Skip to main content
Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
Community Manager
January 16, 2025
Question

P: Distraction Removal: People (CR & LrClassic)

  • January 16, 2025
  • 373 replies
  • 69543 views

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

 

373 replies

Participant
June 27, 2025

Works well if distracting people don't overlap with the subject.  Otherwise, it seems to grab part of the subject for removal in addition to the distraction.

Participant
June 27, 2025

Unfortunately this feature only works partially, some of the time. The distraction removal tool is very intriguing in theory but I still have to go into Photoshop and use generative AI or remove people by hand. Thank you for rolling this out but there is obviously some work to be done in order to get it where it needs to be.

GM Photography
Participant
June 27, 2025

In Lightroom Classic the new people removal option will not remove people but substitute for another person. Out of three options, none of them have no person in the image.

Participating Frequently
June 27, 2025

reptile image with blond head and red shirted person off to the side.  it id'd the distraction but as often has happened with removal. instead of just id'ing the backfground that is missing, it decides to add something completely NOT that- this time adding some growth like entity on the back of the reptile.  very unsatisfactory.  

Participant
June 27, 2025

Dear Sir,

At the beginning thank you for this addition,,,

Here are some suggestions:

- A (+) button in case there is more than 1 person,,,

- A refresh / fine tune option similar to the generative AI remove mode,,,

 

Keep it up, great job

 

Fadi

 

Participant
June 26, 2025

Häckchen bei der Technologiefunktion war schon gesetzt. Nef Dateien aber die Personen können nicht erkannt werden.

Funktioniert also nicht wirklich. Leider.

BFRIEDENBERG
Participant
June 26, 2025

Overlays and pins are not displaying

 

Participant
June 26, 2025

Lightroom Tool zur Entfernung ablenkender Personen und ACR in Photoshop

Es wird keine Überlagerung angezeigt. Vorhandene Personen werden nicht gefunden. 

Participant
June 26, 2025

Auch bei mir nicht, trotz aktiviertem Häckchen bei der Technologie-Vorschau und Nef Dateien...

Participant
June 26, 2025

unbelivable!!

LeicaGuy70
Participant
June 26, 2025

Left me with two small artifacts that looked like cows, one red and one blue. The other people were removed just fine. In another more complex removal, it removed the person pretty well, but left a bit of a discoloration that was noticeable with a moderate level of inspection