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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

 

561 replies

Participating Frequently
June 22, 2025

Need the ability to select people / paint on the photo where distracting people are, to add people to the distracting people removal, when the current feature misses some people.

Participant
June 22, 2025

The new feature works well in removing people on the beach in the background, however it doesn't always get all of them. It would be great if we could add to it and subtract from it with an additional mask before it removes the distractions. It also doesn't seem to replace the background with as good of a result as when using AI remove. 

Participating Frequently
June 22, 2025

Unsure why it substitutes other images when removing people - so annoying and distracting as you have to then do it manually....

 

Participant
June 21, 2025

I very much love the feature that removes people from a scenic photo. Thank you for providing it. That said, it removed all but one. And there was no way to remove people again, so I have one woman standing where there was a crowd.  Not completely ready for prime time.

 

As long as we're on the subject, it would be great to have a button to remove phone poles and associated wires.

rickb98023210
Participant
June 21, 2025

I just tried the people removal tool for the first time. The tool works great! 

Participant
June 21, 2025

I have an issue with distraction removal - If I click people button, I can see only 'remove' button, selection of people to be removed with pin is not visible.  If I press 'remove' distraction elements will be removed. Please address the issue. I have reinstalled the app still not rectified

Erik Bloodaxe
Legend
June 21, 2025

Mac or Windows?

I am on Windows and cannot replicate your issue. Pins show as they should.

Participant
June 22, 2025

Windows 11. Distractions will be removed, but I cannot see the masked selection and pin.

Participant
June 21, 2025

Works well, but I am not seeing selection and pin (masked area) Please help

 

Participant
June 21, 2025

Tried it on an image of a large hall (Grand Central) with lots of people.  It only selected the 3 or 4 closest to the camera.

 

Participant
June 20, 2025

Virtually never detects any people.  I've tried dozens of images and it has worked (partially) on only one.   Some guidance on what kinds of people it will detect would be appreciated.  Is it best for people in the foreground, the edge of the frame, the distance etc.

Known Participant
June 20, 2025

Love the feature. It generally works great, but sometimes it replaces instead of removes. It just replaced a person with a dog for some reason.

Known Participant
June 30, 2025

How do I turn off notifications from this thread? There's a new email every few hours. I can't delete my old comment or uncheck the email reply box.