P: Generative Remove Feedback (Lr Classic & Lr Eco)

Use the Clone or Heal mode for dust spots -- much faster, doesn't use Adobe severs. And just as good.

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LR does a good job of removing the wire from your screenshot:

Most likely you've applied Remove on top of a Sky mask. Do Settings > Update AI Settings to recompute the Sky mask. See this short article for Adobe's recommended order in which to apply editing operations:

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/generative-remove-replace/

@Pinner Photographer: "the user interface is all over the place. I get half a box showing me the optional results that tries to display before the replace is complete. There is then some screen redrawing on the right panel and focus seems to come and go."

First troubleshooting steps:

1. Restart your computer.

2. Update your graphics driver by going directly to the manufacturer's web site:
https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/troubleshoot-gpu.html#solution-4

3. Reset LR's preferences:
https://www.lightroomqueen.com/articles-page/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/

LR sometimes soils its preferences file, and resetting it can fix all sorts of wonky behavior. That article explains how to restore the old preferences if resetting doesn't help.

4. Do the LR menu command Help > System Info and copy/paste the entire contents here so we can see exactly which versions of hardware and software LR thinks you're running and important LR options that are set.

Many users speak there has been an update.
Did we really get a new Model for remove?

Because I see the same Model version for my old files and for those edited  now.

i.e

Before : 1.0.5-beta.1-1.2_1.2-8c2cea4-0.1.27.1r16.2,
Now:     1.0.5-beta.1-1.2_1.2-8c2cea4-0.1.27.1r16.2 

Some images have :  1.0.5-beta.1-1.2_1.2-8c2cea4-a6

Which rarely happened also with LrC 13

And this brings me to my complain: why is never possible to chose the Model version NOR is even mentions which one is in place?

Midjourney show the version used for the Generative Content

Adobe doens't.

We can never tell which MV was used.

We have ProcessVersion in LrC visible and selectable but not ModelVersion for Remove or even AI Masking.

The only two users here that can tell which MV is in used by each Remove Ai are @johnrellis and me.

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@Michael_Bues6754: "I always have issues with objects against the sky (cranes, power lines...)"

1. Uncheck Detect Objects -- it doesn't work well, especially with skinny objects and along the edges of photos. 

2. If you applied Remove on top of an AI mask (e.g. Sky or Subject mask), do the menu command Settings > Update AI Settings to recompute the mask.

3. if it doesn't help, please attach a full-resolution JPEG exported from the unmodified original photo (not a screenshot). With nearly every one of the many dozen problem photos posted here, we've been able to show how to quickly remove the desired objects.

@hanna_2225: "Generative Remove Failed. We've encountered an issue and can't complete your request at this time. Please try again later."

That badly written error message indicates that the Generative Remove command was unable to contact the Adobe Firefly servers to do the removal. Sometimes firewalls and anti-malware / anti-virus utilities incorrectly block some network requests from LR. Try these troubleshooting steps:

- Temporarily disable all the firewall / anti-malware on your computer. If that solves the problem, then add a specific exclusion for LR to the firewall's rules.

- Connect to another network, preferably one serviced by a different ISP. E.g. a Wifi connection of a neighbor, a coffee shop, work, or your phone's hotspot. Sometimes the routers in these networks block LR's requests, especially in authoritarian countries like China.

To help others, please let us know which of these work and which don't.

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@ABkc4here: "I want to remove an object not add one."

Your screenshot is a good example of what happens when you don't select all the parts of an object (the red thread on the right) and the shadows cast by the object.

Here's what happens when I select the hallucinated object but not the thread or the shadows:

Selecting the dangling thread still generates a snowball, as Remove tries to match the unselected shadow:

Adding the shadow to the selection completely "removes" the object:

Note that I always uncheck Detect Objects -- it doesn't work well, especially with skinny objects and along the edges of photos. 

See this short article for more details on how to remove objects 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). With nearly every one of the many dozen problem photos posted here, we've been able to show how to quickly remove the desired objects.

@Leandro_Barreto: "However, sometimes the worst possible result, such as replacing a vase with a HUMAN HEAD, or a pair of sneakers that turned into a child on a shelf. "

Let's tease apart the various issues you've described. 

When LR "replaces" an object rather than "removes" it (by replacing it with innocuous background objects), that's usually because you haven't selected all of the object (even disconnected parts), its reflections, or its shadow. In that case, LR tries to generate a replacement matching what's unselected.

See this short article for details on 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). With nearly every one of the many dozen problem photos posted here, we've been able to show how to quickly remove the desired objects.