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

@Daniel336694186n1h: "I have to go to every single photo and "Update all" settings!  It's 10 seconds each photo.  No way to just press a button for the entire gallery to update."

In Library, select all the photos and do the menu command Photo > Develop Settings > Update AI Settings. That command will quickly skip over any selected photos that don't need updating.

If after doing this you're still seeing all the photos with AI settings needing updating, then try these steps:

1. Do Help > Updates to verify you're on the latest version of LR (14.3). An earlier version had a bug causing these symptoms.

2. In LR, do Edit > Catalog Settings > General > Show. That will open Windows File Explorer on the current catalog folder.

2. Exit LR.

3. Move the file <catalog>.lrcat-data to the Desktop.

4. Start LR.

5. In Library Grid view (not Loupe view), select all photos and do Photo > Develop Settings > Update AI Settings. That will recompute all the AI masks and create a new .lrcat-data file, which could take a while. 

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@lynnr8655735: "I absolutley hate the ai please let us have a turn off button"

All the older, non-generative-AI remove options are still there.

Clone:

Heal:

Content-aware Remove (non-generative AI):

But you might read this short tutorial about how to Generative AI Remove more effectively:

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/generative-remove-replace/

Once you spend a few minutes learning to use the tool, it works quite well. But if it doesn't help, please attach a full-resolution JPEG exported from the unmodified original photo (not a screenshot). With nearly every one of the many dozen problem photos posted here, we've been able to show how to quickly remove the desired objects.

@Melodie Yvonne: "I don't understand why it won't just remove objects without putting something else there. "

See this short article for how to remove objects more reliably, replacing them with background rather than AI monsters:
https://www.lightroomqueen.com/generative-remove-replace/

Most complaints about Remove are addressed in the article. But if it doesn't help, please attach a full-resolution JPEG exported from the unmodified original photo (not a screenshot). With nearly every one of the many dozen problem photos posted here, we've been able to show how to quickly remove the desired objects.

@cermetmj: "Remove result"

You need to select the stool's shadow as well as the stool itself, and also select a little bit into the fur of the dog's tail to ensure every bit of orange stool is selected. Otherwise, Remove will generate a replacement that tries to cast the unselected shadows and match any unselected orange bits.

See this short article for how to remove objects more reliably:
https://www.lightroomqueen.com/generative-remove-replace/

1. Uncheck Detect Objects before brushing a selection -- it doesn't work well, especially with skinny objects and along the edges of photos.

2. Select the entire wire and any other wires touching it.

3. But if this doesn't help, please attach a full-resolution JPEG exported from the unmodified original photo (not a screenshot). With nearly every one of the many dozen problem photos posted here, we've been able to show how to quickly remove the desired objects.

@Airton_Coutinho2602: "I'm having trouble removing with AI"

Please describe in more detail the problems you're having. A full-resolution screenshot (not a phone pic) may help.

@j37262925tghy: "Gen Remove just creating an AI version of the thing I am asking it to remove"

See this short article for how to remove objects more reliably:
https://www.lightroomqueen.com/generative-remove-replace/

Most complaints about Remove are addressed in the article. But if it doesn't help, please attach a full-resolution JPEG exported from the unmodified original photo (not a screenshot). With nearly every one of the many dozen problem photos posted here, we've been able to show how to quickly remove the desired objects.

@miguelm25532952: "When removing small strokes, it leaves a border even if you have selected an area that completely covers it, even with quite a few extra pixels."

1. Uncheck Detect Objects before brushing a selection -- it doesn't work well, especially with skinny objects and along the edges of photos.

2. After clicking Remove, check that the Opacity slider is 100 -- LR infrequently changes it to something else.

3. If you applied Remove on top of an AI mask (e.g. Sky or Subject mask), do the menu command Settings > Update AI Settings to recompute the mask.

If this doesn't help, please attach a full-resolution JPEG exported from the unmodified original photo (not a screenshot). With nearly every one of the many dozen problem photos posted here, we've been able to show how to quickly remove the desired objects.