Testing Lightroom's New Generative Remove AI Tool

[@paulm8157]

Useful tool, clearly demonstrated. Will still be using PS for some things like focus stacking.

[@stevejarvis186]

Its brilliant the way Adobe are adding more and more tools to LIghtroom Classic, but also adding and making it easier to use Tools in Photoshop for people like me, who dont use PS very often. Anyway thanks Aaron for another great video.

[@Chulagial]

Reallylove watching your videos!! Thanks.

[@phlearn]

thanks for watching!

[@cartercooperpa]

Wow fantastic demo!

[@nathanplant3677]

This will save me hours of time now, and the advantage of not having to flip back to Photoshop anymore for each image I handle is much more convenient.

[@thebiblioholic]

I tried using this last night on an image, to do a fairly simple removal (removing a wedge in the corner of the frame that I hadn't noticed wasn't covered by my backdrop), but I didn't like any of the versions it offers so I went over to Photoshop and tried the same thing and got a much better result. Using the generative AI in both cases.

[@phlearn]

Sometimes the results are not the best. We would suggest adjusting the selection a bit to get different results.☺

[@old4004]

Thanks for demonstrating an amazing new Lightroom Classic feature. Your instructions are always clear and helpful.

[@robjwheelerjr]

Certainly will be continuing to use Photoshop, but not for removing unwanted elements! Delighted to have this now in Lightroom! 😃

[@phlearn]

It's such a good add to LR!

[@tclaxton1]

I really enjoy your videos. I'll continue to use Photoshop some but for a long time almost everything I do can be done in Lightroom. I do some compositing work where Photoshop is essential, but other than that there's almost no need.

[@Divineshot]

Game changer !

[@FranHoganPanama]

Thank you! Lightroom Classic is just magic!

[@JeanPascalSchorro]

Great video as usual ! Thanks Aaron. 2 questions remaining: - how about the AI credits cost ? - how about the resolution of the result depending of the size you want to remove ?

[@eoslove2022]

Oddly, this works better in LRC than in PS. And yes, I agree Adobe will implement text input with this feature at some future date.

[@plainly_kevin]

AI is a good tool and nothing else than a tool. So cool really

[@phlearn]

indeed!

[@newjersey1029]

Thanks you, what a great tool.

[@mykelcohen]

Thanks!

[@lucietamson1760]

amazing! x

[@maximumpat1]

It is impressive and I have had a couple of miraculous results with it BUT it has also returned some hilariously bad results so like all these things it's easily possible to break it. This is in ACR but it's the same as LR. One thing that it can help on and be quicker than any other method is to paint out LED banding. Doesn't always work but it's so relatively quick to try it's worth trying. When it works it is amazing.

[@phlearn]

thanks for sharing your experience with the community!

[@unabyband1263]

Until PS has Liquify, layers and freq separation, I'm gonna use it, thanks 🙂

[@dandiehm8414]

Did you mean until Lightroom has those features?

[@marcelofarah8657]

Is this available in ACR 16.4? I can't find it even though the remove tool is there. As far as I know the develop module is the same as ACR

[@piotrsuchecki4182]

This is amazing tool - I work with it since appeared in PS however eats tons of RAM .. as result my PC with i9 96 GB RAM and RTX 4090 often freezes .. with end message saying "low ram" ;) .... disappointing :/

[@angeldom696]

🎉🎉🎉❤genial

[@go-to-the-beach]

Does Adobe give you free gen AI credits? I get 100 pm on my plan so all these brush strokes will chow them up pretty quickly

[@phlearn]

Adobe gives credits based on your plan. You can find more info here helpx.adobe.com/firefly/using/generative-credits-faq.html

[@jasonhughes5082]

I'm having trouble batch editing with the regenerative remove tool. I am trying to edit 600 photos for a time laps and it won't batch edit the AI feature. Anyone know a way to do this?

[@DylanRichardson841]

The time it takes is also dependent on your internet connection speed.

