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

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@sherwood77: "Doesn't remove the lightpole and adds 'junk'.

Generative Remove quickly removed the pole in my LR 14.1. I did it in two pieces (see below). 

1. Make sure to uncheck Detect Objects -- it doesn't work well, especially with skinny objects and along the edges of photos.

2. If you make a selection approximately as shown below, does it work better?

@jerryy20523319: "it is wonky. When I want to remove something, I want it completely removed and not replaced with an alien."

See this 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.

to be clear, that 'thing' is the replacement.

@Corniger: "What are the best ways to speed this up?"

Which mode of the Remove tool are you using?  Clone, Heal, Remove without Generative Remove selected (Content Aware), or Remove with Generative Remove selected?

@AkhileshS20: "my LR generative remove is not working at all."

Sometimes firewalls and anti-malware / anti-virus utilities incorrectly block some network requests from LR. Try these troubleshooting steps:

- Temporarily disable all the firewall / anti-malware on your computer. If that solves the problem, then add a specific exclusion for LR to the firewall's rules.

- Connect to another network, preferably one serviced by a different ISP. E.g. a Wifi connection of a neighbor, a coffee shop, work, or your phone's hotspot. Sometimes the routers in these networks block LR's requests, especially in authoritarian countries like China.

- On Mac, try relaunching the Finder -- start Finder, click the Finder menu, and do Quit Finder. Someone reported that this solved this problem for him.

To help others, please let us know which of these work and which don't.

@Rikk Flohr: Photography: "Update (Dec 2024):  With the new release, it is no longer necessary to perform Generative Remove Operations prior to Cropping."

...or Transform or Lens Corrections. And it's no longer necessary to do heroic brushing to remove objects along the edges of photos where LR / Camera Raw has applied the can't-be-disabled hidden cropping performed on many cameras.

This will avoid a lot of the confusion reported in this thread!

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"Hopeless. Frustrating. No value for money as the tool just cannot be used meaningfully. Waste of time."

In your previous post in this thread last month, you provided a screenshot of where you wanted to remove a cable, and I pointed out that you should uncheck Detect Objects and review a quick-read tutorial. I also said, "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 everyone who has posted a problem photo, we've been able to show how to quickly remove the desired objects."  You never responded.

Using your screenshot, I quickly removed the cables with Generative Remove:

In another thread, you wrote, "Lightroom is unable to remove this cable. I tried a few times, but end result is that the cable stays there, no change!" Again, Generative Remove did a good job of quickly removing the cable:

In another post in this thread, you complained you weren't able to remove a stick crossing front of a rodent. Someone pointed out that you should select the entire stick, not part of it. You never responded. That works well with your screenshot:

In another post in this thread, you complained about not being able to remove sticks from the background, and we pointed out you needed to apply Remove before cropping and do Update AI Settings after applying Remove on an AI mask. You never responded.

The problems you've reported are addressed by this short, five-minute article to which I've referred you before:

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

Have you read it? If you have, and you're still having problems, show that I'm an idiot by attaching several full-resolution problem JPEGs exported from the unmodified original photos (not a screenshot, not a modified image). 

@riley_0222: "The generative remove will not remove powerlines for me"

1. Uncheck Detect Objects (on by default in LR 14) -- it doesn't work well, especially with skinny objects and along the edges of photos.

2. Power lines usually go to the edges of the photo. If you've applied Crop, Lens Correction, or Transform, undo them, apply Remove, then redo them. Remove looks at all the pixels of a photo and will try to match the unselected cropped-out pixels.

3. See this 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.