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MASKING / PIXELATING NAMES ON FORMS
Hi Everyone… I’m at my wit’s end. I have a deadline tonite and I can’t get my Vegas 6.0 to cooperate it seems (could be me but I’ve followed the instructions so here goes:)
I have patient records as part of a demo…. need to blur or pixelate the names for privacy reasons. Here’s what I’ve done:
1. Duplicate the video track of images to blur
2. Lower track, OPEN the PAN/CROP TOOL and SELECT MASK
3. Using the MASK TOOL, I do a BEZIER CROP around the patient names on the form, only the names are highlighted
4. Go to Upper Track and SELECT MEDIA F/X Option & Select Pixelate
5. SELECT MEDIUM PIXELSFunny thing is earlier, 3 out of the 5 highlighted areas were pixelated fine, hiding the names BUT…2 highlighted areas were still coming through clearly. I went in and checked my masks…nothing different from the other masks… haven’t assigned any values, etc.
I’M STUMPED !! Book only goes so far and is far from being a quick read or help at this pace. Anyone have any ideas?
I keep checking my pan/crop settings, f/x settings… have toggled on/off things in track controls…nothing seems to work.
HELP!!
Thanks,
Chaz
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2 Replies
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If they’re all done exactly the same, they should all match. Obviously something is different.
You can also do this using the Cookie Cutter effect to create the mask. My newsletters have a “how to blur faces” article which shows how to do this using the Cookie Cutter.
Edward Troxel
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Thanks for your post.
Had to do with preview monitor…somehow I was seeing the non-pixelated track instead of the total efx. I toggled the preview monitor icon and did a check and that apparently was it.
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