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Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
January 16, 2025
Question

P: Distraction Removal: People (CR & LrClassic)

  • January 16, 2025
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Announcing a new feature now in Adobe Camera Raw (17.2) – Removal of Distracting People

Under the Remove dialog, under Distraction Removal, we have added an item called “People”.

 

This feature supports faster and easier detection and removal of distracting people in an image. It is offered as a Tech Preview in the Adobe Camera Raw Plugin-only and is available now. Please try it out and let us know what works well, what doesn’t work well, and anything that might improve the experience.

 

Thank you!

Peter Baust - Dir, Product Management

 

Posted by Rikk Flohr

 

431 replies

crsuvarna
Participant
May 5, 2026

Amazing tool , needs little tweaking , keep up the good work

Participating Frequently
May 4, 2026

Buongiorno, in camera raw il sistema di riconoscere le persone va perfezionato, a volte non riconosce nessuno . E aggiungo in PS cerotto elimina è troppo lento va migliorato . grazie  

Participant
May 3, 2026

It is not all the way there yet. It misses some people and selects others. The background replacement needs more accuracy. It does seem to pick people only and not other objects though. I like the feature that it removes corresponding shadows. Keep working on accuracy. I know it takes time.

Timothy A Tomkins
Participant
May 3, 2026

I’ve tried this under preview and best and has not worked on windows in the image and even blurred the full image.  

 

Participating Frequently
May 3, 2026

Nice feature, but leaves a ghost.  Can’t get rid of the ghost with other tools such as clone stamp.  The ghost remains.  Keep at it.  Nice feature once the bugs are out.

Known Participant
May 1, 2026

Impressed with how it identified & removed the two people who were not the subject on an old digital photo from 2006. The subject was a third person - it made a clean break between the people and filled in the background perfectly. 

Participant
April 26, 2026

Doesn’t select most people and when it selects say 1 of 3 in the background of my subject, I can’t get it to go search again for more.  Need an option to apply to all except subject and then maybe click on ones we don’t want deleted, or click on people it missed.

Participant
April 22, 2026

Not accurate enough

Inspiring
April 20, 2026

Would be helpful to have the ability to fine tune the selection to exclude inanimate objects.  A brush tool maybe.

Jody_Goodwin9706
Participant
April 20, 2026

Removed the people and replaced them with an oven. We were nowhere near a kitchen. My favourite is when it replaces it with more people, or only selects the people I want in the photo. This tool rarely works and needs more work, please!