Blur Face in LR?

[RetSurfer]

How would you blur a face out (protect the innocent) in LR?

I suspect using the brush in some way but not sure…

Thanks

Mark

[john beardsworth]

Use the local adjustment brush and set both clarity and sharpness to -100. Paint over the face a few times - ie you'd have a few local adjustment pins.

Of course, if you are perfectly in your rights to take the photo, stand up for them and publish the photo straight.

[RetSurfer]

Nope......

Tried it 6 times over and over.

any other ideas????

[cfransw]

you can play with the other sliders also !

These settings applied twice here.

[john beardsworth]

Then try 12 times. Sure the flow is set to 100 each time you paint, and the automask isn't on? Then try -4 exposure, -200 brightness too. But to be frank, Lightroom isn't designed for such things and you could do the task in Photoshop much more easily.

[Cornelia-I]

Did you manage to create 6 different adjustment pins?

I tried myself with the suggested settings and found it effective the first time when applying in 2:1 magnification.

[mskoglyxxx]

I used Radial filter instead. Applied that three times over the same spot, and that did the trick.

[clif_1439]

The spot edit (Q) actually works fantastic if you put the reference point on something white like the sky.