Censored image effect

This Photoshop tutorial will teach you how to create a censored image effect. This effect is very simple and requires using the mosaic filter.

For this tutorial I have used a free stock image of a lady which is available at: www.sxc.hu

Censored image effect

Step 1

Open an image in Photoshop.

Step 2

Using the elliptical marquee tool or rectangular marquee tool select the area you wish to censor.

Step 3

Select filter > pixelate > mosaic set the cell size to 8 and click ok.

You should now have a censored image.