obscure or blur text in Camtasia Studio

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1. guerillabill  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

   When the target moves out of the blur, add another blur. I’ve sometimes used 5 or 6 blurs to cover a moving target.

   

2. Beemerboy324  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

   I can get the blur callout to last long enough in the timeline but as the subject moves to follow the cursor the blur callout does not move. The subject slides out from underneath. Have you ever seen that?

   Brandenburg IV:1 very nice.

   

3. guerillabill  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

   Thanks for your comment. It is appreciated!

   

4. RobotSlaughterhouse  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

   Bill your tutorials are phenomenal!!
   Easy to understand, no loud clicking noises, no annoying blured screen captures!! Your videos are top of the line and thanks for everything:]

   

5. guerillabill  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

   Yes, you can do that in Camtasia. But it is usually easier to apply effects to camcorder video in a video editing program.

   

6. weaknwimpy  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

   Didn’t know I could use pictures that are on my computer as callouts.
   Can you also take a picture and cover up an area such as a face that is moving around in a video by adding the picture callout many times frame by frame or is that too envolved for camtasia 6?

   

7. la1rapez  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

   thanks

   

8. NewMarketingWay  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

   thanks mr. guru

   

9. guerillabill  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

   You can move the blur, but Camtasia is mainly for editing computer screen captures, not so much for camcorder video.

   

10. rubyrocksox  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

    thanks but what if i need it for moving videos like i wanna blur a face ?? and it will move

    

11. licolnpass  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

    thanks man 5 stars

    

12. guerillabill  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

    Yes.

    

13. kandymann2008  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

    5 Stars thanks I appreciate it.
    Rick

    

14. ollieblade  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

    is it possible to do this in sony vegas?

    

15. NuubLolXD  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

    Thx man xD

    

16. DocM20  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

    he man, thanks

    

17. JosephBrownIII  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

    Oh thanks I always wanted to know how to use blur. thx 5 stars

    

18. listbuilderemail  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

    Great information! Thank you so much for this.

    

19. guerillabill  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

    I never use smart focus, preferring to have more control on zoom and pans in my videos.

    Not using smart focus eliminates a number of editing problems - at least for me

    

20. adtextgenerator1  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

    Great series Bill, thanks.

    I get how to use blur callout, but how can I get it to follow the zoom, in smartfocus.
    Do I have to create a new callout for each stage of the zoom, in smartfocus.

    

21. topsearchresult  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

    Thanks a lot!

    

22. guerillabill  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

    Camtasia doesn’t have an ‘unblur’ effect.

    You can import photos and paste them over any video track though.

    

23. andrewj088  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

    Can you unblur a screen capture done on camtasia if you had the photo..meaning can you bring a photo into camtasia and unblur what was blurred using camtasia..just wondering.

    

24. TheCreativeCzar  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

    thnx

    

25. drrocket  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am #

    Just curious, is there a way to make the blur keep in effect for the duration of a zoom? When I zoom, the blur stays where it was placed while the information beneath moves outside of the blur.