🔎 Quick Tip: How to use the new Lens Blur feature in Lightroom Classic

Report · Dec 18, 2023

Using the new Lens Blur in Lightroom Classic

Did you know, with the new Lens Blur feature in Lightroom Classic, you can create an AI generated depth map that lets you control the focus range or depth of field in a photograph? It also lets you create realistic bokeh in a number of styles. Read below to find out how.

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❶ Apply Lens Blur

Click “Apply” in the Lens Blur Panel and Lightroom will use Artificial Intelligence to calculate a depth map with the focus point automatically selected.
Use the Blur Amount slider to adjust the intensity of the effect.

❷ Choose your Bokeh

Lens Blur also adds realistic bokeh to the image. You can choose from five different aperture shapes, and use the Boost slider to adjust the highlights.

❸ Pick your focal point

You can choose a different focal point by selecting the Point or Area Focus icon then clicking or draging on the area you want in focus.

❹ Adjust the focal range

You can also adjust focus using the Focal Range Bar. Reposition the rectangle within the bar to change the focal area, and drag either edge to contract or expand the focal range.

To reset it, double-click anywhere in the bar or select the Subject Focus icon.

❺ Look into the Depth

You can see an overlay of the Depth Map when you enable Visualize Depth.
The color overlay in the image, corresponds to the colors in the Focal Range Bar.

When you move the rectangle in the focal Range Bar, the in focus ares are displayed in white. The yellow and purple areas represent the out of focus areas.