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Update (Dec 2024): With the new release, it is no longer necessary to perform Generative Remove Operations prior to Cropping.
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Uncheck the option Detect Objects -- it often doesn't work very well, especially with long skinny objects and objects on the edges of the photo. Then select the entire wire with a single selection, even if there are some trees intervening -- otherwise, Remove sometimes tries to generate a replacement matching the rest of the wire:
See this short article for how to remove objects more reliably:
https://www.lightroomqueen.com/generative-remove-replace/
It works well, but I would _love_ to be able to feather the edges. It's often quite obvious where the fill starts.
For example, you can clearly see the brush edge here:
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Many have observed here that the replacements made by Generative Remove sometimes don't match the photo well. In your example, you can ameliorate the problem by using the Heal tool to feather the replacement with the surrounding background -- apply it in short, overlapping strokes:
Other techniques that sometimes help:
1. Adobe recommends applying Denoise before Remove.
2. The replacement patch supplied by Adobe Firefly has a maximum size of 2048 x 2048 pixels. If the selected area in the photo is larger than that, then the replacement patch gets upscaled (and blurry).
3. Make a larger selection, even including the entire background.
4. For grain/noise in particular, see this post for how to ameliorate the problem by adding the grain back or reducing the grain:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-generative-remove-feedback-lr-classic...
Hello,
I just switched from LR to LRC and I'm frequently having issues with the gen AI tool in LRC that I cannot replicate in LR when I try to remove the same thing on the same photo. It seems like gen AI has a hard time matching the right exposure (boat removal image) and I've also noticed it will add more texture or grain at times so when you remove something you'll just see a blob in the sky (Kite removal image).
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@Colin332508902nkk, with the boat, it very much looks like you've applied an AI mask to the water to darken it, and that mask didn't include the boat itself:
Do the menu command Settings > Update AI Mask to recompute the mask after removing the boat, and you should get a very good replacement:
A similar issue appears to apply to the kite -- it looks like you've used a Sky mask to lighten the sky, and the mask didn't include the kite. Again, do the command Settings > Update AI Settings to recompute the mask. You should get a much closer (but still somewhat noticeable) replacement with a distinct boundary:
Many have complained here about such mismatches in tone and texture. In this case, you can use the healing brush with many short strokes on the boundary to feather it, making it much less obtrusive:
Other techniques for these mismatches sometimes help:
1. Adobe recommends applying Denoise before Remove. This can reduce the noise, making it more likely the replacement will match.
2. The replacement patch supplied by Adobe Firefly has a maximum size of 2048 x 2048 pixels. If the selected area in the photo is larger than that, then the replacement patch gets upscaled (and blurry). Try using smaller selections if possible.
3. Make a larger selection, even including the entire background. Upscaling of the replacement sometimes won't be noticeble then.
4. Sometimes there's a distinctly visible boundary where the tone or noise don't match. You can often use the heal tool around the boundary to get better feathering and make it less noticeable -- apply Heal in small brush strokes. Sometimes, making a very raggedy selection around the object makes the boundary less noticeable.
5. For grain/noise in particular, see this post for how to ameliorate the problem by adding the grain back or reducing the grain:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-generative-remove-feedback-lr-classic...
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