

Costing around $32, it is an automated face detection/blur plugin for VirtualDub (Free video editing software). I recently discovered NVeiler Video Filter. I say, the time has come video plugin developers to look into this. Yes, low light may be the enemy of a precise face recognition but then it’s kind of meaningless to apply face-blur when it’s hard to see the face in the dark anyway. A face is a face, it is very distinct compared to anything else happening in a given video frame. It shouldn’t be a time-consuming task for a video editor, like the way Adobe Premiere approaches extracting subtitle text from the audio in the timeline, takes very long and results may vary on the quality of the audio. He talks for 8 minutes, that’s a long time to invest for a little thing like face-blur.Īll it requires is video analysis applied for face recognition in video editing software, just like what consumer camcorders and still cameras recognize faces.
#HOW TO BLUR A FACE IN ADOBE PREMIERE HOW TO#
How come there is no such plugin? Here is a video where this guy talks about how to do it manually in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. Google has been having this technology in its street-view for years now. In the world where more and more people take pictures or videos in public, I am truly surprised that there is no easy automated solution for face-blur. The only difference would be changing your selection from mosaic to whatever effect you are pursuing.It is year 2013, and I just realized that there is no face blur plugin for any video editing software, I use Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. This technique can also be used to brighten a face in the crowd or make other objects stand out from the rest. Once you have perfected the key frames your newly blurred faces will be ready to be displayed! Using the key frames allows you to match the movement of the oval in video 2 with the movement of the face from video one. By selecting these key frames and increasing the number of them you are securing the coverage of the face wanting to be covered. It is up to you to decide how much of the video you want to be blurred and the path the blurred oval will take. This done by dragging the blue arrow in the track section. Going back to video 3 you will want to go to the edit option and using the motion tool you can expand the time the blurred oval exists in the video. This only allows video 2 the blurred video to exist where the oval exists. This creates a blur where the oval was placed. In the edit menu you can than click the track matte key and apply it to video 3 without having to switch videos. Once this is added you will want to add the track matte key effect to video 2 as well.

Dragging this onto video 2 will make the whole video blurry. This will be used to apply the mosaic effect to the video. You will then choose video track 2 and go to edit on the right hand side. The title will appear as this but you will want to choose the oval option displayed on the left hand side. Make sure the title is aligned with the length of the actual video in the track section. Once you have done this you will want to select where you want the image to be blurred and place the oval there. This can be done deleting the text box with the selection tool and then choosing the blue oval shape on the right hand side. If you are wanting to blur a face it would make most sense to draw an oval. Rather than using the title tool to create a title it will be used to create a blurred object. This can be done by clicking the title option in the navigation bar and choosing new title. Once that is complete a third track will need to be created but this one will require a title. You will then want to drag the copied video into video track 2. Once it is copied it will appear next to the original video. This can be done by highlighting your video in video track one and then click copy.

In order to avoid altering your original video footage you should make a copy of the video you uploaded. As shown below the video should be in the middle bottom section. In order to get the best effects you will want to expand the increments of time. Once this is open in Adobe Premiere Pro you will want to drag the video into video track one. Start off by selecting the video you would like to use for your project. This feature is pretty unique to this product and cannot be done in programs like iMovie. Hopefully this saves all of you some trouble in your video production. Are you finding yourself wanting to incorporate people into your video but do not want to have to hassle with consent forms? Well with the blur effect on Adobe Premiere Pro you can do just that.
