More Opaque Blur Needed for Motion Tracking

[rhm8]

Hi,

I'm using the multi point blur in Track Motion and it totally blocks the person I want to block when I'm in the VideoStudio x9 workspace. But when I render it/export it to a final video, the blurred individual isn't as blurred out as I'd like. The blur becomes a lot more light weight. Is there a way to better obscure the person, or apply a stronger blur?

thanks.

[BrianCee]

You can use any thing at all as a motion tracker - you could for instance use a colour block or one of the items in the 'Object' library - or even make an object of your own - and simply place that over the face you want to obscure

for instance in this short demo I have used a open circle - but it could just as easily be a solid dot - - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBTnYlPf5AM


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[rhm8]

Thank you. Ok I'll give that a try. Just curious though, is there a way to darken the blur itself i.e. is there an option that only deals with the blur? Or is using a substitute image the only way to overcome the light-weight blur? Since I've already tweaked it a million times, I don't want to have to go another route unless I have to.

Thanks.

[aljimenez]

Have you perhaps adjusted Transparency? Transparency may look OK during clip playback, but then once blended with the video it may become lighter like you are experiencing.

[rhm8]

Thanks for your suggestion. Is there a way to adjust the transparency of the blur within Track Motion as opposed to Customize Motion? I don't see an option for it within Track Motion but maybe I'm overlooking it. In my case I'm using just one tracker, Tracker 01 and I see an option to control the size of the mosaic, but not the transparency of it.

Thank you.

[asik1]

You can't set it in tracing but you can save that path and use it in custom motion, there you can set opacity to the overlay.

[rhm8]

I'll give it a shot but it might be a bit advanced for me.

Thank you.

[asik1]

I'll give it a shot but it might be a bit advanced for me.

Thank you.

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