Need quick Video editing help!

[owen]

Hey guys. I've been working on a video that my wife is in need of for tomorrow, I need to blur/block some people's names out of the video for privacy reasons. All I have is Windows Movie Maker and also I downloaded Avid Free DV. Does anyone know if it's possible to do it using any of these tools or other easily obtainable programs?

Thanks,
Owen.

[Geoff]

I imagine Leigh will be able to help u with this Owen, good luck

[owen]

Thanks Geoff. I'm making progress, figured out how to get it to load into this avid program. Had to convert it from a 56MB .wmv file into a 900+MB .avi file I'll keep at it...

[owen]

Kinda got what I needed... that avid free dv program is pretty powerful for a freebie.

[Nnnnsic]

You should be able to grab a demo of Vegas and do this using a mask over the information you want to... well... mask.

That said, I have no idea if you can do this in the free Avid app but I'd doubt you can do it in Windows Movie Maker.

[owen]

Thanks Leigh. I found a box tool that allowed me to just put a box on the second video track and lay it over the top of the other one. I stuffed up a bit when exporting the video file, it turned out pretty pixelated but Lisa says it's alright.

Cheers,
Owen.