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Rikk Flohr-Retired
Adobe Employee
Rikk Flohr-Retired
Jan 16, 2025 1:41 PM UTC
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P: Distraction Removal: People (CR & LrClassic)

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

 

    629 replies

    han52
    Participant
    Nov 10, 2026 12:40 AM UTC

    I’ve gone back to v. 15.5.1 as the Remove tool isn’t working in 15.6 for People or Generative AI.  It works perfectly in 15.5.1.

    I’m on a Mac. 

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    Joseph338862889ugy
    Participant
    Nov 6, 2026 7:48 PM UTC

    Great addition and look forward to how it improves.  Initially, it misses people in the background.  Perhaps a feature where the user and direct it to the area of photos to check (which would still be quicker than using the traditional feature of drawing the box around the person to be removed).  Also, I wish it would do better of recognizing people that were behind the main object of your photo to be removed.  In these instances, it is difficult to draw a box around the person, but if the ai recognizes this, it could remove these individuals with great accuracy (see person behind the soccer player kicking the ball).

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    Flanfam
    Participant
    Nov 5, 2026 6:59 PM UTC

    Thanks for this feature.  While it is not perfect in every situation, it does an incredible job in most instances.  Very helpful in cleaning up some distractions.   Keep these innovations coming. 

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    SMFT1979
    Participating Frequently
    Nov 3, 2026 6:55 PM UTC

    Just used this for the first time to remove a person standing in front of a car in the backround of a photo.  The subject being photographed was quite a bit in front of this person.  This tool worked beautifully and replaced the person with what realistically looks like the back end of the vehicle he was standing in front of.

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    larryd7026304
    Participant
    Oct 31, 2026 10:17 PM UTC

    need a method to select persons that need to be removed.

     

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    charlesp8586816
    Participant
    Oct 30, 2026 2:21 PM UTC

    Can’t detect the super blatant person taking the picture in the mirrors reflection

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    Ricardo34578053z8dr
    Participant
    Oct 29, 2026 4:17 AM UTC

    This tool does not detect people or does a good job blending a removed item. Useless. 

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    olgag6988599
    Participant
    Oct 29, 2026 2:09 AM UTC

    It failed to detect the person in the reflection in the mirror, which wasn’t subtle. It would be very helpful to able to remove people in these scenarios.

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    Crouching Leopard
    Crouching Leopard
    Participant
    Oct 29, 2026 12:47 AM UTC

    When using people removal in the Distraction removal module, it failed to detect a number of people, especially those stood in front of brickwork

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    LRN Photographic
    Participant
    Oct 28, 2026 12:09 AM UTC

    5 people close together. Gone and walkway they were on is like they were never there

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