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Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
Community Manager
January 16, 2025
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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

 

374 replies

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 

Participant
June 25, 2025

Esta nova ferramenta de remoção de distração,  pro meu trabalho ficou espetacular eleminando pessoas indesejaveis 

que aparecem na fotos

Participant
June 25, 2025

As you can see with these two images.  There is still an amazing amount of inconsistancy in finding people.  But!  I want to add the even with the 'Better but' one that did a great job identifying people it was very weak in their AI replacement.

Participant
June 25, 2025

i followed the instructions correctly, yet the person I tried to remove was replaced with a different person. 

Participating Frequently
June 24, 2025

wish I could have tested this earlier before release.  It works "ok" with obvious people in the background, but if the people are close to the subject, it will not detect and even if they are selected manually, it does not generate a removal properly

Participant
June 24, 2025

I am so glad I lived long enough for this to come along! Greatest thing since sliced bread!

 

Participant
June 24, 2025

I used the remove feature and it selected the correct people to remove.  When it removed them a person was added.  I have cropped to the photo to not include the people I wanted to keep and shows the addeded person.  I reset the adjustment  and repeated the Removed and the same child was added.

 

Regards,

Ron

Participant
June 24, 2025

Hi Peter!
Thanks for creating a tool that will remove "distracting people".  I tried it with a picture taken at Disneyworld.  However, the Distraction Removal did not provide the results as in your example.  It was very selective and only removed some, not all.  After that, I could not use the tool again to remove more people.  I wish there was a way to select more people if the tool doesn't find them.  I hope this helps for feedback.
btw. Is there a Flash fill feature?  If not, maybe a new project to consider?  Thanks!

Participant
June 25, 2025

I uploaded the wrong picture.
Here is the correct one.

Participating Frequently
June 24, 2025

Please add the ability to easily add to the mask. Often times it gets all the people but leaves one little thing I don't want. It would be great if I could get that out then, instead of having to remove the people then go back and do another removal to get rid of the little thing I didn't want.

Participant
June 24, 2025

Ik heb deze nieuwe toepassing nu een aantal malen toegepast, in de meeste gevallen overtuigend. van één tot 4 á 5 personen werkt het prima.  Graspollen worden ook soms gezien als personen, deze zijn eenvoudig te verwijderen. Persoonlijk denk ik dat het aantal MB's van de camera er toe doet.

 

Piet Bakker