Blur part of image in Imagemagick

Question

What convert command do I use to blur part of an image. For now I am using

convert source.jpg -fill white  -draw "polyline 671,395 665,356 812,331 818,370"  result.jpg

It creates white four points shape on the image, but I need blur all of this part of the image.

Thanks!

Try using `convert source.jpg -region WxH+X+Y -blur 0x3 result.jpg` where W is width, H is height, X is x offset from top-left and Y is y offset from top-left. — Mark Setchell, Nov 01 '17 at 22:15
Oh sorry, I saw `rectangle` in your question and didn’t check! It’s late here, so I’ll do it another way tomorrow unless @fmw42 does it first — Mark Setchell, Nov 01 '17 at 23:05
Anyway thanks Mark, I will update my question so that there are no misunderstandings — Dima Magunov, Nov 01 '17 at 23:22

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 02 '17 at 01:36

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In ImageMagick, you can use any mask to limit the blur.

Create a black and white mask image: black inside your quadrilateral and white elsewhere of the size of your image. Then use that as a mask for doing blurring. See http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/masking/#read_mask.

Input:

(Unix syntax)

convert \
logo.jpg \
\( -clone 0 -fill white -colorize 100 -fill black \
-draw "polygon 332,180 427,105 481,238 399,279" \
-alpha off -write mpr:mask +delete \) \
-mask mpr:mask -blur 0x5 +mask logo_blur.jpg

Blurred Result

answered Nov 02 '17 at 01:36

fmw42

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It should be mentioned that you can soften the edges of the finished blurred area by blurring the mask, too. Just add "-blur 0x5" before "-write mpr:mask" to get that result. – GeeMack Nov 02 '17 at 04:36
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@fmw42 one more question. If I want create several blurred shapes on image, how can I do it with one command? – Dima Magunov Nov 02 '17 at 13:47
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Just add another polygon and its coordinates inside the -draw. So `-draw "polygon coordinate_set1 polygon coordinate_set2" – fmw42 Nov 02 '17 at 17:01
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As long as you want the same amount of blur on all the shapes, you can simply add more "-draw" operations in the original command, or even create more shapes within the single "-draw" operation like "-draw "polygon 10,10 50,10 50,50 10,10 polygon 80,80 100,80 100,100 80,80" – GeeMack Nov 02 '17 at 17:04

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 09 '19 at 12:52

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Use -region http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/masking/#region_warping

convert a.png -region 150x150+599+261 -implode 1.5 +region b.png

answered Aug 09 '19 at 12:52

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That method does not allow blurring in any shape other than a rectangle. – fmw42 Aug 09 '19 at 17:21
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This does not blur, but `convert a.png -region 150x150+599+261 -blur 0x100 +region b.png` does. – yofee Jun 29 '20 at 10:20

Blur part of image in Imagemagick

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