masking is never right and the brush and stuff under Refine are great but if you could jsut add some more masking tools to help get edges right that would be great!

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