Solved Trying to blur a segment of video but cant get pixelate to work

Greetings.

I am using Sony Movie Studio Platinum 12.0 (64-bit)

I have a video clip where I'm trying to blur a license plate on a vehicle in the background.

I have been watching your video here:

Although the tools for the effects appear a bit different, I can get the cookie cutter, resize & move it to where I want. But when I try to move to the next step, adding pixelate, it doesn't add that to the chain of effects so I'm stuck and cant go any further.. Any idea why?

Thanks in advance.

K

You probably just need to turn the Pixelation level up a lot higher.
The default level is quite subtle, which make it difficult to detect.

Also make sure you added Pixelate onto the 2nd top video track.
Temporarily increasing the Border size in the Cookie Cutter tool, also helps to locate FX.

Sorry I wasn't clear.

Looking at your graphic, in the area showing the selected effects: pan & crop - cookie cutter - pixelate



For me pixelate would not engage, it was absent from that line. I only was able to get pan & crop & cookie cutter.

What I had done was first open the FX window, choose cookie cutter, clicked 'OK', moved it where I wanted, then clicked FX again to add pixelate and clicked OK again. However, no matter how often I tried, pixelate wouldn't be added to the FX chain, it wouldn't say "pan & crop - cookie cutter - pixelate", just "pan & crop - cookie cutter".

Looking at another video on the subject the author, after opening the FX window, chose cookie cutter, clicked Add, clicked pixelate, then Add again, then clicked OK. For what ever reason that works for me. Now I have pixelate in the effects chain and can use it.

Have a Magical Day!

K