Create a Blur

[Rob Forsythe]

Click the following link and view the tutorials called “Cops Part 1, 2, & 3”.

https://www.dvguys.com/fcptricks_vault.shtml

And if you have the time and money to invest in 3rd party plug-ins.
“Joe’s Filters” can be used to do this as well.

AND, you’ll need to do this procedure for EACH separate face or logo.

[David Fortin]

Depends on what you want the final image to look like. I needed to “blur” some kids faces for a DVD where the client didn’t get releases from them. There were 10 kids that walked up on stage and participated in some activities with the speaker. There were some long shots, zooms and close ups of the kids.

I first used the QuickTime Blur filter right in FCP, masking off the areas I wanted blurred using a 4 or 8 point garbage matte. (also in FCP, Filters/Matte) I made key frames in the garbage mattes when the kids or the camera moved. I thought it came out pretty good.

But no matter how much I blurred the faces, the client still wasn’t happy (said that if you knew the people you could tell who they were.)

So I did a Diffuse filter (FCP/Stylize) and they liked that a lot. You can combine the Blur and Diffuse to see if you like this.

Again, it suited my client’s purpose, but it may not be the type of “look” you are trying to achieve. I’m sure someone with more FCP experience will come up with something better.

Good Luck,

David

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