P: Allow Queueing/Batching for Generative Remove to Prevent Workflow Interruption

Request: Allow Queueing/Batching for Generative Remove to Prevent Workflow Interruption

The Problem: Currently, using the Generative Remove tool requires a strict "one-by-one" workflow. After painting a mask, navigating away to another image before clicking "Generate" discards the mask. This means I am forced to click Generate and sit waiting for the AI to process before I can move on to the next image.

Because the generation process takes time, my entire editing momentum is derailed. The majority of my editing time is now spent waiting on progress bars rather than actually editing.

The Solution / Proposed Feature: I would like to request the ability to paint Generative Remove masks on an image and navigate away without losing them, allowing Lightroom to cache or "hold" the pending mask.

This change would unlock two massive workflow improvements:

1. Asynchronous Editing: I could paint a mask, move immediately to the next photo to keep editing, and let the background generation happen without blocking my workspace.

2. Batch Generation: Similar to how we can currently batch-remove distractions, we could mark removal areas across an entire photoshoot/set of images, and then initiate a single batch-generation command for all pending masks (e.g., during a break or at the end of a session).

How this impacts my workflow: This single adjustment would be a massive game-changer for efficiency and user experience. Instead of being held hostage by individual AI generation render times, I could stay fully immersed in the creative flow of culling and editing. It shifts the AI processing from an active bottleneck into a passive background task, saving hours of cumulative waiting time on large catalogs.