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

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@giancatt.stmoritz: "the "original eye" is not detected."

To get matching eyes, select both eyes with a single selection, being sure to include all the discolored, bruised skin:

Then subtract the selected portion of the nose:

It's crucial to select both eyes with a single selection and then subtract the parts you don't want selected; otherwise, if you select the eyes separately, then due to a design bug, you'll end up with two different selections rather than a single selection, and the eyes won't match.

Then you'll have to look at many variations (perhaps 20 to 30) to get something acceptable (clicking Generate to generate three more variations).  When you see a plausible variation, make a new Snapshot of it, so you can go back later and select the best variation.

Here are some variations that look plausible to me:

Note that you can adjust the eye color using Radial Gradient masks.

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@Turbolyft: "I am constantly noticing issues with the generative fill showing definitive outlines around the replaced areas making the tool useless."

There are different situations which can create such outlines, and there are usually ways to avoid them. However, the screenshot you posted doesn't show any such outline on my calibrated display:

If you post another example where the the issue is more obvious, then we'll be able to provide better help.

@LuluBirder: "it simply does not work for out of focus twigs and vegetation that appears translucent."

Remove always tries to match its replacements with what's left unselected. So when you selected part of the bird's head, it generated a replacement (a bird's head) to match the unselected body of the bird.

You can quickly remove the translucent twigs by selecting just them, with three different Remove selections, not selecting the bird's head:

Remove can't remove the translucent haze on the bird's head without generating a completely new (different) head. But you can use a Brush mask to select that part of the bird's head:

and then increasing the Texture, Clarify, and Contrast of the mask:

There just isn't any detail in the lower half of the head to recover, though.

@joedibr: "ALL IT DOES IS REPLACE THE OBJECT THAT I'M TRYING 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 several dozen problem photos posted here, we've been able to show how to quickly remove the desired objects.

@MassimoMax: "While the lamppost is removed, a faint white "ghost" of the lamppost often remains visible."

Right, Adobe recommends doing Remove first and then masking. But if you do masking first and then Remove, you can easily fix the ghosting by doing the menu command Settings > Update AI Settings, which recomputes the underlying AI mask.

See this article for Adobe's recommended order of applying commands:

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

@Rico Myburg:   "Even better if they each had their own shortcut button."

These are the current shortcuts:

- Q opens the Remove panel, with the last-used mode (Remove, Heal, Clone) selected.

- Option Shift G toggles the setting Use Generative AI.

@MicheleDeeVee!!: "When I used generative fill to remove a person and his shadow, there was still a faint outline on the photo so it seemed to just have lighted it up AND it added a little person."

There could be several causes of these symptoms:

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

2. 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.

3. 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 several dozen problem photos posted here, we've been able to show how to quickly remove the desired objects.

1. Uncheck Detect Objects (on by default in LR 14) -- it doesn't always 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. 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), so we and Adobe can see the issue in detail. With nearly every one of the several dozen problem photos posted here, we've been able to show how to quickly remove the desired objects.