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.
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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 (Dec 2024):  With the new release, it is no longer necessary to perform Generative Remove Operations prior to Cropping. 

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, including round-tripping to PS to use Gen-Expand)
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.

[jonm86131722]

I am having the same problem on my PC desk top. I tried this process on my laptop and the AI removal worked great. Both machine are running Windows 10 with the newest updates....

[MPDAEF]

I have two nearly identical photos taken one right after the other.  They both have the same antenna in the background.  The object selection tool removes one of them just fine;  it "cannot find" the other. 

[chris31104052grvv]

I'm glad this is being added to LR, but hjonestly it is more miss than hit. I try to remove a broom and it REPLACES it with a mop or a cleaner version of the broom, or any of various other items.  Impossible to remove the broom without going to Photoshop.  A bit of a let down, at the moment.
Maybe the next version can have a box asking if I want the object removed or just cleaned up.  

[MarcySB]

I was trying to remove a leaf. Instead of removing it, it just kept giving me different leaves. It did not act like an eraser.

[edbnj]

silly question>>>>  do i need to install firefly to make generative AI show up???

i have installed the latest L/R version 13.3 but NO AI

tnx

ed

[Samus18]

Está bien pero algunas cosas no las quita, ejemplo un marco en una pared, en vez de eliminarlo solo te lo cambia por otro

[Jennifer37665456fnqh]

I love it, it was easy to use and worked great!  I never had to leave Lightroom!!!!  

[Ian Lyons]

If the frame is touching the edge of your image, then there's a likelihood that Generative Remove will fail. If not at edge of image,  then you need to select/mask the whole frame plus any shadows, refections or projections.

[Allan E L]

It's neat, but I've tried to use it to remove a person in the the background and it will only replace the peron it removes with another. That's useless for me. It's actually a little creepy.

[Ian Lyons]

Can you upload a screenshot that includes what you're selecting/masking along with a screenshot of the result. See attached for how to upload your screenshot.

[SensationElle]

I wanted to remove the one standing thereWhat I got with the "remove"-toolWhat I got with the "remove"-tool

[SensationElle]

sorry... just realized this wasn't my post I made yesterday with the same phenomenon. No clue, why I get all these emails and not just mails regarding my post. 

[elisabethbls]

I had the same results.

[Andrew37671317dtl2]

Love it so far!

specially, removing all unwanted objects at the same time.

[Michael37403028htvz]

It used to work great now it is NOT removing the subject that is highlighted. It just changes it. For example, I'm trying to remove a couch from my shot. It doesn't remove it, it just gives 3 different versions of the couch. What!? Generative Remove is NOT removing lol. 

[Stephan37675424uoxp]

Hi, works really great in ca 60% of all cases to remove a small object (like a lamp, or a person that is partly covered) . What I don't really understand: 

- I can remove in a street-scene individual persons (awesome) and the pavement is nicely recreated 

- but after the fifth,six person the proposals do not contain anymore pavements or background patterns. Instead I get other persons generated - even repeating does not help. 

So here request for a feature: among the first three alternatives ALWAYS present an "empty" - background fill (pavement, bricks, grass ..)

Keep up the good work!

[Stephan37675424uoxp]

I am impressed - specially at the corners this works really nicely.

Here used to remove a person with a pattern that draws attention. And the two giry and the pavment are nicely filled.

[MEHUL31533567z269]

If possible please add GENERATIVE  AI  for crop too, just like PHOTOSHOP. 

It would be very helpful.

Very happy to use even the trial version.

Thank you ADOBE. 

[SASanderson]

Generative remove did a great job of removing tourists from my photos of Dead Vlei in Namibia. Even very early in the morning a lot of people hike out there to see the newly risen sun. Just because I want a clean photo with no people wandering around doesn't mean that they don't have the right and the capability to do so. Having this tool to remove them from my photo and create a sense of solitude in the image is wonderful!

[torries39939255]

Generative remove simply not working; period. Will allow selection of the item to be removed but on pressing Apply the item is highlighted but not removed!  Using late 2015 Apple Mac running Monterey version 12.7.5

[drdonrock]

Need to completely remove tree branches from sky, not just give me different tree branches. Thanks. 

[Eager_calmness16B8]

The "community guidelines" are ridiculous. I am a people photographer, my main subject are women. Some are models which have signed all neccessary contracts, some are paying customers.

I can't even remove a tree in the background even if i have cropped the person out of the image.

Thats pure censorship.

[SensationElle]

same problem here... I work in Boudoir/Dudoir-Genre and have these kinda troubles in Photoshop, when I wanted to remove a lamp in a shot. Good thing I know how to do it the oldfashioned way 

[lionelm23409012]

Hi I don't understand the concept: why can't you just remove items you don't want instead of replacing them with whatever within a close range of the item?

Also, we used to be able to move the source around at will and resize the sample. For some reason that's not possible anymore.

Maybe i'm wrong...

[Jacques22573691hpmg]

Déjà plusieurs essais; c'est bluffant d'efficacité