You’ll need to blur confidential and private information on a photo before sharing it on a social network, group, or corporate channel. It is essential to hide phone numbers, emails, addresses or other important details in your photos. You can blur or pixelate those details using the default Photos app or third-party tools on your Mac. Let’s check them out.
While the default Preview app is quite feature-rich, it doesn’t allow pixelation of personal information on photos. You can use third-party applications to hide the necessary details in an image. We’ve selected the best tools to get the job done out of dozens of such apps. Here’s how to blur part of a photo on a Mac.
1. Photos App
The Retouch tool in the default Photos app on your Mac lets you hide information in photos. While it’s not perfect or offers precise control like other apps, the Retouch tool is still worth a try.
Step 1: Open Finder on your Mac. Also launch the Photos app.
Step 2: Drag and drop a photo from Finder into the Photos app. Open the image.
Step 3: Click Edit in the top right corner.
Step 4: Expand the Retouch tool.
Step 5: Click on the brush icon to activate the tool. Resize Retouch to your liking.
Step 6: Use your mouse or trackpad to select the part of the image you want to blur and that’s it! The Photos app will blur that part immediately.
Your edited photo is now ready to share on the web.
2. CleanShot REMOVED
CleanShot X is one of the best apps for blurring part of a photo on Mac. It is packed with annotation features and allows you to add beautiful backgrounds to your boring screenshots. We will focus on blurring part of the photo here.
Step 1: Install CleanShot X from the official website. The software costs $29 as a one-time purchase.
Step 2: Launch Finder and right-click on the photo you want to edit.
Step 3: Select CleanShot X from the side menu.
Step 4: Click the translucent icon in the top toolbar. Expand the blur menu and you have four options:
- pixels
- Blur (Safe)
- Matte (Smooth)
- blacked out
Step 5: You can select a relevant option and change the intensity using the slider.
Step 6: Blur part of the image and hit ‘Save as’ in the upper right corner.
CleanShot X remains one of the best native apps for blurring photos on Mac. If you regularly edit some photos on your Mac, it’s worth shelling out a few bucks.
3. Website Photopea
Photopea is a great Photoshop alternative on the web. If you don’t want to download specialized software to blur part of a photo on your Mac, use Photopea to get the job done.
Step 1: Go to Photopea on the web. Click Open from Computer and import an image.
Step 2: Click the selection tool from the left sidebar. Select the part of the image that you want to blur.
Step 3: Select Filter in the top menu bar. Expand the Blur menu.
Step 4: Select a relevant blur option. Click on Gaussian Blur. You can change the blur radius to adjust the intensity. Click OK.
Step 5: Click File in the top left corner and expand the Export As menu. Save the edited photo on your Mac and share it with others without any problems.
Photopea is free to use on the web. You can start with a $5 monthly subscription to remove ads and unlock 5GB of PeaDrive storage.
4. Skip
Although Evernote hasn’t updated Skitch in years, the current version still has enough features to be the annotation app you need on your Mac. Here’s how you can use Skitch to blur part of a photo on your Mac.
Step 1: Install Skitch from the Mac App Store.
Step 2: Open Skitch and click the down arrow icon at the top. Select Open image or PDF.
Step 3: Import a photo and click the pixelate option from the sidebar.
Step 4: Use your Mac’s trackpad or mouse to hide personal information on photos.
Step 5: Press the shortcut cmd (Command) + E to export your edited photo to your preferred location on Mac.
Skitch is free to download and use on Mac. This application is also available on Windows.
Be careful before sharing photos
You don’t want strangers to get your personal information from a shared or uploaded photo. The above tips will help you blur parts of the image quickly. Which tool do you prefer? Share your picks in the comments below.
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