Lens and device character · 18 presets
Widebloom
Wide Bokeh is 18 presets. Every one of them below, each on the same four photographs. Drag any handle.
Get Wide Bokeh for $49.99 (list $79.99)
The presets
No. 01Iris Bladefor a frame shot wide open: midtone contrast carries the in-focus plane while clarity stays negative, so the grade adds no edge outlines to the out-of-focus wash
![Iris Blade applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light ![Iris Blade applied to man portrait]()
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man portrait ![Iris Blade applied to friends bench]()
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friends bench ![Iris Blade applied to newborn hands]()
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newborn hands Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Iris Blade. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 02Aperture Washa preset cannot smooth a wash, only decline to roughen one, so the local-contrast controls sit under zero here and the tone work is done by the curve
![Aperture Wash applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light ![Aperture Wash applied to man portrait]()
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man portrait ![Aperture Wash applied to friends bench]()
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friends bench ![Aperture Wash applied to newborn hands]()
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newborn hands Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Aperture Wash. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 03Pupil Roundholds the colour of the out-of-focus area instead of pushing it, with the green and aqua bands pulled back so a leafy background stays quiet behind the subject
![Pupil Round applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light ![Pupil Round applied to man portrait]()
![Before: man portrait]()
man portrait ![Pupil Round applied to friends bench]()
![Before: friends bench]()
friends bench ![Pupil Round applied to newborn hands]()
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newborn hands Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Pupil Round. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 04Blade Curvebuilt for a fast portrait aperture where the subject plane is thin: highlights rolled off so the brightest part of the wash keeps its gradation
![Blade Curve applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light ![Blade Curve applied to man portrait]()
![Before: man portrait]()
man portrait ![Blade Curve applied to friends bench]()
![Before: friends bench]()
friends bench ![Blade Curve applied to newborn hands]()
![Before: newborn hands]()
newborn hands Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Blade Curve. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 05Entrance Pupila straightforward read of a wide-open frame, with a positive vignette opening the corners the aperture already darkened
![Entrance Pupil applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light ![Entrance Pupil applied to man portrait]()
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man portrait ![Entrance Pupil applied to friends bench]()
![Before: friends bench]()
friends bench ![Entrance Pupil applied to newborn hands]()
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newborn hands Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Entrance Pupil. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 06Diaphragm Curlfor a frame whose background is all specular points: whites pulled under zero so those points keep their shape rather than clipping to white discs
![Diaphragm Curl applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light ![Diaphragm Curl applied to man portrait]()
![Before: man portrait]()
man portrait ![Diaphragm Curl applied to friends bench]()
![Before: friends bench]()
friends bench ![Diaphragm Curl applied to newborn hands]()
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newborn hands Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Diaphragm Curl. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 07Barrel Turnkeeps the subject plane legible without asking clarity to do it, since clarity would find edges in the wash as readily as on the subject
![Barrel Turn applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light ![Barrel Turn applied to man portrait]()
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man portrait ![Barrel Turn applied to friends bench]()
![Before: friends bench]()
friends bench ![Barrel Turn applied to newborn hands]()
![Before: newborn hands]()
newborn hands Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Barrel Turn. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 08Fast Elementfor glass that is already contrasty wide open: modest contrast, negative texture, and the blue band darkened to seat the background
![Fast Element applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light ![Fast Element applied to man portrait]()
![Before: man portrait]()
man portrait ![Fast Element applied to friends bench]()
![Before: friends bench]()
friends bench ![Fast Element applied to newborn hands]()
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newborn hands Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Fast Element. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 09Circle Confusionthe out-of-focus circles a lens draws are its own; this only sets the tone they sit in, with a firm toe and an eased shoulder
![Circle Confusion applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light ![Circle Confusion applied to man portrait]()
![Before: man portrait]()
man portrait ![Circle Confusion applied to friends bench]()
![Before: friends bench]()
friends bench ![Circle Confusion applied to newborn hands]()
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newborn hands Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Circle Confusion. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 10Caustic Edgefor backlit wide-open work where the wash carries most of the light: parametric lights held down so the bright side does not run away
![Caustic Edge applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light ![Caustic Edge applied to man portrait]()
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man portrait ![Caustic Edge applied to friends bench]()
![Before: friends bench]()
friends bench ![Caustic Edge applied to newborn hands]()
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newborn hands Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Caustic Edge. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 11Cat's Eyewritten for the oval corner bokeh of a lens used at full aperture, where the corners want brightening rather than more contrast
![Cat's Eye applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light ![Cat's Eye applied to man portrait]()
![Before: man portrait]()
man portrait ![Cat's Eye applied to friends bench]()
![Before: friends bench]()
friends bench ![Cat's Eye applied to newborn hands]()
![Before: newborn hands]()
newborn hands Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Cat's Eye. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 12Focal Throwa portrait read for a fast standard lens: the orange band lifted for skin, greens taken down, and no structure added anywhere
![Focal Throw applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light ![Focal Throw applied to man portrait]()
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man portrait ![Focal Throw applied to friends bench]()
![Before: friends bench]()
friends bench ![Focal Throw applied to newborn hands]()
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newborn hands Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Focal Throw. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 13Bokeh Fieldfor a shallow frame with an even background: vibrance carries the colour while saturation is held back, so the wash does not turn plastic
![Bokeh Field applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light ![Bokeh Field applied to man portrait]()
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man portrait ![Bokeh Field applied to friends bench]()
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friends bench ![Bokeh Field applied to newborn hands]()
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newborn hands Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Bokeh Field. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 14Vertex Glowsupports a lens that glows slightly wide open by keeping the highlight shoulder soft rather than by adding any bloom of its own
![Vertex Glow applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light ![Vertex Glow applied to man portrait]()
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man portrait ![Vertex Glow applied to friends bench]()
![Before: friends bench]()
friends bench ![Vertex Glow applied to newborn hands]()
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newborn hands Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Vertex Glow. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 15Element Bloomfor wide-open frames shot in shade, where the whole frame is low in contrast and the midtones need the work, not the edges
![Element Bloom applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light ![Element Bloom applied to man portrait]()
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man portrait ![Element Bloom applied to friends bench]()
![Before: friends bench]()
friends bench ![Element Bloom applied to newborn hands]()
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newborn hands Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Element Bloom. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 16Nodal Shifta quiet baseline for fast glass: warmed, corners opened, and no local contrast asked to separate the planes
![Nodal Shift applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light ![Nodal Shift applied to man portrait]()
![Before: man portrait]()
man portrait ![Nodal Shift applied to friends bench]()
![Before: friends bench]()
friends bench ![Nodal Shift applied to newborn hands]()
![Before: newborn hands]()
newborn hands Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Nodal Shift. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 17Swirl Cornerfor a lens with swirled corner rendering: the positive vignette and lowered green luminance keep the swirl from reading as dirt
![Swirl Corner applied to curtain light]()
![Before: curtain light]()
curtain light ![Swirl Corner applied to man portrait]()
![Before: man portrait]()
man portrait ![Swirl Corner applied to friends bench]()
![Before: friends bench]()
friends bench ![Swirl Corner applied to newborn hands]()
![Before: newborn hands]()
newborn hands Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Swirl Corner. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 18Stop Widethe widest-aperture case, where depth of field is measured in millimetres and every local-contrast control is kept negative on purpose
![Stop Wide applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light ![Stop Wide applied to man portrait]()
![Before: man portrait]()
man portrait ![Stop Wide applied to friends bench]()
![Before: friends bench]()
friends bench ![Stop Wide applied to newborn hands]()
![Before: newborn hands]()
newborn hands Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Stop Wide. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
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