How to Censor Pictures

People censor pictures to display images that may be controversial or offensive.

Censoring pictures is a way for content providers to show images that would otherwise be banned from viewing. There are a few ways to censor pictures, including distorting the area containing the risqué parts of a picture. This effect can be easily reproduced in most graphic design software, but this article references Adobe Photoshop.

Instructions

1. LOAD PICTURE in software. Open the image inside Photoshop to kick things off.

2. CREATE A NEW LAYER by either using the drop down menu or the keyboard shortcut SHIFT+CTRL+N. Name it "Censor".

3. SELECT THE AREA TO BE CENSORED. Choose the Marque Select tool, then click and drag over the part of the picture that you want to edit.

4. APPLY THE PIXELATE EFFECT. Select Filter-> Pixelate, and then Mozaic. Choose an appropriate Cell Size that suits you, and then apply the effect to censor the picture.