Blur and Pixelate videos

Flixier's blur and pixelate tools help you easily hide sensitive information like faces, license plates, or private details in your videos.

How to Blur or Pixelate Specific Parts of Your Video

1. Import your clip and add it to your timeline.
2. Go to the Elements tab on the left-side menu.
3. Scroll down to the dedicated Masks section. Here, you will see direct buttons for Pixelate, Blur, Grayscale, and Sepia.
4. Click on either Blur or Pixelate to add the mask layer to your timeline and video canvas.
5. Click on the mask in your canvas to select it. You can modify its position and size by dragging the selector points on the corners of the bounding box.
6. To modify how long the mask stays on your video, drag the left or right edges of the mask clip on your timeline.
7. If you ever want to change the visual effect of your mask, select it and look at the right-side Properties menu under the Shape Mask tab.

Track Your Mask to a Moving Object

If the face or object you are trying to hide is moving across the screen, you don’t need to move the mask manually. You can use Flixier's automated tracking tools to lock the mask to your subject.

For a full, step-by-step breakdown of this automated feature, please visit our complete guide on Motion Tracking.