How to manually redact?

If you wish to redact an area such as a laptop screen, which moves in and out of frame this guide will take you through your options to manually redact.

On versions of Identity Cloak 6.0.0 onwards you will find that our manual redaction options have moved, previously you had the option to manually redact either with a rectangle or a circle on the tracking screen. You will now find the option to manually redact on the adjustment screen as well as on the tracking screen, these options are:

• Manual adjustment - allows you to add in or remove redaction frame-by-frame 
• Dynamic adjustment - allows you to add in or remove redaction in the same area whilst automatically playing the video
• Permanent masking  - add in a set area of redaction for the entirety of the video
• Manual tracking - will add redaction or clear redaction throughout your video depending on which mode you are in

To make a manual adjustment:

1. Complete any tracking on individuals within the tracking screen
2. Click "Next" on the bottom right-hand side of your tracking screen to go through to the adjustment screen
3. Select "Blur" (to add in redaction) or "Erase" (to remove redaction)
4. Use the "Radius" slider to select the size of your circle
5. Go to the first frame you wish to adjust (you can do this by using the timeline or using the hotkeys "N" for the next frame and "B" for the previous frame)
6. Move your mouse to the area you wish to adjust and then click on the screen (If you hold down the "N" key and the mouse button at the same time it will continue to play the video whilst adjusting)
7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 until you are happy that all the adjustments are complete

Creating manual tracks:

Please note when using manual tracking if you are in the standard or full-screen mode the manual track area will be kept in the clear. When you are in the inverse mode this area will be redacted.

1. Select the tracking mode you wish to use "Head" or "Body" - this will determine the shape that your manual track will be created in "Head" equals circle "Body" equals rectangle
2. Move your mouse to the area of the screen you wish to track
3. Click your mouse and this will start the tracking for you. If you wish to change the size of the shape click and hold the mouse down whilst dragging the mouse
4. Go to the next frame and click the area you wish to track again, if the object is in the same area for selecting the video it appears you can drag the dot on the timeline along to the last point you wish to track then click in the middle of that area
5. If you make a mistake and click the wrong area of your video, you can use the "Undo" button to go back to the previous tracking point
6. Once you have finished tracking your object, click "Save" at the bottom of your tracklist