Blurring "censor" effect fails at all edges of video

I have been using the Track Matte Key effect in combination with the titler to create a "blur" effect to blur out faces and expletive words on videos I've been producing. It creates the same type of effect you see on episodes of Cops where peoples' faces are blurred, and allows for you to control the movement of the blur to stay on the person's face/word/other censored object as it moves in a video.
There's only one problem I seem to be encountering with this effect. If the object requiring censorship extends to either of the 4 sides of the video (i.e. in a camera pan of the object), the blur effect fades away just near the edges, allowing the censored object to be briefly seen as it passed by the very edges of the video.
Here's an example of my work, where I've censored a derogatory term associated with homosexuals on an ABC News report:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50r0CnKq7_k
Thanks to everyone for any assistance. If anyone is interested in how to apply this effect and wants be to provide them with detailed instructions on how to make this effect work, let me know.
Sincerely,
Jehdroin

Hi,
I had that problem too....where the blur fails at the edges of the frame....was very annoying...
It seems to happen when the mask is created in the title window...but not if you create the mask in photoshop....
try this maybe ...
get your first mask made in the title window for your first frame of video that's going to use the mask...
That will give you the size and location of the mask for your first frame...
Put that mask on your timeline....and put CTI over it and " export - frame "....to location that you like ( desktop, whatever )
Open it in photoshop....
Now...because this mask is gonna move ( position ) you might want to use the "canvas" size adjustment to make your mask larger....so you don't run out of black.....the mask is going to be pure white to be transparent and the rest will be pure black for opaque...you make it what you want with gaussian blur etc...you know...adjust the thing so it works the way you want...
Save the file as PSD when you've finished and import the PSD file to NLE and clear the mask made in the title window...and use the psd file instead....
This should solve the problem...
I don't know why the title thing does that but suspect it has something to do with the " safety " ( tv safe , for titles ...you know ? )....
Rod

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