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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

 

573 replies

ThomasH_on_the_web
Inspiring
August 20, 2026

I have one more example in which the algorithm does not identify people, visually not different from the identified person. All 4 people in this image are close to each other, in full sight, with a similar size.
 

Only one person of 4 identified

 

Participant
August 20, 2026

Cuando quita la distracion la occion que te da se queda de otro color, no es posible aceptar el resultado que da

Participant
August 19, 2026

I couldn’t find a way to add to the selection (small figures in the background)

Participating Frequently
August 18, 2026
The tool leaves a shadow of who it was there before

 

Participant
August 17, 2026

I am using the latest version of ACR on Windows 11. I used to be able to exclude the areas I did not want to be removed by clicking on the pin of the area and then press Delete. Now, the clicking only results in enlarging the area, and I cannot delete the area anymore.

Participant
August 16, 2026

Three pair of legs in a grassy field at the top of the photo were identified and removed, but what was left behind was blurred and a lighter color than the surrounding grass.

Participating Frequently
August 16, 2026

didn’t work well.  it removed only 1 of 8 people in my photo.  the people were easily recognizable as people.  the one person it tried to remove left a black splotch that looked like an alien.  tried twice.  basically the same result.

Participant
August 15, 2026

My SO is Windows 11 and the Distraction Removal is incluind/excluding things on the pictures. It is not working correctly.

Participant
August 12, 2026

Normal AI removal 

 

Participant
August 12, 2026

It removed the person but did a really bad job blending the repair.  The last version worked so much better.