Diavel222 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Hello, I want to be able to take a square (or any other shape) and blur everything behind it. I have a simpler technique working where a duplicated, blurred version of the original image is being cropped by an element in the layers panel so that as you drag it around, it is merely exposing parts of the Gaussian image on top of the clear one. I want to be able to have a higher layer respond to/recognize lower ones and blur them within its bounds. I was, for example, looking to design a frosted nav bar for a website that I will be building soon, but I want a way to blur the surroundings/elements below in my layout without duplicating and cropping. Is there some kind of layer blend mode settings that would let them interact in this way? Thanks much! Blur So Far.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemax Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Background_blur.mp4 Gaussian Blur.afdesign Quote Non-destructive Mask https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/150439-non-destructive-mask/Image layer & Pixel layer https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/146720-image-layer-and-pixel-layer/Brushes | Stars https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/135202-brushes-stars/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diavel222 Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 I actually saw this video before and I can't seem to get the Gaussian layer to appear like he did. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemax Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 The Gaussian layer is only available in Affinity Photo. If you don't have Affinity Photo, use this file: Gaussian Blur.afdesign Quote Non-destructive Mask https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/150439-non-destructive-mask/Image layer & Pixel layer https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/146720-image-layer-and-pixel-layer/Brushes | Stars https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/135202-brushes-stars/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diavel222 Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 I'll give it a look. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diavel222 Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 Just out of curiosity, is there a particular reason why that wasn't included in Designer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Gaussian Blur is available in Designer as a Layer Effect (fx) Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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