TUTORIAL ARTICLE

Beginner

5 min

Blur the background in a photo with Lens Blur

Apply a creative blurring effect to your image and refine it with the controls in the Lens Blur panel in Lightroom.

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What you learned

Apply precise blurring with Lens Blur

Lens Blur allows you to precisely define the focus range in an image, so you can decide how much of the foreground-to-background depth in the scene is affected by the blur. You can determine the amount of blur and even refine the blur or focus areas.


Instruction and Photography by

Bea Lubas

October 3, 2024

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