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johnrellis
Legend
November 18, 2025

P: Distraction Removal > People replaces people with black replacement patch

  • November 18, 2025
  • 1 reply
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On the attached photo, Distraction Removal > People replaces a group of people with a black patch, not a generated removal.

 

Tested on LR 15.0.1 on Mac OS 15.7.1, Mac OS 26.1, and Windows 11 Intel (so not specific to a GPU or driver). See the attached screen recordings for each of the three installations.

 

To reproduce:

 

1. Import the attached photo DSC02574.ARW.

 

2. In Develop, select Distraction Removal > People. Observe the group of people and their reflections are selected:

 

3. Click Remove, and observe that selection is replaced by a black patch rather than a generated removal:

 

 

1 reply

Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
Community Manager
November 18, 2025

@johnrellis  I've moved this to Camera Raw as the CR Engine is responsible for the failure. 

Bug logged. Thanks for the image and the report. 

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org