• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Blurring

  Posted by Outis on May 19, 2005 at 12:13 am

  I have some clips where I need to censor/blur out some stuff on a girl’s t-shirt…How do I do that?

  Thank you.

  John Fishback replied 20 years, 12 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  Walter Biscardi

  May 19, 2005 at 12:19 am

  Duplicate the video track and place it directly above the original.

  Now apply a blur to the top video track.

  Now crop the top video track to only blur the area you want blurred. You can add a feather if you’d like.

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  Pdr

  May 19, 2005 at 3:07 am

  Hi

  There are always a hundred ways to skin a cat! Here is my method:

  Generally, I find the best process to do this kind of stuff is to create a second instance of the clip to be blurred, above the original clip. Matte out this second instance such that only the part that needs to be blurred is visible. Apply a blur filter to this second clip and you’re all set.

  I will break this process into steps for you, as follows:

  1. Duplicate the clip with the material to be blurred in a track above the current track.

  2. Select this 2nd instance of the clip.

  3. Apply a Four-Point Garbage Matte, or if the area to be blurred is more complex, an Eight-Point Garbage Matte. You will find these in the Video Filters > Matte folder on the Effects pane

  4. Ensure you add Feather to the Edges of the matte, in its parameters. This will ensure a smooth gradation between the blur and non-blurred part of the footage

  5. Apply a Gaussian Blur to the clip

  Voila! Magic

  Hope this helps!

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  raycity* media
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  John Fishback

  May 19, 2005 at 8:42 pm

  Threre’s a nice plugin at https://www.lyric.com/fcp-plugins/ which costs about $50 that can do all of the above and keep the blur tracking the motion of the underlying object in case the shirt is moving. There’s a motion tracking demo you can download. You want to try the Pin Blur plugin in the demo.

  John

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