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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
  • 374 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

 

374 replies

johnkar1
Participant
June 20, 2025

It only took out one group of people. The one with the lady in the hot pink outfit.

 

Great idea. Implementation a bit lacking at the moment.

 

Participant
June 19, 2025

It found my people in a really busy area of the photo.  KUDOs here.  BUT it selected way too big of an area and took out the gas pump at a marina and replaced it with an electronic keyboard!!!  That certainly didn't work.   Tried to find a way to take the gas pump out of the mask but couldn't figure out how.  Would be nice to be able to adjust the people mask like I can do in the regular masking area.  

Participant
June 19, 2025

First try......One and done. Worked perfectly.

Participant
June 19, 2025

I like the DRP function, it works well but it is limited and I cannot ask / prompt / select other people (or parts of people) than those the program has chosen. I ended up with a floating head when the DRP took the person's body but not their head and where I wanted a lot of sitting people removed the program stated nope it is just these two and that's your lot.

And the function only works once on an image and going back for a second attempt gets you nowhere.

But when it gets it right the program is very good, just needs a bit of refinement.

Neiman8920
Participant
June 19, 2025

The remove tool detected the person for delete, however only half the person was removed leaving the lower half untouched.  In addition, the removed area has different shade or shadow making it look like a ghost image.  Another person in the same photo was removed but leaving a smuge in the middle.  

Participant
June 19, 2025

Hi, I wish I could erase parts of the selection, sometimes it automatically selects parts os the image that are not people, or other objects that I want to keep. 

 

Participant
June 19, 2025
You can edit their selection by clicking on the pin of a selection and hitting delete.

      
      Natalie ​

Retired and a damn nice person!
Participant
June 20, 2025

can you add new pins to items you want to delete?

Participant
June 19, 2025

L'outil parait intéressant dans sa description, ce qu'il y a d'étonnant c'est qu'il remet d'autres personnes en moindre nombre dans les zones ou des personnes sont détectées...

The tool seems interesting in its description, what is surprising is that it puts other people in smaller numbers in the areas where people are detected...

Inspiring
June 19, 2025

Das Tool funktioniert nicht durchgängig gut. Bei einem Bild mit 5 groß sichtbaren Personen sind nach der Entfernung Schatten übrig geblieben und eine neue Person mit gelben Kopftuch wurde hinzugefügt!!! 
Irgendwie verwirrend ...
Zudem vermisse ich, dass man die maskierten Bereich ändern kann.

Participant
June 19, 2025

People Disteaction Tool ,very poor ,5 people near a car at a car show at best took 3 out ,another 17 mm shot with a few people inbackground took out the bodies on the far sides in the middle didnt do a thing ,you cant seem to go back in to remove the rest either one chance only .

Refection tool good at refections on glass in front of you ,dont bother with reflections on show cars waste of time .

Adobe come on your better than this 1

Participant
June 20, 2025

Same issues for me.

Participant
June 19, 2025

ik heb geprobeerd om personen te verwijderen doch er komt een andere persoon in de plaats en er wordt slechts 1 persoon verwijderd instede van alle hinderende personen. Het werkt dus niet goed sorry