"Blurring an image" in FCP.

Hello,
In a recent short movie I shot, an image of a commercial product appears on our set. I need to "blur" this image out of the video for copyright purposes. Is there an easy way to this using FCP, e.g., Motion or LiveType, for instance?
Gary

Duplicate the clip you need to blur a part of and place it directly above the original in your timeline. Then add a garbage matte to it in FCP... blur the lower clip with a gaussian blur or other blur, and then use the garbage matte to cut in only what you want to be seen with the blur... if the shot moves, you can move the points of the garbage matte to move with the shot.
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