When shooting with my DSLR or any of my old film cameras, I tend to open up the aperture and shoot with a shallow depth of field, blurring out the foreground and background.

When I shoot with my iPhone, I don't get the same controls.

I have some camera software that helps, but I find it a bit klunky and unreliable. So I end up with lots of shots where everything in the photo is sharp.

When I saw the new Depth Blur Neural Filter in Photoshop CC 2022, and started using it on my own photos, I was amazed. Truly...I was amazed.

It's not perfect, but wow...it's really good.

Some of the fun stuff I show you in this Episode include:

• Where is this amazing filter
• What if I don't like the default blur setting
• Changing Focal Length
• Changing Focal Point
• Clicking to change Focal Point
• Adding Haze
• Color and Brightness Controls
• Saving and using a Depth Map
• And more
  

For me, this changes the way I process my smart phone photos. I also use it on photos from DSLR that I didn't get the background or foreground as soft as I wanted.