Reefa Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Sometimes when you're shooting a video, there are background objects or people that you don't necessarily want to show. If you notice this during shooting, you might be able to frame your shot to exclude such things, but that isn't always possible. This means that later on in post, you'll need to blur it out. But now YouTube is going to make that process a bit easier for you. YouTube actually released a blurring feature for uploaded videos back in 2012. This feature would automatically blur all of the faces in your video for you. This was nice, but faces aren't the only thing that you want to blur. So today, they're launching their new Custom Blurring tool. With this tool, you can use their editor to draw a rectangle over the object you want blurred. Not only will it blur that area, but it will follow whatever the object is. You don't have to mess with going frame-by-frame to blur something, or using complex editing software. Just open up the editor, and select Custom Blurring from the Blurring Effects tab and get started. You'll be able to control the size of the box you're using to blur, change where it moves, and when it starts and stops being used. Once you're finished making your edits, you can choose to save the video as it is, or save a separate copy with the blurring in place, leaving an uncensored version for you, as well. http://www.slashgear.com/youtube-gets-smart-blurring-tool-that-follows-your-subject-25429118/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batu69 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 For creators, reshooting a scene for the tiniest bloopers is one of the more annoying (and cost-consuming) aspects of filming. Today, YouTube wants to help fix that by letting you blur any part of the video before it makes it to the public Web. The concept isn’t entirely new – in 2012, YouTube launched a face blurring tool to help anonymize people in videos. With today’s update, users can blur out any section of the video – be it unwanted license plates, visible phone numbers, wardrobe malfunctions, disturbing imagery, or the like. Article source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pequi Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 20 hours ago, F3dupsk1Nup said: Once you're finished making your edits, you can choose to save the video as it is, or save a separate copy with the blurring in place, leaving an uncensored version for you, as well. I'll bet 100 to 1 that Google uses it's AI to determine if and why the parts you blurred were embarrassing / inconvenient. Just one more profiling tool in their vast repertoire. Advice - want to hide something ? Blur it offline, then upload the video. And use an algorithm that can't be reversed. NEVER use an online service or "the cloud" for anything you don't want to share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batu69 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Thread has been merged & moved from General News forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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