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Blatman
13th March 2009, 15:57
Dunno what thread to put this in, so sorry if this is the wrong one...but are there any IT geeks on here who can tell me an EASY way to pixelate or censor a number plate in a video, like for uploading to youtube or whatever. I have Abobe After Effects but happy to download any other progs that would work, preferably freeware! - cheers!
Blackshear
13th March 2009, 16:18
Short of running through the individual frames, I must apologise for my lack of knowledge. Good luck to you, sir.
sil3nt
13th March 2009, 16:38
Motion Tracking is what your after and Adobe After Effects can do that as far as i can tell. It shouldn't be too hard to do although i have never tried myself. If need be i will install the software to help you out. This sort of thing would be good if it were available! http://vimeo.com/2345579
johan
13th March 2009, 16:59
The most basic way would be to use Masks and roughly animate the mask to follow the number plate.


A basic tutorial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4U2ZmXue4U&feature=related

It's been years since I used after effects but it has all the basic tools for this stuff.
Harvd
13th March 2009, 18:38
And why would you need to do that eh? :msn-wink:
Duc
13th March 2009, 18:48
After Effects can do this.

If you are smart enough to need it for this purpose..you are smart enough use it for this purpose.
Blatman
13th March 2009, 19:00
The most basic way would be to use Masks and roughly animate the mask to follow the number plate.
A basic tutorial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4U2ZmXue4U&feature=related
It's been years since I used after effects but it has all the basic tools for this stuff.
Cool, thanks. Probably a bit techo for me though. Comp came with After Effects but I'm not that good with it.


And why would you need to do that eh? :msn-wink:

Supercharging the V-Max and going for the land speed record on the Southern Motorway ;-)


Motion Tracking is what your after and Adobe After Effects can do that as far as i can tell. It shouldn't be too hard to do although i have never tried myself. If need be i will install the software to help you out. This sort of thing would be good if it were available! http://vimeo.com/2345579

Cheers, I may have to get a mate to do it....