How to Blur People in Images and Videos with an API
Blog post from Roboflow
James Gallagher's blog post, published on December 1, 2023, provides a detailed guide on how to blur people in images and videos using Roboflow's APIs and the supervision Python package to maintain privacy in visual media. The process involves using the Roboflow Hosted API for images and the Roboflow Video Inference API for videos, along with the People Detection model from Roboflow Universe to identify people in the media. For images, pixel coordinates of detected people are used to apply blurring, while in videos, predictions for each frame are retrieved to blur people. The guide includes step-by-step instructions on setting up the necessary Python environment, using the APIs to detect people, and applying blurring techniques, emphasizing the importance of privacy when people are not relevant to a computer vision project.