How to Blur Videos in CapCut: Applying Blur Effects with Ease

Learning how to blur videos in CapCut will allow you to seamlessly obscure content in a video not meant to be shown to viewers. The CapCut desktop video editor, an advanced media editing tool, offers extensive blurring flexibility. You can apply a blur effect to an entire scene, a part of it, the background, moving objects, etc. Read on to see the detailed steps for each and more.

When do you need to blur videos with CapCut

Once you learn how to blur videos on CapCut, you will no longer be unable to use videos because there is unwanted content in the footage. However, there's a lot more you can do with blurring. For example, you can:

• Enhance audience focus: Blurring out parts of a video can draw a viewer's attention to specific details in the clip. For example, you can blur out part of a text to drive attention to a particular phrase.
• Add privacy: Use blurring to hide faces, license plates, addresses, gruesome content, and other sensitive information. Protecting privacy is sometimes a legal necessity and can prevent lawsuits.
• Remove unwanted objects: Keep your content professional and distraction-free by blurring photo bombers, busy backgrounds, and other distracting elements. This maintains the audience's focus on the content.
• Artistic effects: You can use blur effects to evoke a sense of mystery or dreaminess in your video. It can emphasize a shift in focus, create a transition between scenes, add depth, etc.

How to add blur to a video on CapCut

The CapCut desktop video editor has an easy-to-use blur feature that lets you give your videos a smooth, blurry effect. To leverage it, click the link below to download the CapCut desktop video editor. Remember to sign up for a free account.

You can blur an entire video or sections of it using a customizable blur effect. When applied, this option blurs the whole screen, hiding all objects. You can customize the blur's intensity to suit your preferences. Also, you don't require prior experience with CapCut PC or other video editing tools to use the blur feature on this tool. But if you need help figuring out how to add blur to a video on CapCut, follow the simple steps below.

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1. Upload
2. Launch the CapCut desktop video editor, click "New project," then drag and drop your file into the timeline. Alternatively, select the "Import" button to add a video via the file explorer. If your video is in your CapCut space, click "Spaces" to upload it, or go to "Library" for a stock video.
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4. Blur and edit
5. Select your video timeline, then click the "Effect" tab from the top left. Go to "Lens" and locate the "Blur" effect. Hit the download icon in its left corner to load the effect, then click the plus icon to add it. The effect is automatically added to a new timeline track. Drag its edges to specify the area of application. It can be the entire video or a section of it. Next, navigate to the right panel and drag the slider to adjust the intensity of the blur. You can then leverage CapCut PC's basic, advanced, and AI video editing features to spruce your video. Apply video effects, relight, enhance voice, auto reframe, crop, split scenes, and more.
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7. Export

Click "Export" in the top right, then adjust the video title. Customize the resolution (up to 4K), codec, bit rate, format (MP4 or MOV), and frame rate (up to 60fps). Select "Export." You can then post your clip directly to TikTok and YouTube from the next window without exiting CapCut PC.



How to blur part of a video in CapCut

Now that you know how to make video blur in CapCut using the blur effect, you may have noticed one significant challenge: it hides the entire scene. But what if you only want to blur a specific part of the clip? Check out how to do it below.

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1. Upload
2. Launch the CapCut desktop video editor, click "New project," then drag and drop your file into the timeline. Alternatively, select the "Import" button to add a video via the file explorer. If your video is in your CapCut space, click "Spaces" to upload it, or go to "Library" for a stock video.
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4. Blur and edit
5. Select your video timeline, right-click on it, and then hit "Copy." Paste the video on the timeline. This will create a second timeline track. Go to the "Effect" tab, select "Lens," then locate the "Blur" effect. Drag the effect and drop it on the original video track (the one below).
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7. Select the pasted video track (the one above), then go to "Mask" under the "Video" tab in the right panel. Select an effect like Rectangle, Circle, etc. Ensure the timeline playhead is at the beginning of the clip. Next, drag the edges of the mask from the "Player" window to cover the part you want to blur, then click the "Reverse" button in the top right of the mask panel.
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9. Export

Click "Export" in the top right, then adjust the video title. Customize the resolution (up to 4K), codec, bit rate, format (MP4 or MOV), and frame rate (up to 60fps). Select "Export." You can then post your clip directly to TikTok and YouTube from the next window without exiting CapCut PC.



