{"id":204,"date":"2020-01-07T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifefitnessllc.com\/archives\/332"},"modified":"2023-09-19T14:47:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T13:47:55","slug":"need-to-blur-a-face-in-premiere-pro-heres-how-you-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/07\/need-to-blur-a-face-in-premiere-pro-heres-how-you-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Need to Blur a Face in Premiere Pro? Here\u2019s How You Do It"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>In this video tutorial, learn how you can obscure your subject\u2019s identity in Adobe Premiere Pro by using the mosaic effect.<\/h2>\n<p><em>Cover image via Shutterstock.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve worked in television or documentaries long enough, you\u2019ve probably had to blur\u00a0out a face once or twice. Maybe you don\u2019t have a release form, or you want to protect someone\u2019s identity from being exposed. Whatever the case may be, adding a mosaic to a person\u2019s face in Premiere Pro is quick and easy. Premiere\u2019s 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. Let\u2019s take a look at how we can do this.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F2uAngGTCN4?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Step 1 \u2014 Add the Mosaic Effect<\/h3>\n<p>First I need to apply the <strong>mosaic effect<\/strong> to my clip. This\u00a0effect allows me to add <strong>horizontal<\/strong> and <strong>vertical blocks<\/strong> to my image. I can add keyframes to both of these attributes, and there\u2019s an option to sharpen the colors of my mosaic. Also, as with most effects in Premiere Pro, there is a <strong>mask tool<\/strong> inside the mosaic effect. Now that I have applied the effect, it\u2019s time to <strong>add<\/strong> a <strong>mask<\/strong> to our subject.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Step 2 \u2014 Create a Mask<\/h3>\n<p>There are several different\u00a0ways to add a mask with the mosaic effect. I can quickly create an <strong>ellipse<\/strong> or <strong>4-point polygon mask,<\/strong> or I can use the <strong>pen tool<\/strong> to create a <strong>custom<\/strong> path. Since I\u2019m masking a face, the <strong>ellipse<\/strong> tool will work just fine. Once I click the ellipse mask tool, I\u2019ll position the mask over my subject\u2019s <strong>face.<\/strong> Next, I need to <strong>track<\/strong> the mask to my subject\u2019s face as she walks through the scene.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Need to Blur a Face in Premiere Pro? Here's How You Do It \u2014 Create Mask\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/replace\/a9fc5597dfeffc371444825944407a38.jpeg\" alt=\"Need to Blur a Face in Premiere Pro? Here's How You Do It \u2014 Create Mask\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Step 3 \u2014 Track Mask Path<\/h3>\n<p>When <strong>tracking<\/strong> a mask path, there are three tracking <strong>methods<\/strong> from which to choose:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Need to Blur a Face in Premiere Pro? Here's How You Do It \u2014 Track Mask\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/replace\/b3cfd9dee83662494231f72b80501824.png\" alt=\"Need to Blur a Face in Premiere Pro? Here's How You Do It \u2014 Track Mask\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Step 4 \u2014 Fine-Tune<\/h3>\n<p>As long as\u00a0my\u00a0<strong>track<\/strong> was successful,\u00a0I should now have a <strong>mosaic<\/strong> applied to\u00a0the subject\u2019s face.\u00a0For the final step,\u00a0I can <strong>fine-tune<\/strong> the effect. There\u2019s a variety of different things I can do to fine-tune the effect, including\u00a0adjusting the mask <strong>expansion,<\/strong> the mask <strong>feather,<\/strong>\u00a0and the number of <strong>horizontal<\/strong> and <strong>vertical blocks<\/strong>.\u00a0Again, since my subject is moving toward the camera, I can <strong>add keyframes<\/strong> to any of these attributes to have them change as the subject approaches.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Need to Blur a Face in Premiere Pro? Here's How You Do It \u2014 Fine Tune\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/replace\/a417319c9a29b79d7ff91edecd5d2a2f.png\" alt=\"Need to Blur a Face in Premiere Pro? Here's How You Do It \u2014 Fine Tune\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And there you have it. In just a few minutes, I\u2019ve created a mosaic that follows my subject as she moves through the scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video tutorial, learn how you can obscure your subject\u2019s identity in Adobe Premiere Pro by using the mosaic effect. Cover image via Shutterstock. If you\u2019ve worked in television or documentaries long enough, you\u2019ve probably had to blur\u00a0out a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":703,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions\/703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}