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www.AmericanSecurityToday.com cameras seem to be little known idence. Jan/Feb 2019 - Edition 40 or widely misunderstood, let’s take a look into several of these. While most commonly applied to fixed position cameras, it can also be a feature on pan, tilt, Static masking and zoom (PTZ) cameras using a This allows a camera or video fixed-coordinate system. management software (VMS) to pixelate or blank out defined If static masking is performed areas within the camera’s range, from the VMS software, the orig- letting you mask areas outside inal video feed must be secured designated property, such as a via access-level privileges and public sidewalk or private res- encryption. 41