Anonymize faces in CCTV and security camera footage
Use SmartBlur to blur people and vehicles in surveillance exports before sharing clips with vendors, insurers, legal teams, or public stakeholders.
Who this is for
- Security teams sharing incident clips with third parties
- Schools, venues, and facilities handling surveillance privacy requests
- Organizations preparing CCTV footage for internal reports or audits
Why SmartBlur fits
- Local processing helps avoid uploading sensitive surveillance footage to browser editors.
- Detection settings can be adjusted for low light, compression, and crowded scenes.
- Manual blur covers signs, screens, license plates, or regions outside person detection.
Workflow
- 1Open exported CCTV footage from DVR, NVR, or camera systems.
- 2Select face, head, body, or license plate detection based on the redaction goal.
- 3Use padding and lower confidence thresholds for low-resolution or wide-angle footage.
- 4Review the output and add manual blur where camera angle or compression hides details.
- 5Export a separate redacted copy for sharing.
Common Questions
Can SmartBlur blur low-resolution CCTV faces?
Detection quality depends on the source footage, but SmartBlur gives you confidence, padding, and manual blur controls for difficult camera exports.
Can SmartBlur blur license plates in CCTV footage?
Yes, license plate blur is available in the Pro feature set and can be combined with face and body blur.
Is CCTV footage uploaded to SmartBlur servers?
No. SmartBlur processes media locally on your Windows machine for its core blur workflow.
Start with a local privacy workflow
Download SmartBlur for Windows and test face, body, license plate, and manual blur workflows on your own media.
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