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September 29, 2019
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P: (AI) Remove Power Lines, Overhead Cables, and Wires

  • September 29, 2019
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Love the new feature for AI distractions of people and reflections.. Lets expand on that!!

 

As a wedding photographer I am constantly removing power lines, stop signs, or just signs in general, exit lights.. It would HUGE if these were added as additional AI options for distraction removal. Feels like it would be a fairly easy addition. 

 

Posted a screenshot as an example.. AI generative fill defintely takes care of it no problem but would save time if we didn't need to manually select it. 

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curt.gallery
Known Participant
July 15, 2025

I understand pixel vs raw very well, having been a photographer for decades. Photoshop and Lightroom share the same Adobe Sensei AI engine. The point I want to raise about why some tools exist in Photoshop but not in Lightroom is this: There is no fundamental difference between removing distracting people and removing distracting power lines in terms of processing. If Lightroom can use AI to detect and remove entire people, then removing a thin linear object like a wire should be less complex. People have varied shapes, shadows, and occlusions, so Lightroom is technically capable of handling more difficult cases. It is not a raw vs pixel situation. Lightroom does use pixels it just saves it as metadata and applies it on export. 

Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
Community Manager
July 15, 2025

If this feature would be of benefit to you, remember to upvote at the top of this thread!

 

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
curt.gallery
Known Participant
July 11, 2025

Adobe added Distraction removal for people and relfection in Lightroom which is cool, but not wires and cables which is still in Photoshop requiring coverting your images to Tiff and doing a round trip from Photoshop? How does this make any sense from a UX perspective? Someone is making these decisions and that one would keep me up at night. Objectively it makes no sense. 

dj_paige
Legend
July 11, 2025

Objectively, it makes sense to someone.

Participant
December 12, 2024

I think it would help speed up the workflow slightly, even if it is just the 'remove wires and cables' portion of the tool. Generative remove doesn't seem to do the job as cleanly as Photoshop is able to. I had a batch of photos that were plagued by a couple of pesky powerline wires, and opening them in Photoshop just slowed me down a bit. Not a totally huge obstacle to overcome, just a slight pain in the neck. I'd be elated if the 2-3 clicks it takes with the find/remove distraction tool was included into the LrC workflow. 

JohanElzenga
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 12, 2024

Questions like these are often asked, but never answered. Adobe does not comment on future developments.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
Known Participant
September 29, 2019

Hello,

How do I Remove Electric Lines in images in lightroom CC?

Someone wrote me that it is possiable only in Photoshop, is it true?

I like to take street photography and in all cities of the world there are electrical wires for supply and trains which is very disturbing.

Thanks in advance,

Nissan

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Known Participant
September 29, 2019

Hello,

How do I Remove Electric Lines in images in lightroom CC?

 

Nissan

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