Answers.Body: <p>An oldie question, but let's add an answer...</p>
  
  <p>The answer depends on if the faces are moving through the frame.</p>
  
  <p>If the faces are relative still, like a camera on a tripod and the persons sitting in front of the camera, any video editor with more than 1 video channel can do the trick. Just add a layer with something on it, a prepared semi-transparent PNG as a mask perhaps.</p>
  
  <p>But more complex software is needed if the faces are moving or if you want a blur, instead of a semi-transparent mask.</p>
  
  <p>If the faces are moving you need to track them, so the program needs to track it.</p>
  
  <p>As @Shultc commented Both Blender and HitFilm can do this, and I would add Davinci Resolve.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Do Blender and HitFilm track faces, for instance?
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Answers.Text: All 3 can track stuff, I do not know if there is a specific feature to recognize faces and then track them.
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Answers.Body: <p>Since you state a trial version will do,  Adobe CC Premiere Pro fits the bill.  It's full featured and affordable after the trial license ends. </p>
  
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  <li><a href="https://www.blender.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Blender</a> — Made for 3D, but can do video manipulations too. (open source, really hard)</li>
  <li><a href="https://hitfilm.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">HitFilm</a> — Made for video. (have free version, easear)</li>
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Answers.Text: natron is another option http://natron.fr/
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Body: <p>I want to focus faces of an image and move that focus to each of the faces one by one with a delay.The other area of the image should be hidden/blurred </p>
  
  <p>(btw this is called masking right?).</p>
  
  <p>Is there any simple opensource(or just free) software for doing this? </p>
  
  <p>A trial version would do because I need to make only one urgent video for now.</p>
  
  <p>A good tutorial would be helpful as well.</p>
  
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Title: What are some simple video editor with Masking capability?
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ThreadText: # What are some simple video editor with Masking capability?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2011-10-18)
  
  I want to focus faces of an image and move that focus to each of the faces one by one with a delay.The other area of the image should be hidden/blurred
  
  (btw this is called masking right?).
  
  Is there any simple opensource(or just free) software for doing this?
  
  A trial version would do because I need to make only one urgent video for now.
  
  A good tutorial would be helpful as well.
  
  **Tags:** video, effects, video-editor, freeware
  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-12-17. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  An oldie question, but let's add an answer...
  
  The answer depends on if the faces are moving through the frame.
  
  If the faces are relative still, like a camera on a tripod and the persons sitting in front of the camera, any video editor with more than 1 video channel can do the trick. Just add a layer with something on it, a prepared semi-transparent PNG as a mask perhaps.
  
  But more complex software is needed if the faces are moving or if you want a blur, instead of a semi-transparent mask.
  
  If the faces are moving you need to track them, so the program needs to track it.
  
  As @username_4 commented Both Blender and HitFilm can do this, and I would add Davinci Resolve.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Do Blender and HitFilm track faces, for instance?  
  > **username_1**: All 3 can track stuff, I do not know if there is a specific feature to recognize faces and then track them.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2017-12-26. Score: 0
  
  Since you state a trial version will do, Adobe CC Premiere Pro fits the bill. It's full featured and affordable after the trial license ends.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2017-09-26. Score: 0
  
  * [Blender](https://www.blender.org/) — Made for 3D, but can do video manipulations too. (open source, really hard)
  * [HitFilm](https://hitfilm.com/) — Made for video. (have free version, easear)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_5**: natron is another option http://natron.fr/  
  
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