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Blurring text for privacy
I'm building courses for the staff at a college and it is sometimes necessary to display personal information on students in screenshots. Is there a way to blur this information to keep it private?...
Any idea how to do this for video?
Hi Tommy, when not using Articulate step by step video facilities for interactive simulations, I use the Davinci Resolve 16 tool to edit my videos. It's a bit daunting at first as it's a top end tool used by professional videographers - but I have muddled my way through to great effect with about 0.001% of its functionality!
If you have used a tool like Adobe Premier Pro, this is very similar - with the main difference being that it is FREE.
There are many training videos on YouTube for Davinci Resolve (including several "Getting Started with …") and an excellent (though sizable) online user manual. And just this week I successfully followed and made notes from a video (see below) that showed me how to blur any areas for any duration of time - critical for my training videos which often feature patient sensitive details. You can, of course, import your edited videos into Articulate Storyline.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2La0prUK2DY
I hope this helps. The final effect is professional looking and far more polished than using PowerPoint/Storyline shapes etc.
Regards
