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Rikk Flohr -
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

 

588 replies

Participant
August 24, 2026

I removed people from a photo and updated the AI, when I went back days later, I had to do it all over every time the AI needed to updated.  Finally I took into photoshop so it would be done forever.

Participant
August 24, 2026

había usado la función de eliminar personas y me funciono muy bien, la ultima versión va pesimo

no se si harán una actualización o no , espero enterarme que así sea

 

Participant
August 23, 2026

All those people were not identified. Only two of them in the middle.

Participant
August 23, 2026

Left shadows of two persons removed out of a group of people. That’s a first

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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 24, 2026

LR has a recommended order for AI edits.  This happens when the edits are out of order.  Select the icon next to the snowflake an it should place the AI edits in their proper order.

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.