{"id":4132,"date":"2021-02-02T23:36:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T23:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.education.uw.edu\/technologycenter\/?page_id=4132"},"modified":"2023-05-24T17:34:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T17:34:44","slug":"video-editing-blurring-or-hiding-people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.education.uw.edu\/technologycenter\/how-to-guides\/videotaping-tips-resources\/video-editing-blurring-or-hiding-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Editing: Blurring or hiding people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are times when you need to hide people&#8217;s faces on a video (especially when you have not secured a video release form for them). 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