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January 22, 2023
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This post applies to Lightroom Classic and the Lightroom Ecosystem products.
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This thread is now closed. Please update to LrC 14.x or LrD 8.x. If you wish to provide feedback, please go to the new article.

The Lightroom team is sharing an early look at Generative Remove, which makes it easier to remove unwanted objects and distractions, even on complex backgrounds, with a simple brush stroke. Generative Remove is powered by Firefly AI.

How to use Generative Remove on a desktop:

You can find Generative Remove under the newly renamed Remove panel (aka “Heal”).
Make sure the “generative AI” checkbox is enabled before you start brushing (note: when unchecked, Lightroom will use Content-Aware Remove to fill your brushed spots).
By default, you will be given a moment to refine your selection with an add or subtract brush. Remember to include shadows for a more accurate result! You can also skip this step by holding down ‘CTRL’ on windows or ‘CMD’ on mac as you finish your brush stroke.
Once you’re ready to apply and have accepted the terms, Generative Remove will use Firefly AI to remove your distractions and intelligently fill in the space that’s left by the removed objects.
Note: stable internet connection is required to use this feature.
Generative Remove also lets you choose from multiple variations, so you can pick the one you like best, giving you full creative control.

Checkout the FAQ and Best Practices

Please give it a try and share feedback and/or report variations in this community forum. It would greatly help to include details like which app you are using (i.e., Lightroom Classic or Camera Raw) and other system details. Our team will continually monitor this thread to track issues to improve the future experience.

Lisa Ngo: Lightroom Product Manager
Posted by: Rikk Flohr

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

Update:

Here are some tips if you are having issues with the feature replacing your object instead of removing it.

Enlarge your selection - if your brush stroke is too tight, you will have unexpected results.
Remember that removing an object means painting over it, its shadow, its reflection, and any non-contiguous pieces. If you leave behind a shadow, a reflection, or a disconnected piece (e.g., a hand on a shoulder), the AI will attempt to create something to cast the shadow, reflect, or complete the unbrushed discontinuous item. You can avoid these issues by following the guidance provided in this linked tutorial. https://www.lightroomqueen.com/generative-remove-replace

The recommended order for applying edits is:

Denoise
Heal (includes Generative AI Remove)
Crop (includes traditional Cropping, Lens Correction, Transform, or any operation changing the geometry of the image, including round-tripping to PS to use Gen-Expand)
Global Edits
AI Selective edits (Sky, Person, etc)

If you deviate from that, you may see the removed object remain as a ghost image. If this occurs, you will have to use Update AI Settings, which can be found under the Develop module 'Settings' menu.

Correct answer daleducatte

Hi, I'm getting the same error messages, as are some other people. There's a recent post on Reddit from an Adobe employee that Adobe is aware of the problem and is working on it. See here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Lightroom/comments/1fka2el/suddenly_unable_to_use_the_remove_tool_due_to/

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William297467228arq

Participant

Hi, I am using LRC 13.3 on my desktop windows 10. However when I select an object to remove I get a messge "No objected detected". I have ticked all appropritae boxes and have tried several photos without success. My graphics card is Amd Radeo R5 435

Thank you for any advice

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johnrellis

Legend

@William297467228arq, "Amd Radeon R5 435"

That's an 8-year-old graphics processor for which AMD no longer provides updated graphics drivers. LR's AI commands are very sensitive to buggy drivers. AMD doesn't even provide downloadable drivers for the R5 435, though you can still get them for other R5 processors, though they're now all unsupported, and the last driver released in 2022, before AI apps started using GPUs in new ways (e.g. see the R5 M430 and the R5 340).

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MarcySB

Inspiring

How do I unfollow this discussion/conversation? I posted and now I'm getting an email for EVERY single post.

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Andres Manuel31715185bb08

Participant

No me funciona la eliminación generativa con IA. Trabajo en windows 10 de 64 bits. Sale un error que dice: "El borrado generativo ha fallado...Hemos detectado un problema y no podemos completar su solicitud en este momento. Inténtelo más tarde"

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hajfly

Participant

First of all a cool function which works surprisingly good. Nevertheless I had kind of a laugh while I tried to remove a group of people in front of a mosque. I did it person by person and they all diappeared as expected except for two. I tried several times, but instead of removing them I always get new different people. I can make a choice which ones I like to have but it won't remove them a I would like to have it - for what reason so ever.

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hajfly

Participant

.... and now I can add an answer to this issue myself. after disabling Auto upright and trying again, also the two remaining people from the picture were succesfully and to my complete satisfaction removed. Great!!!

Participant

Participant

generative AI remove... you can replace faces....!

Wurstkrapfen

Inspiring

How are you handling the transfer to the highres source image if I use GenAI on a smartpreview on a mobile device?

Will LRC re-render it with the same seed in a higher resolution?
Do I have to manually tell it to re-render it?
Will a Gen-AI fill on a Smartpreview result in a lower res fill compared to if I do it on the full file?
Will it cost twice when I have to re-render it for the desktop resolution?

To the moderators: Yes it's a repost, the frist one was moved to a general thread where it did not get answered and I don't have any intention following everything in that general thread to see if it is eventually answered.

Rikk Flohr_Photography

Author

Community Manager

@Wurstkrapfen

When using pixel-based retouching via a Smart Preview, the healed area is not recomputed upon applying those edits from the Proxy to the Original. You would need to refresh the spots on the full-size originals manually.

The impact on your full-res image quality is greater on larger healed areas than on smaller areas.

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org

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frankis17690279

Participant

Today was my first day to try AI. Unfortunately, it isn't trying to REMOVE the object that I want removed ( a card in a man's shirt pocket). It is just changing the object to look different.

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MarcySB

Inspiring

Once again, it did not remove, it replaced. I wanted to get rid of half a flower left in the frame after I cropped. I did 3 generations and it replaced it with another flower every time. I wanted it gone and replaced with surrounding stems. I ended up going to Photoshop, using the Remove tool there which worked perfectly, and then back to Lightroom to continue.

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Geneviève34311062anvd

Participant

La suppression de personnages gênants n'a pas fonctionné chaque fois et LR a créé de nouvelles personnes en remplacement... Bizarre. Mais lorsque ça a fonctionné, c'est absolument magique !

Bravo !