QT pro video edit question

I have made a video of my car with my iPhone and want to upload it to the internet. I am a Windows7 user. I want to blur out the license plate number on my car . Is there a way to do this using QT pro?
Thanks

Not really.
QuickTime Player Pro does include "masking tools" (add an image to a video) but it doesn't allow targeting a moving object.
If your plate "moves" in the video then you would need multiple masks tracks and it's impractical in QuickTime Player Pro.
QuickTime allows up to 99 tracks in a video.

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