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Rikk Flohr -
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

 

589 replies

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.

Known Participant
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.

pietbcommunity
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

sueh8881837
Participant
June 23, 2025

First time using this feature: very poor results with minimal discernible difference in the photo.  Disappointed!

Participant
June 23, 2025

tem varios problemas nessa ferramenta de remoção de pessoas ao fundo da foto, um problema é que não faz a mascara nas pessoas antes de remove-las. outro ponto é que não sincroniza a remoção com varias fotos, tenho que fazer foto por foto essa remoção, e as vezes se perde a remoção que havia feito.... e preciso refazer.... outro ponto aproveitando, a remoção de ruido por IA não funciona mais, ele processa a imagem e depois da um erro. Vocês tem que testar essas ferramentas antes de lançar em uma nova atualização... isso acaba atrapalhando muito o nosso fluxo de trabalho com esses erros! lancem uma correção para esses problemas urgente! obrigado!

Participant
June 23, 2025

Would like the option to paint over the people who are distracting.

 

Participant
June 23, 2025

Tried it out, was surprised to find that that there was a tiny person behind the distracting person. 

Before: 

After:

 

 

Participant
June 23, 2025

I tried the function on some high resolution landscape images where a couple of persons 
turned up on top of a sand dune. Not hard to remove manually but the removal of distracting people function
worked out great.

Many thanks!

beautiful_outfit16B8
Participant
June 23, 2025

I really like to add a selection of some people Lightroom misses....