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Lightroom's New Lens Blur Panel Is the Background Blur Feature We've Been Waiting For (Sort Of)
Every few months I get the same DM from someone who just discovered Lightroom: “Can I blur the background without going into Photoshop?” For years, my honest answer was no. You could drag Texture and Clarity into the negatives and get something that looked like a photo taken through a shower door, but nothing that actually simulated a shallow depth of field. That was always a round-trip-to-Photoshop situation. The October 2023 update to Lightroom Classic changes that answer, at least partially.