P: Generative Remove Feedback (Camera Raw)

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

This post applies to Camera Raw.

Lightroom Classic and Lightroom Ecosystem feedback can be found here.

Previous Early Access Feedback can be found here.

Generative Remove makes it easier to remove unwanted objects and distractions with a simple gesture, even on complex backgrounds. For more accurate results, be sure to include the object's shadow in your selection and/or expand its size. 

Detect Objects uses AI to find the objects underneath a brushed area. The masked areas will now appear larger than the Early Access version of this feature. You can also circle objects for quicker selection now. 

We have also updated the spot selection experience to make it easier to manage variations, switch the fill type, refine the selection area, or re-generate as needed. 

Batch updating is also now supported for Generative Remove spots. 

As Generative AI analyzes portions of the image that have been cropped out, Camera Raw has the ability to toggle Show Uncropped Image is now available to guide you in your Generative Remove selection. 

Try out the latest updates and share your feedback with us here. Please also include the following details in your post: 

• App version
• System details
• Example image(s) if you wish to share

Our team continually monitors this thread to track issues for future improvement. Thanks!

Lisa Ngo: Lightroom Product Manager

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[wb9tpg]

Not working for me at all.  I'm trying with an NEF File and I get a herringbone effect 

Photoshop 26.2.0 Release thru Photography Bundle

System
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon Graphics 3.80 GHz
Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.3 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch Pen support

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Display Adapter

Windows

Edition Windows 11 Home
Version 24H2
Installed on ‎9/‎27/‎2024
OS build 26100.1742
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.18.0

Hope this helps, Gary

   

[BASUDEB]

Very effective tool. I have just used it. Pros and Cons will again be clarified.

[masterprintmaker]

+1 = does not work ( like most photoshop AI / Neural Filters)

[wb9tpg]

I wanted to post and say that Adobe has fixed the issue I was having and it did a great job removing the reflection in the test I just did.   I'm creating a photobook and I'll experiment with hopes it'll do great things.

[SimplyV]

Was very impressed with the results! 

[Papa01]

I am having more success with generative remove in the Photoshop app than the generative remove in Camera Raw. 

Example 1 is the original picture. 

Example 2 is using generative remove in the Photoshop 2025 app (MacBook Pro with Sequoia 15.1.1}

Example 3 is using generartive remove in the Camera Raw Filter.

[BASUDEB]

Generate Remove tool is very useful in the cases where there is some unwanted object sudenly comes before lens and can not be avoided. For Arts shake this tool has helped a lot. I like it .

[MattyHealy4eva]

Do better it's rediculous how bad it is

[tonyb2760]

I realize this is a new feature but it is failing miserably on night time images from a Las Vegas hotel room. Most of the reflections are only reduced around fifty percent and not removed at all and that is at "100%" removal setting. Hopefully this will improve in the near future. I am saving the raw files for a go at it later.

[Gal Medv]

Used generative remove today few times. Worked great. BUT! On one image I needed to remove two people. Removed 1st - fine, tried to remove second one - person was removed, but on the same plase apeared other men from God know where! He wasn't on my photo. Closed camera raw, reopened tried one more time - some other figure materialized from thin air. Is it a fiture? 🙂 

[danielw22051974]

The Generative Remove tool doesn't work very good on removing cars. The tool it self is very good. But when it comes to cars it always replaces the car of multiple cars with another car. When I'm looking for a 'remove' I do not want a 'replace'.

[stefan_vassilev]

I've noticet weird noisy artifacts when opening and editing an image with applied Remove and Heal edits - see attached images.

I can individually edit and Refresh each Remove/Heal spot edit, BUT Clicking on Update AI Settings fixes ONLY the selected spot edit, NOT ALL edits on an image?!? This is unacceptable?! I cannot Refresh hundreds of Spot Remove/Heal edits on each image after editing it and using masks, etc. 

How can I fix this??

[stefan_vassilev]

Selecting a single Edit and hitting refresh fixes ONLY the selected Edit, but hitting "Update AI Settings" in the top left corner does absoltely NOTHIING for every other Edit - it remains with this weird noizy texture?!?

[Steve21833522o9p8]

Remove feature excellent in majority of cases, need to play around with area masked to get best results or can be weird or brilliant. However this is stimied as the revert facility does not step backwackwards of last remove, but is total remove so lose all other removals. Not helpful if many small or medium removals to make. Does create plenty of practice if annoying, please add single steps back in single session please.

[richard_4321]

I don't understand why reflection does appear in my camera raw after checking the "tech preview" box and AI.  When I click on the remove icon there is no choice for reflection.

[Erik Bloodaxe]

Are you by any chance using the Camera Raw Filter accessed from Photoshop? You need to use the Camera Raw Plugin on a RAW file to see this feature.

[vickyj62281751]

Useful that this feature is now in ACR.  Its a shame you cant use text prompts like you can in photoshop, however just found a big problem for me ... My work flow is to open the raw files, make all the slider adjustments & also using the removal tool & then the last step I use is denoise (often Im shooting very low light with action - such as a show - so I use a fastish shutter speed but high iso so lots of noise) ... If I use the removal tool AI 1st then run denoise Im finding that the area under the denoise is completely changing.  For example Id wanted to remove a particular person.  AI removal had done this with a great result.  I ran denoise ... & suddenly on my new dng file I have these really random weird looking person suddenly appear.  This has happened to me on the last 5 images where Ive tried to remove a person ... ran denoise & then some weird warped person has appeared !? Running, version 17.0.1.2048 Mac running Sequoia 15.0.1 with Canon R3 CR3s - just thought it was worth mentioning 🙂

[masterprintmaker]

+1 

[ferruccio_gambogi6097]

ho fatto un sacco di prove ma non vedo l'opzione per eliminare i riflessi del vetro, mi potete aiutare ? grazie

[Yssa Olivencia]

I am having problems when I use the Generative Remove tool, which clearly shows what was done. I´ve never noticed it before as clearly as today, is there any update I need to make for this to work properly? 

Thank you!

[andrzejv90126968]

Poproszę o opcje usuwania drutów energetycznych i zanieczyszczeń matrycy aparatu.

[Elkanan]

I have all the latest updates. Trying the feature on a ARW file. This should be an perfect example for reflection removal.
I get a not very informative error message a few seconds into the attempt.

[strong_customer5EC7]

I'm afraid that if you've already decided to stop making changes to the software and functionality every stupid day, and let the tools that work well continue to work, because that way you won't force me to always install an older version. I don't understand how I, as a customer who pays your salary, deserve to have your Abobe take me back and forth every 2 weeks as a guinea pig. It's not fair that you're using me as an experiment. The AI generative erasing tool worked better yesterday than it does today, because according to you, the brush is less useful today and does not give us the good help it was given. (?). Until yesterday, I didn't get a warning about alleged 'misuse' because it's just a brush and not an image generated by indicative text. WTF? I don't understand this useless policy of having to do pre-tests and tests with the software, which leads you to remove the useful function of 'visualising' or 'not visualising' the box that allows you to see the symbol of the tool to see well the change produced. All this and much more can be found in the Adobe Circus and its daily clowns. Please sit down and decide how to develop the tool before you start updating it!

[Daring Master R5MkII]

Where is the overlay function in the Heal tool?????? It is useless now, as without I cannot correct the place where the tool takes it's info