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Rikk Flohr-Retired
Adobe Employee
January 16, 2025
Question

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

 

614 replies

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!

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Inspiring
April 19, 2026

It removed the people alright but also removed part of the car I was focused on.  This tool has gotten worse with enhancements, less usable.

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Participating Frequently
April 19, 2026

in camera raw seleziona persone,questa operazione non funziona , non vede le persone anche grandi , poi nella selezione normale perchè non mi da la persona intera o solo il soggetto ? è da migliorare .

 

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MDF72
Participant
April 17, 2026

Non è utilizzabile, lascia dei brutti artefatti, rendendo inutile l’applicazione.

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Participant
April 14, 2026

A year later and shooting inside 70 Italian churches with a medium format Tilt shift lens on a tripod, I can tell you that people remove works 500 times better now than it did a year ago (the last time I commented).  It is a game changer now. The ID of people grouping, removal and fill is infinitely better - especially the fill.  

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lynnkobrin
Participant
April 12, 2026

The people distraction does not allow you to change the selected area.  In my example it selected the people including the foot of the horse statue and then changed the hoof to look like a dog’s paw.  Not useful at all.

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NeenaC
Participant
April 11, 2026

Good addition but it doesn’t always pick up all the distractions.  Need to be able to add more people distractions

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beckyp19892254
Participant
April 11, 2026

it needs to be able to be refined when it chooses more than it should. but it is a good addition!

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Participant
April 11, 2026

Frequently leaves a shadow and even more often misses people.  need an option to search for additional people distractions or to put a pin on the person and have it removed.  The erase tool (when someone is behind a fence at a baseball game) will also take out the fence, but the erase people too misses more than it gets

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peterey
Participant
April 6, 2026

Great feature but in images that leave a shadow, the shadow is still there.

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