If Face Blur+ is the only app running, chances are very low. To prevent the app from crashing, it is recommended that you release other apps while Face Blur+ is running or set the photo quality at a lower level. During our tests, the app didn't crash but our analysis tell us it's possible. Note that the app has a higher chance of crashing if the photo quality is set too high. This fix was added due to two complaints about the quality of the photo being reduced and also about the size of the photo being reduced. This slider determines whether the photo should be resized. The radial blur effect has been improved.Īdded a photo quality slider which can be set from low to high.
This update addresses an issue with inverse blurring not working on a particular blur effect. This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. Once you've finished blurring out your photo(s), you can save it to your photos or share the photo(s). So if you're looking to blur out the background of an image and/or applying a radial blur to the background of an image, the inverse effect is capable of doing this. The inverse effect applies a blur around the selected area rather than inside the selected area. You can place stickers over your photos such as emoticons, flags, censored labels, food, animals, sport balls and more.īlurring out multiple areas/sections in a photo. At this point you will be able to select the type of blur that you want applied. To blur your photo, simply highlight the area that you would like blurred using the selection tool and tap blur. The app features many types of blur effects as well as icons.
In just a few minutes, I’ve created a mosaic that follows my subject as she moves through the scene.Face Blur+ makes it easy to blur out faces, license plates or objects in photos. There’s a variety of different things I can do to fine-tune the effect, including adjusting the mask expansion, the mask feather, and the number of horizontal and vertical blocks. Again, since my subject is moving toward the camera, I can add keyframes to any of these attributes to have them change as the subject approaches.Īnd there you have it. Once the track is complete, I should be able to see keyframes on my mask path attribute.Īs long as my track was successful, I should now have a mosaic applied to the subject’s face. For the final step, I can fine-tune the effect. It’s best to start the track when your subject is closer to the camera. I can track the mask forward or backward, frame by frame or with standard playback. Since my subject is moving toward the camera, I’ll leave the tracking method on the default Position, Rotation, and Scale method. When tracking a mask path, there are three tracking methods from which to choose: Next, I need to track the mask to my subject’s face as she walks through the scene.
Once I click the ellipse mask tool, I’ll position the mask over my subject’s face.
Since I’m masking a face, the ellipse tool will work just fine.
I can quickly create an ellipse or 4-point polygon mask, or I can use the pen tool to create a custom path. There are several different ways to add a mask with the mosaic effect. Now that I have applied the effect, it’s time to add a mask to our subject. Also, as with most effects in Premiere Pro, there is a mask tool inside the mosaic effect. I can add keyframes to both of these attributes, and there’s an option to sharpen the colors of my mosaic. This effect allows me to add horizontal and vertical blocks to my image. Let’s take a look at how we can do this.įirst I need to apply the mosaic effect to my clip. Premiere’s mosaic effect comes with user-friendly tools that will allow you to easily apply a mosaic to a moving face in just a few minutes.
Whatever the case may be, adding a mosaic to a person’s face in Premiere Pro is quick and easy. Maybe you don’t have a release form, or you want to protect someone’s identity from being exposed. If you’ve worked in television or documentaries long enough, you’ve probably had to blur out a face once or twice. In this video tutorial, learn how you can obscure your subject’s identity in Adobe Premiere Pro by using the mosaic effect.