The same source image before and after applying Smart Refocus.
Smart Refocus applied to the same source image
Original source image before Smart Refocus

Smart Refocus Photo Filter Online

Keep one automatically detected main subject sharp with clean depth-aware background blur. Control the strength, compare the result, and download a finished image from your browser.

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What you can do with the Smart Refocus effect

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  • Apply the Smart Refocus effect to any photo
  • Fine-tune the effect strength to taste
  • Preview your photo live as you edit
  • Download your edited photo in high quality
  • Apply Smart Refocus to many photos at once

How it works

Smart Refocus automatically identifies one main person, pet, product, or object and keeps that protected subject source-exact. Background detail falls progressively out of focus according to its distance from the subject, while protected colors are excluded from the surrounding blur so edges do not grow bright or dark halos. Framing, geometry, and alpha remain unchanged in a lossless PNG. If a reliable main subject cannot be isolated, the edit stops instead of applying a centered guess.

Processing

Smart Refocus uses an AI action. Any separate allowance is shown before this effect starts processing.

Best for

portraits, pets, products, food, flowers, and other photos with one clearly separated main subject and visible background depth.

Less suited to: group shots, overlapping or equally prominent subjects, flat scenes with little depth separation, reflections or glass, and fine semi-transparent edges against a similar-colored background.

Ways to use Smart Refocus

    Smart Refocus questions

    How is this different from a normal background blur?
    A basic background blur applies one softness level behind a cutout. Smart Refocus keeps the detected subject exact and varies the surrounding softness with distance, producing a more gradual lens-like falloff without using subject colors to build the blur.
    Will Smart Refocus soften or halo my subject?
    The reliable subject core and a narrow boundary stay source-exact, and protected colors are excluded from the background blur. Fine hair, fur, glass, smoke, and similarly colored edges remain difficult to isolate; if the main subject is not reliable enough, the tool stops rather than using a centered oval.

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