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Blur just a segment of a moving frame
Hi hope someone can help as im going out of my mind!
I know that there must be an easy way of doing this, but i cant seem to find the way.
How do i blur just a segment of a moving frame. ie, to blur and cover the identity of a person face whilst walking through a shot.
Hope you can help.
Many Thanks,Dan
FCP 5.1.2
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6 Replies
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It is easy…but involved.
Layer your footage..put the same clip on V1 and V2. Add the Gaussian Blur to the clip on V2…then add the 8-point garbage matte and move the points until the area you want blurred is covered.
You may have to keyframe this if the subject moves.
Shane
Littlefrog Post
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Thank you so much, you are a star! I will give it a go!
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There’s also the Motion Tracking Collection of plug-ins from CHV which included their “Point Distortion” plug in, designed for just this purpose.
https://www.chv-plugins.com/cms/Fx-Script/MotionTracker-collection
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Hi, thanks for the advice, I tried clicking on your link but the page didnt really appear. Do you know if it’s still active? If not, do you know where i could find the plugin?
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Be tempted just to use a circular matte and keyframe the position over the face – instead of the 8-point GM. Be a lot quicker to prep and render.
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
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Hmmm, that’s odd. I just cut and pasted the link directly from my post and it worked fine. Oh well, https://www.chv-plugins.com will get you to the home page, then choose FX-Script Plugins and look for the Motion Tracker link. They recently redid their website and although it looks cooler, the old one had way more information about the plug-ins.
He’s got some pretty cool stuff so you might want to look through and choose the entire bundle for 299.
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