P: Generative Remove Feedback (Lr Classic & Lr Eco)

Here's an example: all the details previously removed with AI disappear, leaving only the error. There's no option to leave it as it was before, and it's very frustrating.

I need to edit, save, and only then edit another photo. A process that should have taken an hour now takes a day.

@Michael van Bevern: "Suddenly, not only the marked areas but also directly adjacent areas are being deleted or distorted."

A couple of others have reported this issue:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-gen-remove-now-changes-elements-outside-the-painted-mask-14-5/m-p/15457946

It would help everyone (users and Adobe) to understand the issue better and use the tool more effectively to see more examples -- please attach here some full-resolution JPEGs of the original, unedited images, and also include screenshots showing the Remove selection you've made (in red) and the end result. Screenshots by themselves won't help develop more effective techniques for using the current tool.  

@Saikat Chakraborty: "In some cases the removed area has different adjustments than the rest of the page if an adjustment was performed before applying generative remove."

You likely applied Remove on top of an AI mask, e.g. Background. Is the AI Edit Status button yellow? Click it and then Update:

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@Alannah23561231v95o: "When using any of the remove tools, the object or shape I remove becomes a white shadow"

Looks like you've applied Remove on top of an AI mask (e.g. Sky). Is the AI Edit Status button yellow? Click it and then Update:

@nathank58160098: "The detect objects feature is useless if when I trace the object, it quadruples the footprint I've highlighted onto everything around it. This is so useless now with this latest update."

@FrankMazz: "it's just awful at finding objects,"

Detect Objects hasn't changed since it was first introduced last fall. Many have observed that it fails in many situations, including skinny objects and objects near the edges of photos.  

I never use it -- it's much easier just to select the object manually.

@erica60735567: "I would love there to be a soften edge option for instances where the background is a solid color."

I agree -- many have observed here that the replacements made by Generative Remove sometimes don't match the photo's tone or noise. To get better matches, these techniques sometimes help:

1. Adobe recommends applying Denoise before Remove. This can reduce the noise, making it more likely the replacement will match.

2. The replacement patch supplied by Adobe Firefly has a maximum size of 2048 x 2048 pixels. If the selected area in the photo is larger than that, then the replacement patch gets upscaled (and blurry). Try removing smaller selections if possible.

3. Conversely, try making a larger selection, even including the entire background. Upscaling of the replacement sometimes won't be noticeable then.

4. Sometimes there's a distinctly visible boundary where the tone or noise don't match. You can often use the heal tool around the boundary to get better feathering and make it less noticeable -- apply Heal in small brush strokes. Or use a Brush mask with maximum feathering, dropping local Texture, Clarity, and Sharpness to their minimum values. Sometimes, making a very raggedy selection around the object makes the boundary less noticeable.

5. For grain/noise in particular, see this post for how to ameliorate the problem by adding the grain back or reducing the grain:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-generative-remove-feedback-lr-classic-amp-lr-eco/m-p/14917497#M382464