Comments on: MacMost Now 130: Blurring An Area In iMovie 08 http://macmost.com/blurring-an-area-in-imovie-08.html MacMost: Making the most of your Mac, iPhone and iPad. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:42:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: HMastersen http://macmost.com/blurring-an-area-in-imovie-08.html#comment-20294 HMastersen Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:55:31 +0000 http://macmost.com/blurring-an-area-in-imovie-08.html#comment-20294 Awesome clip Gary, you really helped me. I have enjoyed iMovie 08 but was amazed at the end when I couldn't blur a few things. Great workaround. Here is my expanded actions for what Gary does: On my Mac, this is how it went: - image is created as Gary does, then saved as .tiff file - image must then be saved as JPEG for use in GIMP (image editor I use, which is free!!) - Open JPEG in GIMP, then use oval or square to select area to blur - Then select Filter/Blur as Gary does - Then hit "control I" to invert the selection - Then select Edit/Clear - Then select Layer/Transparency/Add Alpha Channel - Then select Edit/Clear again - Then Save As a png file - Then do the rest as per Gary's vid I found absolutely nothing else on the web for blurring, Gary is the man Awesome clip Gary, you really helped me. I have enjoyed iMovie 08 but was amazed at the end when I couldn’t blur a few things. Great workaround. Here is my expanded actions for what Gary does:

On my Mac, this is how it went:
- image is created as Gary does, then saved as .tiff file
- image must then be saved as JPEG for use in GIMP (image editor I use, which is free!!)
- Open JPEG in GIMP, then use oval or square to select area to blur
- Then select Filter/Blur as Gary does
- Then hit “control I” to invert the selection
- Then select Edit/Clear
- Then select Layer/Transparency/Add Alpha Channel
- Then select Edit/Clear again
- Then Save As a png file
- Then do the rest as per Gary’s vid

I found absolutely nothing else on the web for blurring, Gary is the man

]]> By: Gary Rosenzweig http://macmost.com/blurring-an-area-in-imovie-08.html#comment-17699 Gary Rosenzweig Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:00:56 +0000 http://macmost.com/blurring-an-area-in-imovie-08.html#comment-17699 It does take some Photoshop skills, yes. And explaining all the details of how to do this in Photoshop would take far more than a comment. Maybe find a friend that knows photoshop to help? It does take some Photoshop skills, yes. And explaining all the details of how to do this in Photoshop would take far more than a comment. Maybe find a friend that knows photoshop to help?

]]> By: ron gantt http://macmost.com/blurring-an-area-in-imovie-08.html#comment-17698 ron gantt Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:56:46 +0000 http://macmost.com/blurring-an-area-in-imovie-08.html#comment-17698 i tried to do this in imovie 09, well the problem isn't putting the blur in, its making the blur work PS cs4, i dont see the oval crop, and then when i try with a square crop, and i invert, you say hit delete when i do that nothing happens, and if i command x to cut it out, when i save it there is a WHITE background, and even if i open with a transparent window still the same, can you help me out??? i tried to do this in imovie 09, well the problem isn’t putting the blur in, its making the blur work PS cs4, i dont see the oval crop, and then when i try with a square crop, and i invert, you say hit delete when i do that nothing happens, and if i command x to cut it out, when i save it there is a WHITE background, and even if i open with a transparent window still the same, can you help me out???

]]> By: Gary Rosenzweig http://macmost.com/blurring-an-area-in-imovie-08.html#comment-16769 Gary Rosenzweig Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:18:54 +0000 http://macmost.com/blurring-an-area-in-imovie-08.html#comment-16769 It does work in iMovie 09, but things are a little different. But the basic concept is the same. You can actually use Picture-in-picture to just grab a small blurry graphic and place it where you want over the video. It does work in iMovie 09, but things are a little different. But the basic concept is the same. You can actually use Picture-in-picture to just grab a small blurry graphic and place it where you want over the video.

]]> By: Leslie Anderson http://macmost.com/blurring-an-area-in-imovie-08.html#comment-16768 Leslie Anderson Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:18:58 +0000 http://macmost.com/blurring-an-area-in-imovie-08.html#comment-16768 Excellent tip... Doesn't work in iMovie 09 though. Any idea how to get around this? Excellent tip… Doesn’t work in iMovie 09 though. Any idea how to get around this?

]]> By: Matthew http://macmost.com/blurring-an-area-in-imovie-08.html#comment-15977 Matthew Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:51:56 +0000 http://macmost.com/blurring-an-area-in-imovie-08.html#comment-15977 Thanks for the tutorial. It was a big help. Couldn't agree more about Apple needing to open it for plug-ins. Thanks for the tutorial. It was a big help. Couldn’t agree more about Apple needing to open it for plug-ins.

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