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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

 

559 replies

Participant
September 27, 2025

it does not alway remove the distracted people

Participant
September 26, 2025

Sadly, It does not remove all the people distractions.....

Participant
September 24, 2025

Would love it if it could generate other possibilities - I find it often distorts fences and buildings in unacceptable ways on the first try

michaelc77822482
Participant
September 22, 2025

I like that it will chose the person in the background but sometimes it misses. It would be great to add a person in the mix as easily as it is to remove someone. Perhaps there could be a select all option and you could then delete the masks from those whom you want to keep?

Also, sometimes when a background person intersects a person you're keeping, it can be a little too agressive removing part of the person in the foreground. It would great great to have a history brush to brush back what you want to keep.

Participant
September 21, 2025

Mehr als 12 Personen jeweils als Pärchen am Strand. Alle weg. Jetzt ein perfektes Strandmotiv. Auf den ersten Blick nichts an Rändern oder Bildresten zu sehen.

Workingspace
Participant
September 20, 2025

If I want to remove people, why does KI replace them with other people. That+s quite silly.

Participant
September 19, 2025

I would also like the ability to select people as AI didn't get them all

Participant
September 18, 2025

This is a significant enhancement. It is a pleasure to see how accurately people are discovered and eliminated. I have found that in a specific instance, the people were found, but the human figure on horseback was skipped over. I am very impressed.

Participant
September 15, 2025

It would be helpful if there is also the option of choosing which people you wish to be removed rather than only from the ones chosen by the programme .  Sometimes they are different.  Great tool however a wider scope would be beneficial.

 

gcbullen
Participant
September 12, 2025

The Distracting People tool is a very helpful feature, especially in travel photography, when we can't always wait for the scenes to be pristine for a shot of our subject. However, the inability to adjust the AI-chosen area limits the tool's success. For example, I just used it to remove a few people in the background, between my wife's head and my head. Result was good, but not quite usable, because the action also removed most of my right ear! So, I had to Undo and apply the standard Remove tool manually.