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Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
August 13, 2024
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P: Generative Remove Feedback (Lr Classic & Lr Eco)

  • August 13, 2024
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This post applies to Lightroom Classic and the Lightroom Ecosystem products.
Camera Raw 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. 
 
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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Participant
December 3, 2024

Tengo el problema de que al editar una fotografia y usar mascaras y IA generativa No se me guardan los ajustes. siempre manda actualizar para que vuelvan aparacer la edicion

 

johnrellis
Legend
December 3, 2024

@Fran38403119vd93: "I have the problem that when I edit a photo and use masks and generative AI, the settings are not saved. It always sends an update so that the edit appears again."

 

See if this helps:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/problems-with-ai-in-masks-and-remove-tool/m-p/14946703#M384780

 

Participant
December 3, 2024

I tried all of the suggestions in the article and remove still doesn't work. I have to move to photoshop which works perfectly then return to lightroom. Definitely a pain. Lightroom remove just replaces with another oject. Help. This is not like you guys.

johnrellis
Legend
December 3, 2024

@startbov999: "I have to move to photoshop which works perfectly then return to lightroom. Definitely a pain. Lightroom remove just replaces with another object."

 

If the object is on the edge of the photo and PS removes it easily, that usually indicates you're applying Remove on top of cropping -- Remove tries to match the unselected, cropped-out pixels.  Undo any Crop, Transform, and Lens Correction settings, apply Remove, then redo those settings.

 

If that 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 of the several dozen problem photos posted here, we've been able to show how to quickly remove the desired objects.

 

Participant
December 3, 2024

Hi! The remove works great! But lately I've been getting this weird outline or difference in tone. Im not sure what's going on or how to fix it. 

johnrellis
Legend
December 3, 2024

@defaultpk4d8i53s5q1: "I've been getting this weird outline or difference in tone. "

 

Generative Remove sometimes doesn't do a good job of matching the tone of uniform backgrounds. See this post for how to blend the boundary using the healing brush:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-generative-remove-feedback-lr-classic-amp-lr-eco/m-p/15013460#M388737

Participant
December 2, 2024

When I use Generative Remove and hit the Generate Button the eraser and marks remain so I cannot see the changes underneith until I close it, also if I want to see Variations 1-3 I can't because the eraser and marks are still there until I close it.

johnrellis
Legend
December 3, 2024

@easygoing_Explorer5DC4: "the eraser and marks remain so I cannot see the changes underneath until I close it"

 

Set Tool Overlay to Auto, and when you move the mouse off of the photo, the brush outlines and eraser icons will disappear:

 

You can also use the keyboard shortcut H to cycle Tool Overlay between Always and Never.

Participant
December 7, 2024

Thanks, I will try that.

Participant
December 2, 2024

Please...for the love of god!!!!! stop putting random objects back in when we use the remove tool.  It is not.....the replace object tool.  it is the remove tool.    

 

Stop putting objects back in.....remove the what we are trying to remove, rebuild the background to match and stop!!!!!

Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
December 2, 2024
Participant
December 2, 2024

No!!!!!!!

 

fix your tool!!!!

 

there are 652 posts here most of which telling you the same thing.  Idk what Victoria Bampton wants everone to do.  

fix ths blessed thing!!!!  Remove what we need.  

tell your g d ai system to NEVER EVER replace what we highligted.  Always remove it.  

make a secondary tool called the REPLACE object tool if u must but as it exists rn in LR....its beyond frustrating to use and always for the same reason.  Stop dancing around the problem several hundred people told you is the problem and just fix it!!!!!

Participant
December 1, 2024

Hi there, The generative remove works for me in simpler cases but leaves a hard edge around the removal area when the sorrounding area is fairly blank. See the screenshot below where I removed the tree and it leaves the edge and doesn't blend correctly. I am using the latest light room version: 14.0.1

 

johnrellis
Legend
December 1, 2024

@Akshay Harshe Photography: "generative remove ... leaves a hard edge around the removal area when the surrounding area is fairly blank." 

 

One cause of this is applying Remove on top of an AI mask, e.g. a Sky mask. Looking at your screenshot, I don't think you did that in this case, but if you did, do Settings > Update AI Settings to recompute the mask.

 

But in general, Generative Remove (in both LR and PS) sometimes doesn't match the tone of the replacements very well with the original. That looks like the case here. You can ameliorate the problem by using the Heal tool on top of the Remove replacement, using smaller individual irregularly shaped heal strokes along the hard edge:

  

 

 

 

 

 

Participant
December 2, 2024

Hi John, 

Thanks for your reply. I don't have any other AI masks around here. But yes, I used a healing brush on top of the edge to fix that issue. It would be nice to have a Feather setting for the Generative Remove stuff, but this could be by design. In that case, softer blending or an option to feather after will be nice to have.

Participant
December 1, 2024

This simply does not work. I highlight the area I want removed and nothing happens, regardless if it's AI, clone or remove. I am using LR classic v13.4

Participant
December 1, 2024

Leaving the same complaint as many other people here.

 

The feature simply doesn't work. Yes I have read the tips of expanding the search area, but it provides similar issues where the AI cant detect the inconsistencies.

 

Frustrating to be paying more money year after year for more features that do not work properly.

Participating Frequently
December 1, 2024
Ditto that.
This feature needs some Maintenance ASAP as it works in competitive
products from different vendors.

David Kenny
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Participant
December 1, 2024

Often when I use the generative AI remove feature it replaces instead of removing. For example, I tried to remove a person but it replaced it with another person. Is there a way to prevent this from happening?

johnrellis
Legend
December 1, 2024

@johnw53783389: "when I use the generative AI remove feature it replaces instead of removing."

 

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 of the several dozen problem photos posted here, we've been able to show how to quickly remove the desired objects.

Participant
November 30, 2024

only part of the selected object was removed (  all 3 options)

 

johnrellis
Legend
November 30, 2024

@jeanleon83: "only part of the selected object was removed"

 

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. 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 of the several dozen problem photos posted here, we've been able to show how to quickly remove the desired objects.