How to Blur Faces in a Video Automatically (Free, No Upload)

Blur faces in a video automatically, free in your browser with pixelate.video. Choose Faces and a moving oval covers each face, pick Blur and raise Blur strength, box any face it missed, and export. Nothing is uploaded and there is no watermark.

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Key moments

1. 1 Introduction , starts at 0:00
2. 2 Open your video , starts at 0:13
3. 3 Find the faces , starts at 0:21
4. 4 Check every face , starts at 0:44
5. 5 Blur just one person , starts at 1:00
6. 6 Export and download , starts at 1:20

Transcript

Introduction 0:00

1. 0:00 Here's how to blur faces in a video, free, right in your browser.
2. 0:05 pixelate.video finds the faces, blurs them, and keeps them covered as people move.
3. 0:11 Your video never leaves your device.

Open your video 0:13

1. 0:14 Open the Blur face in video page, and click Select video.
2. 0:17 MP4, MOV, WebM and MKV all work.

Find the faces 0:21

1. 0:22 Where it asks what you want to hide, choose Faces.
2. 0:25 Face finding starts right away, and runs on your device.
3. 0:28 Each face it finds gets an oval that follows the person.
4. 0:33 Under Look, choose Blur.
5. 0:34 A light blur can leave a face recognizable, so raise Blur strength.
6. 0:39 Press play, and each oval follows its person.

Check every face 0:44

1. 0:45 Scrub through and check every face.
2. 0:47 Here, the man on the right is missed near the end, when he is half out of the frame.
3. 0:51 Drag a box over him.
4. 0:53 Then move the playhead to where he needs covering, open Timing & shape, and press Starts here.

Blur just one person 1:00

1. 1:00 To hide just one person, like someone in the background, choose Part of the video instead.
2. 1:05 A box appears. Drag its corners to fit it over their face.
3. 1:12 Then click Track movement automatically.
4. 1:14 The box follows her through the clip, and the positions are saved, so you can check and nudge them.

Export and download 1:20

1. 1:21 When every face is covered, click Export video.
2. 1:24 Then click Download video to save your MP4.
3. 1:28 Blur faces in your next video free at pixelate.video.