P: New AI-powered Generative Remove (Early Access) available across all surfaces.

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

This post applies to Camera Raw.
Post Lightroom Feedback here

The Photography 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. 

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:

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. 

The recommended order for applying edits is:

1. Denoise 
2. Heal (includes Generative AI Remove)
3. Crop (includes traditional Cropping, Lens Correction, Transform, or any operation changing the geometry of the image)
4. Global Edits
5. AI Selective edits (Sky, Person, etc)

If you deviate from that, you may see the removed object remain a ghost image. If this occurs, you will have to use Update AI Settings.

[Cameron Spencer]

Overall surprisingly impressed.

It is so close to being excellent for the removal of small annoyances. If it were a little more intuitive (could give it a couple preprogrammed prompts, i.e. remove flyaway hairs; does not need to be as limitless as photoshop), it would save even more trips into Photoshop, thus saving time and money for our business. It's almost there, just noticing a few discrepancies here and there. 

[HpFoto]

Ich will 2 Menschen entfernen. Als Ergebniss werden trotz erweitern und aktuallisieren Lustige Figuren angezeigt. So ein Müll hatten wir vorher nicht, Normal wäre kenzeichnen und das Objekt wird mit dem Hintergrund ersetzt. Bis das mal erreicht wird bin ich gestorben.

[John34639299dfxv]

Well mostly successful but then changed a person to a black dog instead of rocks and sand, then changed a man with a camera to a woman with a camers??

[Sergeymitiaev]

Generative Remove is a magic Harry Potter wand!  I used it to delete an object at not th - it did the job unexpectedly brilliant! Thank you so much

[123Actionphotogrphy]

not use ai

[James28038199th7e]

With a little patience and following the guidelines carefully, this works brilliantly.  

I'm sure it'll get better still over time.

Meanwhile massive congrats on a fantastically useful feature !

[James28038199th7e]

The recommended order for applying edits is:

1. Denoise 
2. Heal (includes Generative AI Remove)
3. Crop (includes traditional Cropping, Lens Correction, Transform, or any operation changing the geometry of the image)
4. Global Edits
5. AI Selective edits (Sky, Person, etc)

If you deviate from that, you may see the removed object remain a ghost image. If this occurs, you will have to use Update AI Settings.

[tyandliz]

Even after doing the steps described above the AI Generative tool continues to error out. 

[hlam_hayball]

Generally speaking the a.i gen remove tool in Lightroom is pretty good.  My general workflow is from Lightroom classic synced to Lightroom Ipad.  For the most part, a smart preview sync is all i need.  

The problem now being able to do gen a.i removal on the ipad means that im only working only a lower res version of my photo, so that when said photo is synced back to lightroom classic, the photo itself is (in this case 61MP) but the generative a.i bit is very low res.

Can we have a button or a function where it will automatically detect this and re-gen all "a.i removals" within Lightroom Classic ?
Right now I can do this, but i need to manually go into each edit and press 'refresh'

Thank you!

[Catherine38967911kgvl]

Objet supprimé facilement, résultat impressionnant !

[pierreb94]

Hi 

I don't understand !!!!! I want to remove an object in CR with AI. But I just want the background in place, just the BACKGROUND !!!  But AI replaces this object by 3 possible others object. Why ?????

Thanks for feedback and have a nice day

[geoffgrant2010@gmail.com]

I blurred the backround around a horse's head and upper neck and got some artifacts, which looked like hair standing up along the horse's neck, ears, and upper neck- along the edge.  I used the remove tool to remove them.  Geoff