[@snoopaka]

Yes, I will absolutely still be using Photoshop

[@dawasta]

I remember the old days when you needed to have some skills to use Photoshop, now all you have to do is select and click apply

[@grahamhayes2217]

I shot milky way over the sea but in each image there are bright lights from boats/ships on the horizon and I have tried everything to remove them but I just get left with globes of light?

[@phlearn]

Hi Graham! Depending on the complexity of the image you could explore two different approaches: - Use Generative Fill in Photoshop. It can be a little more precise than the one in LR. - Compositing: You might want to consider doing some manual adjustments, using tools like clone stamp or healing brush. Also, we have an amazing 3 part PRO series that covers object removal: phlearn.com/tutorial/simple-object-removal-photoshop/

[@cmichaelhaugh8517]

Most of the time it works very well. However, yesterday I was trying to get rid of a piece of sidewalk in the corner and it kept enlarging the offending sidewalk. Not sure what was going on.

[@Photo911]

Camera Raw in Photoshop, same thing.

[@KenCheng]

This is great, but overdue. I've had an app on my phone that does this. Paid $5 for it, years ago (one-time payment, NOT subscription). And it works great (but probably not as good as this) Does Lr mobile have this feature?

[@phlearn]

Lr mobile also has the feature! If you have time, try it out and let us know your thoughts!

[@ZakFerris]

how do I just use it the old way?

[@phlearn]

Hey there! If you want to learn traditional methods to remove objects you should check out these tutorials: FREE phlearn.com/tutorial/remove-debris-trash-photoshop/ PRO phlearn.com/tutorial/simple-object-removal-photoshop/ (this last one is part 1 of a 3 part series)

[@ZakFerris]

I know the old way they changed the interface and it works differently

[@TheNashvilleJason]

Nice to not have to "edit in photoshop" just to remove things.

[@The_Daliban]

Just sad about the new TOS

[@deadzero1387]

Caribeans don't have that issue 🏴‍☠

[@PoeInTheDitch]

Oof. That timing. Adobe is dead to a lot of us, now.

[@007KrausBean]

Adobe AI taking more jobs from skilled trained creators and editors one feature at a time. "Hey kids, all that money you spent at art school to become a professional photo retoucher/editor is now considered a waste of money. But, you still owe all those student loans. Those will NOT be generative Removed". It's becoming more and more sad to see happen.

[@baartus]

still it's not the first time something like this happened? computers themselves also made some of the jobs redundant

[@ContradictoryNature]

​@@baartus and then people were either retrained to find new jobs or new people took those jobs. Are we all meant to become prompt engineers?

[@hieuluu2]

Or, AI is making skilled editors jobs much easier, giving them a faster workflow, after all, that's why we all love creating keyboard shortcuts and plug-ins, in return, you have more time to get on other projects to make more money. Example, I am a real estate photographer/videographer, before it take me hours to do sky replacement on a batch of photos, now I can do it in minutes, before it would take me, frame by frame to removed an object from video, now it takes me minutes, that leaves me with more time to shoot and edit, instead of doing one project every 2 or 3 days, I can shoot, edit, and delivered in one day, time is money.

[@adventure9606]

@@007KrausBean I feel sorry for all the people who lost their jobs making beepers and pay phones.

[@mrlippps]

Sorry does not work for me you must have a different program to the rest of the world

[@phlearn]

Hey there, sometimes it takes a few tries! If you need any help, you can send us an email to support with a screenshot of your PSD file and layers and our team will do their best to guide you!

[@aaronthered4126]

Remember when photography was an artistic expression while documenting something you viewed for the world. Now it is just a cartoon.

[@jamilgotcher365]

Photography is not just for documenting or journalistic purposes. As someone who was an artist before they became a professional photographer I view Photoshop as an artist's tool. And for working photographer's it's a practical tool that you can use in post when you didn't have time during the session to get everything perfect. Even outside, I think, I don't have to wait for the people in the background to move out of my shot, I can just keep photographing my model and remove the people in the background later. Most consumers don't care how you got the shot, they buy what they like. In a perfect world, we could take all the time we needed to get the perfect shot but most of us are paying for studio time by the hour and have to keep it moving.

[@Ho_ten]

OMGash! time is money!