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Rikk Flohr-Retired
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Rikk Flohr-Retired
January 16, 2025
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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

 

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    milissas
    milissas
    Participant
    March 16, 2026

    many times when I use this feature to remove people it leaves ghosting behind. Like a white blob where the person used to be. 

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    heatherg47922713
    heatherg47922713
    Participant
    March 8, 2026

    I tried this for the first time and it missed 2 of the 3 people.

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    BrianBoston
    BrianBoston
    Participant
    March 7, 2026

    It removed the people well but also removed a post behind them holding up a rope fence (like a movie theater type fenced in area).  I will need to clone the fence post from another area.   Also this was a long exposure and some people are blurred and it did not remove them and I did not see an area to highlight them to be removed.

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    beta_max10995051
    Participant
    March 6, 2026

    La verdad no funciona la deteccion de objetos

    por tanto el criterio de seleccionar sujetos molestos no funciona

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    decker32
    Participant
    March 3, 2026

    It removed the distracting person with a more distracting mutilated human shaped thing🤣

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    decker32
    Participant
    March 3, 2026

    I did finally get a good background person distraction removal, but I could not use it. The automatically selected mask of the distraction did not allow for mask editing. The mask overlapped the main subjects ¾ face profile and could not recreate a believable facial edge. Still impressive, but I would love to edit the selection before the generation. 

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    eda23322718
    eda23322718
    Participant
    March 2, 2026

    Suggest option to remove any of the foreground people too, not just background people.

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    Ysrael.Oliver
    Participant
    March 2, 2026

    It still has issues with some shapes, especially if the contrast is not good, but there is no straightforward way to refine the mask

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    sanderb97552833
    sanderb97552833
    Participating Frequently
    February 27, 2026

    Not working anymore!  I get a message that an unexpected error occured and that the request cannot be honoured!

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    guus312824044vcl
    Participant
    February 26, 2026

    When I try to remove distracting elements (people) from an image in cameraraw, I get a massage that an unexpected error occured and that the request cannot be honoured. I recently updated to PS 27.4 and Camera Raw 18.2! Request your attention!

    Regards, Guus Verheijen

     

     

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    carloc68125895
    carloc68125895
    Participant
    February 25, 2026

    Sì e

     

    ni delle persone non vengono effettuate perchée  DICe che 

    erato ENE G

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