{"id":26313,"date":"2016-04-07T21:18:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T13:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=26313"},"modified":"2016-04-07T21:18:28","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T13:18:28","slug":"customized-blurring-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/customized-blurring-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Blur Selected Parts of Your YouTube Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>YouTube editor<\/strong> has recently offered a handy feature to <strong>blur any part of a video frame<\/strong> for a customized duration of time. Although, previously YouTube editor has provided an easy way to <strong>blur (only) faces automatically<\/strong> but the feature to blurring a specific part of your choice in a video is only recently possible.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s quickly check out how you can do this. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v9oxyswY8fs\" rel=\"nofollow\">video<\/a> used for this demonstration is the <em>Top 10 Funny Baby Videos 2015<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>(Step 1)<\/strong><\/em> Once you are done uploading a video or if you have already  uploaded a video on YouTube, click the <strong>Enhancements<\/strong> option right below your video.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/customized-blurring-youtube\/enhancement-option.jpg\" width=\"862\" height=\"135\" alt=\"Enhancement Option\"><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>(Step 2)<\/strong><\/em> Click on <strong>Blurring effects<\/strong> and you will see the two options.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/customized-blurring-youtube\/blurring-effects.jpg\" width=\"988\" height=\"492\" alt=\"Blurring Effects\"><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>(Step 3)<\/strong><\/em> Click on <strong>Apply<\/strong> button to blur faces automatically in video.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/customized-blurring-youtube\/blur-face.jpg\" width=\"969\" height=\"476\" alt=\"Blurring Face\"><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>(Step 4)<\/strong><\/em> Click on the <strong>Edit<\/strong> button to start selecting portions of the video to blur<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/customized-blurring-youtube\/custom-blurring-1.jpg\" width=\"631\" height=\"693\" alt=\"Customized Blurring\"><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>(Step 5)<\/strong><\/em> Click on the video and a <strong>resizable frosted box<\/strong> will appear. Drag this box inside the video frame and adjust its size as per requirements. Finally, you can define the length of time (ie how long) the blur effects should appear in your video. Do this by <strong>adjusting the width of the tab<\/strong> in the timeline below your video.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/customized-blurring-youtube\/custom-blurring-2.jpg\" width=\"631\" height=\"699\" alt=\"Customized Blurring\"><\/figure>\n<p>By default, the object you select to blur is <strong>tracked automatically<\/strong> by YouTube as the video proceeds. But if you <strong>don\u2019t want the automated object tracking<\/strong> and prefer to <strong>blur a specific portion inside the video frame<\/strong> then click on the <strong>Pin<\/strong> inside the same timeline (see image above).<\/p>\n<p>Once you have added the required blurring effects in your video, click on the <strong>Done<\/strong> button to apply the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"note\"><strong>You might also like: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/youtube-tutorial-for-beginners\/\">Beginner\u2019s guide to producing your first YouTube tutorial<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube editor has recently offered a handy feature to blur any part of a video frame for a customized duration of time. Although, previously YouTube editor has provided an easy way to blur (only) faces automatically but the feature to blurring a specific part of your choice in a video is only recently possible. 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