How to blur the video background in CapCut

Hiding video backgrounds is also a fun feature to experiment with once you learn how to make blur video in CapCut. CapCut allows you to easily blur your video background and lets you enhance focus on the main video object in case your background is cluttered or distracting.

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1. Upload
2. Launch the CapCut desktop video editor, click "New project," then drag and drop your file into the timeline. Alternatively, select the "Import" button to add a video via the file explorer. If your video is in your CapCut space, click "Spaces" to upload it, or go to "Library" for a stock video.
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4. Blur and edit
5. Add your video to the timeline, then create a duplicate track using copy and paste. Go to "Effect" > "Lens," then locate the "Blur" effect. Drag and drop it onto the original track (the one below). Adjust the intensity of the blur from the right panel. Next, select the second timeline track (the one above), then navigate to "Video" on the right. Click on "Cutout," then select "Auto cutout." CapCut PC will automatically blur your video background. However, this feature only cuts out human figures.
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7. Export

Click "Export" in the top right, then adjust the video title. Customize the resolution (up to 4K), codec, bit rate, format (MP4 or MOV), and frame rate (up to 60fps). Select "Export." You can then post your clip directly to TikTok and YouTube from the next window without exiting CapCut PC.



How to blur the sides of a video on CapCut

When you change a video's aspect ratio, the sides are often left empty. This can create an unprofessional appearance that is distracting to viewers. Now, if you are wondering how to blur the video in CapCut PC when you adjust the aspect ratio, here's how.

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1. Upload
2. Launch the CapCut desktop video editor, click "New project," then drag and drop your file into the timeline. Alternatively, select the "Import" button to add a video via the file explorer. If your video is in your CapCut space, click "Spaces" to upload it, or go to "Library" for a stock video.
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4. Blur and edit
5. Select your video timeline, click "Ratio" under the player window, and choose a resolution such as 9:16, 2:1, 3:4, or another suitable one. Navigate to the "Video" section in the right panel, select "Basic," and scroll to "Canvas." Check the box, click the dropdown list, and select "Blur." Choose your desired intensity level. CapCut PC will automatically blur the sides of your video.
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7. Export

Click "Export" in the top right, then adjust the video title. Customize the resolution (up to 4K), codec, bit rate, format (MP4 or MOV), and frame rate (up to 60fps). Select "Export." You can then post your clip directly to TikTok and YouTube from the next window without exiting CapCut PC.



How to blur a moving object or face of a video in CapCut

Learning to blur moving objects, such as license plates and faces, is a key part of understanding how to blur a video on CapCut. It enables you to hide an object throughout the video or a section even if the element keeps changing its position.

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1. Upload
2. Launch the CapCut desktop video editor, click "New project," then drag and drop your file into the timeline. Alternatively, select the "Import" button to add a video via the file explorer. If your video is in your CapCut space, click "Spaces" to upload it, or go to "Library" for a stock video.
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4. Blur and edit
5. Select your video timeline, right-click on it, and then hit "Copy." Paste the video on the timeline. This will create a second timeline track. Go to the "Effect" tab, select "Lens," then locate the "Blur" effect. Drag the effect and drop it on the original video track (the one below).
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7. Select the pasted video track (the one above), then go to "Mask" under the "Video" tab in the right panel. Select an effect like Rectangle, Circle, etc. Ensure the timeline playhead is at the beginning of the clip. Next, drag the edges of the mask in the "Player" window to cover the part you want to blur. Navigate to the top right corner of the mask panel and click the "Add keyframe" button. Move the timeline play head and adjust the mask's position, size, and shape according to the movement of the target part in your video. Repeat this until the section is covered in the mask for the entire clip. Once you are done, click the "Reverse" button in the top right of the mask panel.
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9. Export

Click "Export" in the top right, then adjust the video title. Customize the resolution (up to 4K), codec, bit rate, format (MP4 or MOV), and frame rate (up to 60fps). Select "Export." You can then post your clip directly to TikTok and YouTube from the next window without exiting CapCut PC.



