Updated on July 7th, 2026.This post is to collect in-app customer feedback on the Generative Expand feature in Camera Raw. Generative Expand seamlessly blends the edges of your existing image with newly generated content that naturally fits into the background without taking away from your photo’s original subject. Some use cases for Generative Expand are: Expand the canvas for images that were accidentally cropped Fill in the edges of Geometry Edits Adjust the aspect ratio of a photo for social media We'd love to hear what it does well, what it doesn't, and how you'd like it to work. Please also include the following details in your post: Camera Raw version System details Example image(s) if you wish to share Our team continually monitors this thread. Thanks!Thanks!Peter Baust - Dir, Product ManagementPosted by: Rikk Flohr

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Updated on July 7th, 2026.

This post is to collect in-app customer feedback on the Generative Expand feature in Camera Raw.

Generative Expand seamlessly blends the edges of your existing image with newly generated content that naturally fits into the background without taking away from your photo’s original subject. Some use cases for Generative Expand are:

Expand the canvas for images that were accidentally cropped
Fill in the edges of Geometry Edits
Adjust the aspect ratio of a photo for social media

We'd love to hear what it does well, what it doesn't, and how you'd like it to work.

Please also include the following details in your post:

Camera Raw version
System details
Example image(s) if you wish to share

Our team continually monitors this thread. Thanks!

Thanks!

Peter Baust - Dir, Product Management

Posted by: Rikk Flohr

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C23569786on11

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I think a waste of credits simply did not work

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ccsuth

Participant

Not great, it doesn’t preserve the texture, or grain, just gives a bit of appropriately coloured blur and it corrects further into the image than it needs to, thus deteriorating parts of the image that were fine. Can’t be used except for small and low res files where scrutiny is not possible. Would be better to enable healing or cloning into those corners. Currently I am using it to fill the corners - when I have starightened horizon etc - so that I can heal over the top, but it’s a bit long winded

dnbnc

Participating Frequently

I'm trying out the “Generative Expand” option in Camera Raw, and while it works correctly, it doesn't preserve the background textures. It adds a background, but the texture is different from the rest, and that's very noticeable.

dnbnc

Participating Frequently

I'm trying out the “Generative Expand” option in Camera Raw, and while it works correctly, it doesn't preserve the background textures. It adds a background, but the texture is different from the rest, and that's very noticeable.

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dianasch

Participant

Please put the checkbox back for automatically cropping to constraint!

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kyakaddict

Participating Frequently

Tried it, wasn’t able to generate an image, “encountered an issue and was not able to complete the request. 1st window response said aspect ratio, but that window disappeared within milliseconds and was not able to read it.

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jrsforums

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When will this feature make it to Lightroom Classic.

andyr

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nikon Z7 NEF files - PC with tons of memory and a big GPU

Repeatedly and without any pattern I can see witll not generativly expanda frame. function is greyed out. requires a shutdown and restart of the computer. Very annoying:)