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Rikk Flohr-Retired
Adobe Employee
January 16, 2025
Question

P: Distraction Removal: People (CR & LrClassic)

  • January 16, 2025
  • 600 replies
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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

 

600 replies

Participant
August 28, 2026

Does NOT work properly!  Am unable to click on pin to delete a person from removal.  Instead, the zoom feature turns itself on whenever curser is placed over photo.  Therefore, people that I do not want removed are removed anyway.  Darned annoying!  This is definitely a major bug!  Please help!!!!!

Participant
August 28, 2026

some edges from the surroundings were also erased. good enough, it could be better but im not complaining

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

ThomasH_on_the_web
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.