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ryanw99412441
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August 18, 2018
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Blurring parts of a live video

  • August 18, 2018
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Hi there.

I'm looking for a method to blur parts of a live video, basically on a stream.

Can anyone help me out with this please?

Thank you.

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      Correct answer davescm

      Hi Dave, thanks.

      That is for a pre-recorded video, however what I was trying to achieve is for live videos, real time blurring, as if they're live on TV.

      If it's not possible what I'm trying to achieve that's fine.

      Thanks again.


      Hi

      As I said earlier Photoshop is not a real time video effects application. An effect is applied to a clip that has been imported to a layer and then played back. To view the video elsewhere the edited video then needs to be rendered - that is the way Photoshop works.

      Dave

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      davescm
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      davescmCommunity Expert
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      August 18, 2018

      It is not clear what you are trying to achieve.

      Photoshop has some video capability and can handle recorded video in the timeline, where you can put the video clip into a smart object and apply filters. However it is not a video effects application for handling live streams.

      Dave

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      ryanw99412441Author
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      August 18, 2018

      I apologize for not clarifying better.

      A friend of mine achieved this: https://i.imgur.com/S5YbZGL.mp4 using photoshop, and that was recorded during a live stream of the game using Streamlabs OBS.

      As you can see, the bottom of the video has a blur effect going on in real time.

      This is what I'm trying to achieve.

      Conrad_C
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      Conrad_CCommunity Expert
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      August 19, 2018

      Hi Dave, thanks.

      That is for a pre-recorded video, however what I was trying to achieve is for live videos, real time blurring, as if they're live on TV.

      If it's not possible what I'm trying to achieve that's fine.

      Thanks again.


      Because they used OBS, the most efficient approach would be to do it in OBS itself. A quick Google search indicates that there might be a way to use a blur filter within OBS to blur out part of the live stream.

      The less efficient way would be to add another application like PixelConduit to process the video stream. It's new to me so I'm not yet familiar with it, but it looks like there might be a way to blur an area of live video with it.

      But you should try to find a way within OBS itself. If you add another processing application, it will need its own processing power and that might interfere with what you're trying to stream, if you're doing it all on one computer.

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