How to Blur Part of an Image

This page shows you how to blur or pixelate part of a video image. This technique is normally used to blur a face in order to protect the subject's personality.

 

This technique uses two video tracks, and can be used with any editing purpose which supports multiple tracks/layers. Our example uses Adobe Premiere.

To start on, place the video clip on the timeline. Make an correct copy of the clip and place it on a video track openly above the original clip like so:

 

 

From the effects palette, add a blur or pixelate effect to the top track. Set the amount of blur as desired. The example above uses a Gaussian blur (Video Effects > Blur & Sharpen > Gaussian Blur) set to 30.

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Video Formats

Information about various video formats and standards.

      8mm, Video8, Hi8, Digital8

Beta: Beta, Betamax, Betacam, Betacam SP, Betacam SX , Digital Betacam

DV: DV, MiniDV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, DVCPRO HD, HDV

DVD: DVD, Blu-Ray, HD-DVD, HD-VMD, CH-DVD
           HDTV, 1080i, 1080p

Flash: Flash

Laser Disc: LaserDisc
                  M, MII
                  MXF

MPEG: MPEG, MPEG-4

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Linear vs Non Linear Editing

In the early days of electronic video production, linear (tape-to-tape) editing was the only way to edit video tapes. Then, in the 1990s, non-linear editing computers became accessible and opened a total new globe of editing power and elasticity.

Non-linear editing was not welcomed by each and many editors resisted the new wave. In calculation, early digital video was plagued with performance issues and uncertainty. However, the compensation of non-linear video eventually became so overwhelming that they could not be ignored.

In the 21st Century non-linear gained authority and linear editing headed towards obsolescence. During this time the explanation "non-linear" was slowly abandoned as it was no longer essential—almost all editing was now digital and the "non-linear" aspect was assumed. Linear was dead.

 

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Professional Video Editing...

        Life is full of happiness and sadness. Due to invention and modification of science we can capture those moments in frames. separately remarkable and memorable moments we can keep nicely by editing.

 After deducting unnecessary parts, suitable sound or music can be added on the Moments have got through your mobile or handy-cam.

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Video Editing Software

Some Commercial video editing Software list:

•     Adobe After Effects (OS X, Windows)
•     Adobe Premiere Elements (OS X, Windows)
•     Adobe Premiere Pro (OS X, Windows)
•     ArcSoft ShowBiz (Windows)
•     Autodesk Flame
•     Autodesk Smoke
•     Avid DS (Windows)
•     Avid Symphony (Windows, OS X)
•     Camtasia Studio (Windows, OS X) – Also screencast software
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      Clesh (Java on OS X, Windows, Linux)
•     Corel VideoStudio (Windows)
•     Edius (Windows)
•     Final Cut Express (OS X) – Discontinued
•     Final Cut Pro (OS X)
•     FORscene (OS X, Windows, Linux)
•     FXhome Limited (Windows)
•     Harris Broadcast Velocity (Windows)
•     iMovie (OS X)
  

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What is Video Editing?

What is Video Editing?

Video editing is the process of manipulate and rearrange video shots to create a new work. Editing is usually considered to be one part of the post production process — other post-production tasks include titling, colour correction, sound mixing, etc.

The Goals of Editing

There are a lot of reasons to edit a video and your editing advance will depend on the desired outcome. Before you initiate you must clearly define your editing goals, which could include any of the following:

Remove unnecessary footage

This is the simplest and most common task in editing. Many videos can be considerably improved by simply getting rid of the flawed or unnecessary bits.

Choose the best footage

It is common to shoot far more footage than you actually need and choose only the best material for the final edit. Often you will shoot some versions (takes) of a shot and choose the best one when editing.

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