Why opt for CapCut desktop video editor for blurring a video

The CapCut desktop video editor is a professional multimedia editing tool built to seamlessly handle all intricate editing needs. It is available for Mac and Windows and enables you to blur videos and edit them offline.

Key features:

• Various blurring effects
• Access multiple blur effects, including blur, motion blur, surface blur, and more. This allows you to apply varying kinds of blurring to different parts of the video. You can even use more than one effect in your video. The blur effects are customizable, enabling you to achieve your desired level of blurring.
• Masking video for special effects
• Leverage the mask to blur a video partially. CapCut PC mask effects include horizontal, mirror, circle, rectangle, etc. The mask can allow you to blur the sides of a video after changing the aspect ratio, license plate, face, etc.
• Create smooth motion paths with a keyframe
• You can blur a specific moving object in a video without hiding the entire screen. For example, you can use CapCut PC to hide somebody's face in a video where they keep moving around. This software enables you to adjust the blur's position, shape, and size to correspond with the object's movements.
• Get rid of filler words in a single click
• Enhance clarity and seem more confident in your speech by automatically eliminating filler words. These include uh, um, oh, er, etc. Having filler words in a professional video, such as an interview or business clip, can make you seem uncertain or come across as a vocal tic.
• Create auto-captions for your speech
• CapCut PC lets you automatically generate subtitles for your video in 20+ languages. This auto-caption generator makes your video accessible to people with hearing loss or who don't speak the video's original language. For example, you can make an English video available to Chinese speakers by adding translated captions.
• Relight to increase video aesthetics
• If your video was shot in a dark room or some scenes are darker than others, you don't need to film again. Simply leverage CapCut PC's relight feature. It allows you to apply customizable brightness to a video or scene, making it more captivating.
• Exclusive audio and video editing features
• Customize and enrich your media to enhance its appeal and impact. You can split scenes, isolate vocals, enhance voice, auto reframe, motion blur, remove video flickers, etc. There is also a range of basic editing features like crop, cut, trim, mirror, reverse, freeze, and more.
• Share to social media promptly
• You do not need to exit the CapCut desktop editor to share your work with the world. Enjoy instant sharing to TikTok and YouTube once you export your video. When sharing on TikTok, you can add a caption and allow duets, comments, and stitches, all from CapCut's interface.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You now possess professional knowledge on how to blur video in CapCut. It is time to dig up all those old clips you couldn't post because of a photo bomber, busy background, etc. With the CapCut desktop video editor, hiding these unwanted parts is only a few clicks away. Whether you want to blur an entire screen or a part of it, a moving object, the video background, etc, CapCut desktop video editor is the solution. This software is easy to use, and you can zoom in on your media to ensure you apply the blur precisely. So, what more is there to say? Head on to the CapCut website, download the CapCut desktop video editor, and blur your videos like a pro.

FAQs

1. Can I apply motion blur to a video in CapCut?
2. Yes, you can. The CapCut desktop video editor has a motion blur feature that allows you to make motion look natural. This customizable function lets you adjust the level of blurring and blending. You can also change the direction of the blur. Once applied, it creates an apparent streak of moving objects, enhancing realism in your clip. Install the CapCut desktop editor today and leverage seamless motion blur.
3. How to cancel the blur effect on CapCut?
4. Canceling a blur effect is easy. First, select the timeline of the blurred video, then click the "Special effects" button at the beginning of the timeline. Once the effect has been highlighted, click the Delete button on your keyboard. That's it. Download the CapCut desktop editor today and easily apply and remove blur effects.
5. How to add multiple blur effects on CapCut?
6. To add multiple effects, click on your video's timeline, go to "Effects," select the blur effect you need, and then drag and drop it on the clip. Repeat this process to add different effects. You can then adjust when they start and end from the timeline and tweak their intensity. Thus, leverage the CapCut desktop video editor for flexible video blurring.
7. How to bookmark the blur effects on CapCut?
8. You can bookmark your favorite effects on CapCut so they are easier to find. Simply go to the "Effects" tab and locate a blur effect. Hover over it, then click on the star icon on the desired effect. CapCut PC will automatically create a "Favorites" effects category and add the blur effect there. Download the CapCut desktop video editor and bookmark your favorite effects for a streamlined workflow.