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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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valentinosh
Participating Frequently
March 1, 2025

i do it to remove a face and in the place it generates new faces.

why not put a tab , with the old options ? like cloning and stuff

 

lots of time those stuf doesnt work, creating lots more of work

johnrellis
Legend
March 2, 2025

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@valentinosh: "i do it to remove a face and in the place it generates new faces...lots of time those stuf doesnt work, creating lots more of work"

 

If you select a face but leave parts of the body unselected, even parts that are disconnected, Remove will generate a replacement that tries to match that body. Select all of the body along with the face. 

 

See this short 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). 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.

 

"why not put a tab , with the old options ? like cloning and stuff"

 

The older Clone, Heal, and Content-Aware modes are still available:

 

 

 

Participant
February 27, 2025

Generative Remove Failed: We're experiencing delays due to high demand. Please try again later.  I tried agian multiple times. How can I get around this? I have alot of dust spots to remove from a large timelapse sequence.

johnrellis
Legend
February 27, 2025

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

C.Cella
Inspiring
February 27, 2025

Content Aware (renamed as Remove) is also good for spots or hot pixels.

For small stuff it works.

 

 

 

 

Christophe Galinier
Participant
February 27, 2025

Bonjour 

je trouve que sur MaC avec le dernier IOS la supression avec IA fonctionne trés bien je devais suprimer un gros camion d'un paysage 

Participant
February 26, 2025

A simple scenario in removing a black cable in front of the sky results in just replacing the black line by a white. Several update cycles could not fix the behaviour. This is very weak. If this was the first version with generative remove OK, but this is not the case anymore.

 

Lightroom 14.2.

johnrellis
Legend
February 26, 2025

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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/

 

Participant
February 27, 2025

You are right, after refreshing the mask it works perfectly fine, thank you very much.

Pinner Photographer
Inspiring
February 26, 2025

The generative remove in the latest release of Lightroom is working well but 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.

johnrellis
Legend
February 27, 2025

@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.

 

jakobv90966696
Participant
February 25, 2025

since the new update i have some issues on my Apple M2 Pro with lagging when using the healing tool.

 

also the generative fill seems to have a transparency

 

 

hope that helps to search for bugs 🙂

C.Cella
Inspiring
February 25, 2025

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.

.

 

 

Participant
February 23, 2025

In my experience, the generative removal of objects works well. However, I always have issues with objects against the sky (cranes, power lines...)

johnrellis
Legend
February 25, 2025

@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.

Participant
February 23, 2025

hi! It doesn't work....

johnrellis
Legend
February 23, 2025

@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.

Participant
February 22, 2025

So far, this is amazing! Thanks!

 

ABkc4here
Inspiring
February 22, 2025

I want to remove an object not add one. If I wanted an Ai hallucination, I'd ask for an AI hallucination. 

What the in the blazing 18th level of hades even is this??!?!?!?!?

johnrellis
Legend
February 22, 2025

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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.