Hi !

Quick post today: detect a face using haar cascades and blur the face area. Easy to implement, and also easy to read:

Code below

Important: Haar cascades are easy to implement and learn, however, not recommented as a good solution to detect faces.

Face Recognition and Face Detection series in Python

1. Detecting Faces with 20 lines in Python
2. Face Recognition with 20 lines in Python
3. Detecting Facial Features with 20 lines in Python
4. Facial Features and Face Recognition with 20 lines in Python
5. Performance improvements with code
6. Resize the camera input with OpenCV
7. Working with Haar Cascades and OpenCV
8. Detect and blur faces using haar cascades

Original Post

Happy coding!

Greetings

El Bruno