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.

[david_8994]

Bonjour,

Au début la suppresion d'objet indisirable avec l'IA fonctionnait à la perfection. Maintenant ce dernier me propose plutôt des suggessions basé sur d'autre objet qu'il trouve sur le net, au lieu d'utiliser la photos pour supprimer le défault.

[RKentB]

It is still quite difficult to just erase something.  The tool tends to substitute something that it derives from the underlying image. In order to get it to delete something, you have to select such a large area that other objects are also included and then influence the result as well.

[johnrellis]

@RKentB: "the tool tends to substitute something that it derives from the underlying image."

See this article for how to remove rather than replace 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, so we and Adobe can see the issue in detail. With nearly everyone who has posted a problem photo, we've been able to show how to quickly remove the desired objects.

[Vivien25632459qigm]

AI does not remove vertical bars in the face of the subject.

[johnrellis]

@Vivien25632459qigm: "AI does not remove vertical bars in the face of the subject."

Please attach a full-resolution JPEG exported from the unmodified original photo, so we and Adobe can see the issue in detail. With nearly everyone who has posted a problem photo, we've been able to show how to quickly remove the desired objects.

[Vivien25632459qigm]

Here are the original jpeg files. I'm trying to crop to show use the little boy and to remove the white railings from the little boy's body. Can you help?


Regards,
Vivien

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[johnrellis]

@Vivien25632459qigm, your attachments didn't make it, perhaps because you attached them to an email reply, which doesn't work. You have to come back to the web site and attach the photos to your reply there.

[Michele MMPhoto]

I'm using IA to remove object from the scene. If the objects are small IA is great but for large parts or backgrounds, that need to be smoother out, AI doesn't work as well.

[sarah_9541]

Love the feature 

, it almost always understands what im needing it to do. and if it doesnt all i have to do is zoom in and be more specific.

I will say I only use the feature to remove things. I never really use it to add things.

[ArcherA4]

Brilliant feature (Lightroom Classic) - I like to understand mechanisms and found that my early attempts improved with the explanations you provided re the feature trying to create objects to create the remaining shadow/reflection/connecting the wires sampled in the uncropped image etc

I do sometimes have problems with sensitive edges, eg a face with a blurred object behind it. Selecting a normally generous edge for the blurred object can replace or change some of the face but even removing any of the selection from the face can still result in a change to it. I wonder if there is a mechanism or development request for the ability to have an absolutely inviolable protection for an area which must not be changed?

Many thanks

[Zaj89]

AI removal tool fails in removing objects (crane in this case) from a light cloudy background. In the imageg you can clearly see a lighter area of rwmoved object.

[johnrellis]

@Zaj89: "In the imageg you can clearly see a lighter area of rwmoved object."

Did you apply a Sky mask before doing Remove?  If so, do Settings > Update AI Settings to recompute the mask.

If that doesn't help, please attach a full-resolution JPEG exported from the unmodified original photo, so we and Adobe can see the issue in detail. With nearly everyone who has posted a problem photo, we've been able to show how to quickly remove the desired objects.

[Zaj89]

thanks for the tip, ive deleted the sky mask and the crane is than removed well (despite the building and trees of the backgroung are blurred in the spot where was the crane). Also, changes in newly applied sky mask do visualize the AI deleted area. 

[Amri_Amri6511]

GOOD JOOB MR

[Rebecca vH]

I love the fact I can take people out of pictures but it doesn't always.  It sometimes replaces it with another object.  I just want the people our.

[Woody9987]

In over 50% of my attempted edits, Generative AI Remove doesn't remove anything.  It functions like "Generative Replace".  I will try to remove a twig or some other distracting element and I get three new variations of the twig.  And it makes no difference how many times I hit refresh, I still get three variations of the twig.  So I have to go to Photoshop to remove the distracting element.  Is there anyway to train the Generative Remove tool so that at least one of the three variations presented actually removes the primary object selected?

[Zaj89]

Hard to say without an example. Attach an example.