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August 13, 2025

P: Gen Remove now changes elements outside the painted mask

  • August 13, 2025
  • 81 replies
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The update to the Generative Remove AI model in Lightroom Classic 14.5 has ruined it, as it now changes elements outside the painted mask, making it more or less unusable in many situations.

81 replies

Participant
November 5, 2025

@Sameer K Hi, is there any time estimate on when it'll be fixed??

Participating Frequently
November 4, 2025

So why you encouraged us to update Lightroom with the broken version?! 

Participating Frequently
October 29, 2025

@Sameer K 

That’s great news — I’m really glad to hear that a fix is on the way.

When a major problem with an important tool in Lightroom is reported by several users, it’s essential not only to communicate that it’s being investigated, but also to let users know as soon as possible once it has been acknowledged as an issue that will be fixed. Doing so helps your customers feel confident and reassured, and makes them wait for the solution with much more patience. Good communication is very important, and I believe there’s still room for improvement in this regard — especially when it takes more than two months before users are informed that the issue has been recognized.

Participating Frequently
October 28, 2025

Just updated. The performance is atrocious. Slowly starting to think this is ragebait. Can't believe I'm paying for this 

Sameer K
Community Manager
Community Manager
October 29, 2025

The team has identified the issue, but the fix wasn't included in the Lightroom Classic v15 release. It'll arrive soon, as this issue goes beyond Lightroom Classic and also requires broader fixes in Camera Raw. 

 

We appreciate your continued patience in this. 

Thanks!
Sameer K
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Participating Frequently
October 28, 2025

It's so disappointing to see that this major issue still hasn’t been fixed in Lightroom 15.0. It has actually become even worse — and on top of that, the performance is now extremely slow.

johnrellis
Legend
October 26, 2025

LR 15.0 will probably be released in the next few days during Adobe Max. (I have no inside information.)

Participating Frequently
October 26, 2025

November is just around the corner and we still have no update. This thread was started in August!!!

In fact, I just updated Lightroom on my phone, hoping it would solve the issue but it made matters worse. 
I am slowly losing my patience.

Why are only experts in this thread who have no idea what on earth is going on at Adobe? What type of customer support is this? It's not like every single one of us is paying top dollar for this application...

Participating Frequently
October 20, 2025

KlaneH - Many of us are using Creative Cloud to uninstall 14.5 and reinstall 14.4 where Generative Remove works as it should.

Participating Frequently
October 17, 2025

Amen. Crazy they haven't fixed this yet. Totally unusable as is. Sticking to 14.4 until I hear there's a fix.

Participant
October 17, 2025

yes this is a RANT. So I stupidly upgraded lightroom to 14.5 thinking after a few months and so many people experiencing this issue they would have resolved it. But NO I have to roll back again. I AM PAYING TOP DOLLAR TO USE THIS PRODUCT. ADOBE DO THIS EVERYTIME. WE SHOULD BE GIVEN A FEW MONTHS ADDED TO OUR SUB FOR THIS. SHAMEFUL EVIL COMPANY.