As you can see, unlike the “Gaussian Blur,” the “Mosaic” applies the effect to everything and It’ll stay that way until I select a masking tool.
So, I’ll type in “Mosaic” then double click to add it to the clip. The other method I talked about was using a mosaic to blur the subject. One the tracking finishes, give your video a watch and see how it your “Gausian Blur” turned out. If it does start to go awry, you can stop the progress and manually adjust, then start again. The program is pretty good about keeping a precise track. I can do that one frame at a time like this….or, by letting Premiere do it automatically like this. Next I’ll begin the mask tracking process. I’ll also add a slight “feather” so that there are no hard edges. Obviously you can choose whatever degree of blurriness you want. Once formed the way I want it, I will add the blur by increasing this number to about the 50 mark. To form the ellipse, I will use these little square handles. If I were to add it now, it would be difficult for me to precisely form the ellipse around the face. At this point you don’t see any blurring and won’t until I add it. Be sure that your play head is at the point where you want the blur to begin. As soon as I click on it, it appears in the program window.
The’re three options: “Elipse,” “4 Point Polygram,” or the “Pen.” But, because I want to track and blur a face, I will use the “Elipse” mask. Next, I need to select the mask tool that will be used to highlight the specific area to blur. I can do this by double clicking the effect or, dragging it onto the clip.
But today, I’ll start with “Gaussian Blur” then show you, “Mosaic.” Next, I’ll place the“Gaussian” effect onto the video clip. To be clear, you can use any of the “Blur’s” listed as they all look a little different. In the Effects Panel I’ll type in the word “Blur” and Premiere will reveal all of the blur options available. First I will use the “Gaussian Blur” method. I placed in the timeline a proud US Marine walking to meet another person but I’d like to blur her face. The two ways I use to blur a subject are “Gausian Blur” or “Mosaic.” Today, I will show you both because the process is different for each.