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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

 

476 replies

davidf38077000
Participant
July 28, 2025

Generally works well. Just used it on two photos with people on very edge and it left an element of the person on the edge, but closer to the edge of the photo. Easily removed with a crop, but wanted to mention it.  See screenshots below

 

Participating Frequently
July 27, 2025

The open passageway was inappropriately replaced by a door. Although this may be apparent from the composition of the image, it is undesirable (see attachments).

Participant
July 27, 2025

Sometimes it will remove distracting people only to put AI generated distracting people in their palce

Participant
July 27, 2025

Just used it for the first time, 10/10! Perfect!! 

 

Participant
July 26, 2025

I love it!  I've spent so much time editing people in the background out of my photos.

This makes my editing so much easier. 

Participant
July 26, 2025

Het werkt ook op dieren, op een foto stond een koe er half op en ik dacht ik probeer het even, en ja hoor , geweldig mooi verwijderd. Ik ben er blij mee.

Participant
July 25, 2025

Not liking the swapping of people for other ones. Nor the weird transormations they sometimes get. Or sometimes being replaced by "other" animals. Or replaced by other but smaller ones. Have to resort to old fashioned methods. I really do not want to pay credits for these "solutions". 

Participating Frequently
July 26, 2025

Same here. Have used this feature a few times with good success. Today the first time that instead of removing people it swaps them for other people. Why would one want to do that? 

stacym8833226
Participant
July 25, 2025

I applied the Remove Distraction (People) function to this photo. Sadly, this is the result with most of the photos I have tried using this feature with. When it actually works, it's great, but most of the time, it doesn't work. Try training it to remove portions of people, and backs of people.

stacym8833226
Participant
July 24, 2025

This is still really wonky. Mostly, it fails to remove the people in the photo, or at best, only removes those in the distance; not those in the foreground. Sometimes it tells you o people have been dtected, when the photo is full of people. 

 

 

Participant
July 23, 2025

Upper body and heads not detected