How can I easily blur a Face on an image to mask identity

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marianne_w
Jul 18, 2004
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I would appreciate it if someone can share with me how to blur a face on an image for the purpose of masking identity. I tried the blur tool and it creates only a slight blurring effect no matter what settings I use within the blur tool (brush type, size, mode, strength tool).

Thank you,
Marianne
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Chuck_Snyder
Jul 18, 2004
Good morning, Marianne. Make a rough selection of the face with the lasso tool, selection brush, etc., then use Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and set the radius control as high as you need. I’d recommend doing this on a copy of the background layer, though, so you don’t blur your original.

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Grant_Dixon
Jul 18, 2004
Marianne

Just mask of the face you want blurred and apply Gaussian Blur to it. By selecting a large number for radius you should be able to blur it out of existence. Now it you want to get funky you can use Filter > Pixelate > Mosaic you can get it to look like one of those 1950 true crime type magazine images.

Grant
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marianne_w
Jul 19, 2004
It worked like a gem! Thank you Chuck and Grant.

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