Track a spot or a plane, and blur faces

Applies to 0.11Updated 28 Oct 20262 min read

Clip › Masks and Tracking has Track a Spot in the Video…, plane tracking for screens and walls, and Blur Faces…, which hides every face with a blur or a mosaic.

Make a title or graphic follow something

1. Select a title, a graphic or a clip with a mask.
2. Choose Clip › Masks and Tracking › Track a Spot in the Video…, then click the spot to follow in the Program Monitor.
3. It is tracked from the playhead to the end of the clip.

Use Track a Spot with Size and Rotation… when the object also moves closer or turns.

Pin a graphic onto a screen or a wall

Give the graphic a Corner Pin, place its corners, then choose Track Plane Forward or Track Plane Backward. The graphic stays on the surface as the camera moves.

Blur faces

1. Select the clip and choose Clip › Masks and Tracking › Blur Faces…. The app finds the faces.
2. Choose All or None, or tick single faces.
3. Pick Blur or Mosaic, then set Blurriness or Block size, Feather and Padding.
4. Press Add Blur or Add Mosaic.

Faces seen from the side, very small or half covered may not be found. Check the result and draw a mask for those with Draw Mask in the Program Monitor….

To cut out a person or an object, see Select and track a subject with Object Mask.

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