How are enhancement effects useful when redacting a video?

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How are enhancement effects useful when redacting a video?

In CaseGuard Studio, you can choose from 30+ enhancement effects that can aid in concealing or clearer objects within a Video. Each effect has an intuitive slider that gives users full control over the intensity of the effect being applied. A higher intensity of blur is needed for objects closer to the camera, while a higher intensity of the magnifying effect may be used for objects further away from the camera.

Each Licence comes with all the different Enhancement Effects which can be stacked on top of each other to better hide or visualize an object within a video. For example, Investigators use CaseGuard’s enhancement effects to sharpen and magnify blurry or dark videos which have helped in solving crimes!

Shapes

CaseGuard has 5 different shapes available for redactions.

  • Rectangle
  • Triangle
  • Ellipse
  • Diamond
  • Polygon

Select the shape you would like to use for your redaction from the Tool Properties Panel.

A list of CaseGuard's 5 redaction shapes

Effects Overview

CaseGuard has 31 different effects to use for redactions.

Adaptive Blur

Applies a varying degree of blurriness to different parts of the image, based on the local contrast, resulting in a smoother appearance.

Adaptive-Blur

Blur

Softens the image by reducing sharpness, often used to obscure details or reduce noise.

Blur-CG

Pixelate

Converts portions of the image into larger pixel blocks, effectively obscuring details.

Pixellate-Effect

Filled

Fills selected areas with a solid color, concealing the original content.

Filled-effect

Adaptive Equalizer

Enhances contrast and detail in specific regions of the image for a more balanced appearance.

Adaptive-Equalizer-Effect

Add Color

Introduces color to specific areas, useful for highlighting or adding emphasis.

Add-Color-Effect

Auto Brightness

Brightens any subject within the redaction area.

Border

Adds a border around the selected region, separating it from the rest of the content.

Border-Effect

Canny

Detects edges in the image, creating an outline-like effect.

Canny-Effect

Color Correction

Adjusts the overall color balance of the image to improve visual quality.

Color-Correction-effect

Color Equalizer

Balances colors within the image, enhancing overall color distribution.

Color-Equalizer-Effect

Contrast

Adjusts the difference between light and dark areas, enhancing visual definition.

Contrast-effect

Denoise

Reduces noise and graininess in the image, resulting in a smoother appearance.

Denoise-Effects

Dilate

Expands the selected area, often used to make objects bolder or more prominent.

Dilate-Effect

Edge

Enhances the edges of objects, making them more distinct.

Edge-Effect

Emboss

Adds a three-dimensional appearance by emphasizing raised and recessed areas.

Emboss-Effect

Enhance Details

Increases clarity and sharpness of image details.

Adding the 'enhance details' effect on CaseGuard Studio

Erode

Shrinks the selected area, often used to refine object shapes.

Erode-Effect

Flip Horizontally

Flips the image horizontally along its vertical axis.

Flip-Horizontally-effect

Flip Vertically

Flips the image vertically along its horizontal axis.

Flip-Vertically-effect

Gaussian Blur

Applies a specific type of blur that creates a soft, smooth appearance.

Gaussian-Blur-Effect

Gray Scale

Converts the image to grayscale, removing color information.

Gray-Scale-Effect

Inpaint

Fills in selected areas with content that matches the surrounding region, effectively removing unwanted elements.

Inpaint-Effect

Invert Colors

Reverses the color values in the image.

Invert-Colors-Effect

Light

Increases light on subject inside the redaction area.

Magnify

Enlarges a specific area of the image for closer inspection.

Magnify-Effect

Median Blur

Applies blur by calculating the median value of pixels, reducing noise and preserving edges.

Median-Blur-Effect

Rotate

Rotates the image by a specified angle.

Rotate-Effect

Remaining Color

Removes all colors except for a specific color range.

Remaining-Color-Effect

Sepia

Applies a sepia-tone effect to any object within the redaction area.

Sharpen

Increases the contrast at the edges of objects, enhancing overall image sharpness.

Sharpen-Effect

Smart Magnifier

Enlarges selected areas while maintaining clarity and detail.

Smart-Magnifier-Effect

Subtract Color

Removes a specific color range from the image.

Subtract-Color-Effect

Text

Adds text to the image, useful for annotations or watermarks.

Text-Effect

Watermark

Overlays the image with a transparent watermark, often used for branding or copyright protection.

Watermark-effect