P: New AI-powered Generative Remove (Early Access) available across all surfaces.

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

This post applies to Lightroom Classic and the Lightroom Ecosystem products.
Post Camera Raw feedback here

The Lightroom team is sharing an early look at Generative Remove, which makes it easier to remove unwanted objects and distractions, even on complex backgrounds, with a simple brush stroke. Generative Remove is powered by Firefly AI.

How to use Generative Remove on a desktop:

• You can find Generative Remove under the newly renamed Remove panel (aka “Heal”).
• Make sure the “generative AI” checkbox is enabled before you start brushing (note: when unchecked, Lightroom will use Content-Aware Remove to fill your brushed spots). 
• By default, you will be given a moment to refine your selection with an add or subtract brush. Remember to include shadows for a more accurate result! You can also skip this step by holding down ‘CTRL’ on windows or ‘CMD’ on mac as you finish your brush stroke. 
• Once you’re ready to apply and have accepted the terms, Generative Remove will use Firefly AI to remove your distractions and intelligently fill in the space that’s left by the removed objects. 
• Note: stable internet connection is required to use this feature.
• Generative Remove also lets you choose from multiple variations, so you can pick the one you like best, giving you full creative control. 
  
  Checkout the FAQ and Best Practices

Please give it a try and share feedback and/or report variations in this community forum. It would greatly help to include details like which app you are using (i.e., Lightroom Classic or Camera Raw) and other system details. Our team will continually monitor this thread to track issues to improve the future experience.

Lisa Ngo: Lightroom Product Manager
Posted by: Rikk Flohr 

Update:

Here are some tips if you are having issues with the feature replacing your object instead of removing it. 

• Enlarge your selection - if your brush stroke is too tight, you will have unexpected results.
• Remember that removing an object means painting over it, its shadow, its reflection, and any non-contiguous pieces. If you leave behind a shadow, a reflection, or a disconnected piece (e.g., a hand on a shoulder), the AI will attempt to create something to cast the shadow, reflect, or complete the unbrushed discontinuous item. You can avoid these issue by following the guidance provided in this linked tutorial. https://www.lightroomqueen.com/generative-remove-replace

The recommended order for applying edits is:

1. Denoise 
2. Heal (includes Generative AI Remove)
3. Crop (includes traditional Cropping, Lens Correction, Transform, or any operation changing the geometry of the image)
4. Global Edits
5. AI Selective edits (Sky, Person, etc)
   
   If you deviate from that, you may see the removed object remain as a ghost image. If this occurs, you will have to use Update AI Settings, which can be found under the Develop module 'Settings' menu.

[Gerard.v.H.]

Wordt niet goed opgeslagen in de foto
Ga je op een andere computer editten moet je alle AI opnieuw genereren

[Juan_Octavio]

HOLA, LIGHTROOM CLASSIC 13.5 NO ME DEJA USAR LA IA GENERATIVA PARA QUITAR OBJETOS NO DESEADOS, SU AYUDA POR FAVOR.

[johnrellis]

@Juan_Octavio, Google translation of error: "Generative deletion failed. We have encountered a problem and are unable to complete your request at this time. Please try again later."

A few others have reported this error, but there's been no further information posted about it, unfortunately.

[Jon29694995oqnj]

I wish there was a way for me to crop, and then remove objects from the edges of the photos, without the ai taking into account things that are already outside of my crop. It always just tries to recreate the object. 

[David27911980prex]

export to a new file (jpg) then run the remove process on the new file. 

[johnrellis]

@Jon29694995oqnj: "I wish there was a way for me to crop, and then remove objects from the edges of the photos, without the ai taking into account things that are already outside of my crop. It always just tries to recreate the object."

Generative Remove looks at all the pixels of the photo, including those cropped out. This is by design, though it doesn't match many (most?) people's workflow, in which people crop first and then edit.  So if you want to apply Remove after cropping, do Copy (selecting just Crop), reset the crop, apply Remove, then Paste. Lens Corrections and Transform also crop pixels, but those are easy to temporarily disable before applying Remove. See here for more details:

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

[sarawhittaker]

I feel like this was a perfect feature a month or so ago. Im not sure what has happend to it, but I cant remove anything at any more if the photos has been edited at all. and even trying to remove pre edit its not working. 

[johnrellis]

@sarawhittaker: "even trying to remove pre edit its not working. "

To troubleshoot this, please attach a full-resolution JPEG exported from the unmodified original photo. We can see if the issue is inherent in the photo or something specific about your LR installation.

[txdao]

Works really well over all.

Found a pain point: The removed/generated area doesn't match the grain/noise of the surrounding area. Would love to see it match the grain so that it's not obvious that the tool was used.

[Steven26414468gt4a]

Not working.  Says try again later.

[johnrellis]

@Steven26414468gt4a: "Not working.  Says try again later."

Is the full error message, "We've encountered an issue and can't complete your request at this time. Please try again later"?

From which country did you register your Adobe account?  In which country is your computer currently running?

[VJCortezJr]

Pretty cool. I tried removing a nestle quik bottle from a photo. It didn't remove it, but it replaced it with what looked like a coffee cup. The subject in the photo was wearing a hoodie with draw strings hanging down. The AI generator used one of the draw strings to look like it was a straw coming out of the cup.

[Ivan Temelkov]

Hi,

I'd like to say that I love the feature. The problem is that it only works with Windows Firewall Disabled.

Any idea why?

Best regards,

Ivan

[Ian Lyons]

The reason being that the AI feature uses the Adobe Firefly servers. That being said, you can configure the Firewall to exclude Lightroom Classic (LrC), which means that the firewall is still functional for everything except LrC.

[Ivan Temelkov]

Hi!
Thank you for your reply!
I tried to exclude LrC both inbound and outbound in Windows Firewall but without any result.

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[johnrellis]

@Ivan Temelkov: "I tried to exclude LrC both inbound and outbound in Windows Firewall"

Just to double-check, you made both inbound and outbound rules as shown in the screenshots below:

[Ivan Temelkov]

Yes,

I confirm that both inbound and outbound rules are defined as per your screens.

As far as I enable Windows Firewall I get this:

[johnrellis]

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

Yeah, there have been a number of reports about that error message, with no authoritative answers as to what's causing it or how to work around it.

[sb2314]

Does it always work with firewall removed, or just work better or more
often with firewall installed?

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[Ivan Temelkov]

With firewall disabled I haven't experienced any issues.

[Ivan Temelkov]

With firewall enabled it always fails.

[Andrei36794322dsbd]

I didn't follow the recommended workflow and however, I had excellent results so far. Sometimes surprising and funny, e.g.. wishing to remove my wife from a desert landscape  she was replaved by a cute dog...

[Alain_LIMANTON4656]

Premier essai, Résultat excellent !!

Bravo.

Alain.

[andrewabphotos]

would be ace if we can alsoi include a prompt. Currently trying to open a closed eye and it keeps just creating a wierd skin patch. Would love to be able to type in 'open eye'

[adb1960]

The healing brush is definitely improving. It is almost to the level of photoshop. I still have some remnants that I have to remove