Pixelated "censor" effect

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Pixelated "censor" effect

Howdy forum!
I'm making a "through the years" slide show for a buddy of mine for his wedding. I'm using still images and keyframed motion. What I'd like to do on one of his baby tub pics, is "censor" his privates with pixelation, like you'd see on TV. I've looked around the forum and haven't had any luck finding anything like that. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Dave

G5 Dual 2.0/1.5 Gig RAM/730 Gig HD/DVD-RW, Mac OS X (10.4.8), FCE 2.0.3

Posted on Aug 9, 2007 5:39 PM

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Answer 1

Alchroma

Level 7

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Aug 9, 2007 6:53 PM in response to David Banyots

G'Day Dave,

Try this method:
First make sure View>Image+Wireframe is on.
Move the playhead over the clip in question.
Double click it. It's now showing in the Viewer.
Drag this to the Superimpose Canvas edit pane (purple)a duplicate clip should now be in V2 directly above.
Double click the clip in V2, this is now Active in the Viewer and is also displayed in the Canvas. The 2 at the Centre of the Wireframe overlay indicates you are working on and seeing Video Track 2 or V2.
Choose Video Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur from Effects and drop that on the Viewer. Slight blur is noticed in Viewer & Canvas.
Open the Filters Tab in the Viewer And adjust the Radius slider to around 30-40. A lot of blur is present (adjust to suite as required). Your Canvas should be showing changes as you make them.
Choose Video Filters>Matte>Mask Shape and drop this onto the Viewer. A blurry squre appears.
Open the Viewer Filters Tab (if it's not already) and adjust the SHAPE, Horizontal & Vertical values to suite. Click the Centre button once, then, with the mouse move your cursor (changes to cross hair) to the Canvas and click where the blurred shape should fit.
You're done. 🙂

Al

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Answer 2

Zak Ray

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Aug 9, 2007 6:56 PM in response to David Banyots

If you ask me, this wedding would be much more interesting if you just left it as it is. Also, your relationship with your buddy.

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Answer 3

Alchroma

Level 7

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Aug 9, 2007 7:10 PM in response to Zak Ray

If you ask me, this wedding would be much more interesting if you just left it as it is. Also, your relationship with your buddy.

You mean BLURR at your own risk? 🙂 LOL

Al

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Answer 4

Zak Ray

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Aug 9, 2007 7:13 PM in response to Alchroma

That's the idea.

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Answer 5

Aug 9, 2007 8:11 PM in response to Alchroma

Thanks Al! It's working fantastic! I'm trying some of the other filters too, just to see what they can produce, like Stylize -> Diffuse. The best part: the motion of the blur moves along with the picture too!
I should probably add, that the way he's sitting in the tub there isn't anything objectionable, but I'm blurring the area anyway, which is a facet of the joke that will probably only be gotten by the bride and groom.
Thanks everyone for your contributions!

Dave

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Answer 6

Da Nam

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Aug 10, 2007 4:01 AM in response to David Banyots

Andy Mees has a free 'Region Blur' plug-in and there's a few more suggestions here:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4822570&#4822570

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