How to Censor Pictures

Censoring pictures is a way publishers can display images that may be offensive to viewers. There are a few ways to censor pictures. One of the most common is to distort the controversial part of a picture, like in the picture in this article. This effect can be easily rendered in Adobe Photoshop, or any other graphics program. For this article, I'm going to reference Photoshop...

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Photoshop

1. (Open picture in Photoshop.) The first step in censoring pictures is to open them in Photoshop. Simple enough.

2. (Create a new layer.) Next, you'll need to create a New Layer. The Photoshop shortcut for this is Shift+Ctrl+N. Name it "Censor."

3. (Select area to be censored.) Now choose the Marque Select tool. Click and drag over the area that you want to be censored.

4. (Apply the Pixelate effect.) Go to Filter, and then to Pixelate, and then Mozaic. Play with the Cell Size until it suits you, and you're done.