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Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
August 13, 2024
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P: Generative Remove Feedback (Lr Classic & Lr Eco)

  • August 13, 2024
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This post applies to Lightroom Classic and the Lightroom Ecosystem products.
Camera Raw feedback can be found here.
 
Generative Remove makes it easier to remove unwanted objects and distractions with a simple gesture, even on complex backgrounds. For more accurate results, be sure to include the object's shadow in your selection and/or expand its size. 
 
Detect Objects uses AI to find the objects underneath a brushed area. The masked areas will now appear larger than the Early Access version of this feature. You can also circle objects for quicker selection now. 
 
We have also updated the spot selection experience to make it easier to manage variations, switch the fill type, refine the selection area, or re-generate as needed. 
 
Batch updating is also now supported for Generative Remove spots. 
 
Try out the latest updates and share your feedback with us here. Please also include the following details in your post: 
  • App version
  • System details
  • Example image(s) if you wish to share

Our team continually monitors this thread to track issues for future improvement. Thanks!
 
Lisa Ngo: Lightroom Product Manager

 

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hykspet
Participant
April 29, 2026
I would appreciate if the function Generative AI worked even after the image is transformed, e.g., this image was vertically transformed and I cannot generate any content in the blank corners because the program does not consider this as “part of the image”. It only highlights the area of the original photo. Otherwise, I consider the tool to be very helpful. Best Regards, Petr.

 

Participant
April 29, 2026

I join the other voices—this tool does whatever it wants. It struggles to recreate anything useful when it removes people.

JaredIsMyName
Participant
April 23, 2026

this tool is always a huge hit or miss, it either amazes me in the fact it got something right for once or amazes me because how is the @#$@#$ it  it add a faucet and handles that don’t do anything to an image that already had some and I didn’t want it to edit them anyways… I can dump this in to any other AI tool and it fix what I need no issues but some how the leader in graphic arts tools can’t manage to get this right. now I will say this… if I export it from light room to photoshop it does a better job overall but still not great.

 

Participant
April 18, 2026

I never use the LR generative remove tool, even the heal tool isn’t working properly. I have to open everything in PS and edit there. I have a white background with one minor smudge, I click remove and it is still there. The remove tool doesn’t remove anything, it only re-shapes it. The heal tool does not recognize that all the space around it is also white, it chooses instead to sample from the subject, so I get a random eye or nose on the white backdrop. 

smalleyed_josh
Participant
April 17, 2026

So, I’ve come to notice. 

Generative Remove needs to work on improving its ‘correction ability’ AI software on identifying fabrics. The texture isn’t consistent and doesn’t match with the original fabric. 

pavelk1
Participant
April 16, 2026

Generative Remove still doesn’t work reliably.

After years of feedback from users here and across the forums, I expected this to be resolved by now - especially since it worked back in 2024.

Please, take a look at that. I’d really appreciate it if this could finally be addressed, as it has a major impact on everyday workflow.

TonieChristine
Participant
April 16, 2026

I am in desperate need of help! I edited 20-30 images in a larger set and used generative ai to remove trash and a few people in the background. The edits won’t “Stay” no matter what I do! I have hit update on each individual one etc… how can I fix this?!

Samuel24348213blkl
Participant
April 15, 2026

Hi guys, I’m new here and don’t know if someone posted it already, bu please include a button to tell the AI engine what you are trying to remove. Like for example the most common element I try to erase is women hair like, static, wind, puffed up by moisture. Also the AI engine need to know the hair growth direction to avoid floating hair strands etc. Also, feet tracks in the sand too. Thnx

Participating Frequently
April 1, 2026

Bonjour,

L’outil de suppression générative est très utile mais aussi très frustrant car il créé régulièrement des artefacts, des dégradés de couleurs de mauvaises qualité, des générations de mauvaise qualité (pixelisées), voire des zones vertes… Ça fait plus d’un an que je l’utilise et que j’ai ces mêmes problèmes ! Je vous joins un aperçu des ces bugs.

Cela concerne surtout (et peut-être exclusivement ? je n’utilise cet outil que pour ça je crois...) mes photos d’architectures fusionnées HDR (empilement de 5 photos au préalable dans LrC puis retouche de la photo fusionnée en DNG).

Si vous avez une solution je suis preneur ! 🙏

LrC 15.2.1 (et précédentes...)
Macbook Pro M4 Pro (12 CPU / 16 GPU / 24 RAM)

Participating Frequently
March 29, 2026

I am getting quite frustrated with both masking and remove.   It is now impossible to work on a photo that has lots of masking changes. For a while remove was working pretty good.   And masking too.  

johnrellis
Legend
March 29, 2026

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@CaroleSD It is now impossible to work on a photo that has lots of masking changes. 

Please do the LR menu command Help > System Info and copy/paste the entire contents here so we can see exactly which versions of hardware and software LR thinks you're running and important LR options that are set.