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You can impose It is possible to apply a privacy mask upon to the video image to hide certain parts of the scene from viewingframe:

• when viewing live videos;recorded videos
• when viewing the archive;
• on exported videos and still frames.

The detection tools that support privacy mask:

• Configuring Face detection;
• Configuring Face detection (VL);
• Configuring Face Detection and Temperature Control;
• Configuring Masks Detection (detection of a medical or similar mask on the face);
• Person-based privacy masking configuration;
• Specific settings for People masking detection tool (based on data from pose detection tools).

Privacy mask will apply to all users who have the View masked video parameter set to No in the role configuration Masking function works only for users whose role has the View Masked Video parameter set to OFF (see Creating and configuring roles).

To configure privacy maskingmask, do the following:

1. Select the Object TrackerVideo Camera object and click the Image Removed button.the Image Added button.
   
   

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   The button is inactive, if the text overlay button is active Image Added (see Putting a text over the camera window).

   
   

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   For your convenience, you can click the Image Removed button the Image Added button and configure the mask on a still frame / snapshot. To undo, click this button again.

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   You cannot do it if the Image Removed button is depressed (see Putting a text over the camera window).

   
   

2. In the FoV, set the nodes In the preview window, sequentially set the anchor points of the closed area that you want to obscurehide when viewing the live video image. 

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   When the area is being constructed, the nodes anchor points are connected by a two-color dotted line which outlines the area's borders.

   
   

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   Click Left or right click in the viewing tilevideo surveillance window	Create Creates a new anchor point in the area node
   Right - click on a created nodeanchor point	Deletes Delete the area nodeanchor point
   Position Point the cursor on a node and hold down to an anchor point and holding the left mouse button while you , move the mouse	Moves Move the area nodeanchor point
   Click the Image Removed button. Image Added button	Delete Deletes the area

   
   

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3. You can mask the selected area with black matte color (by default), or pixelate itwith a mosaic mask. To pixelate apply the areamosaic mask, do the following:

   1. Click the Image Modified button.

   2. Select Set the checkbox.
      
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   3. Click the OK button.

4. You can specify several areas.
5. Click the Apply button.

Mask Privacy mask configuration is complete. When you view a video image from this camera, the selected area will be hidden.

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