depth of field edit not available?

On both my iPhone 12 (running iOS 15.2) and my MacBook Air (Monterey 12.0.1), when I am trying to edit a portrait mode photo in iCloud taken on my iPhone, there is no depth of field option under adjustments.

I can find it when I actually take a portrait mode photo but sometimes I want to adjust it after the fact.

I have tried having the photo in both jpeg and HEIF when I take it and converting an HEIF to jpeg.

Any ideas on why it isn't there?

iPhone 12, iOS 15

Posted on Dec 22, 2021 10:25 AM

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