Gaussian Blur - sharp to blurry on one object.

[Artistwright]

I'm thinking more in terms of drawing a shadow. Let's say we have a black shape which will be a long shadow, on one end of the shadow I want it to have a well defined sharp edge and on the other end I want it to get gradually more blurry. I'm thinking the Gaussian Blur could be modified to achieve this. 

If anyone can do this another way please let me know. 

[telemax]

+1

Just one idea - Blur Brush Tool
But unfortunately rasterizing vector objects, and is created manually.

 

[Artistwright]

Hi there @telemax

Thanks for that, I had thought of this also but I really wanted to keep it vector. 

[Dan C]

2 hours ago, Aron LW said:

I had thought of this also but I really wanted to keep it vector

Unfortunately AFAIK it's not currently possible to export a vector with any Gaussian blur and have it remain in vector form in Affinity, my apologies.

[Artistwright]

Cheers Dan @Dan C

Then I certainly would welcome that in a future update. 

 

[GarryP]

In addition to the method given above you can also:

• create your shape;
• duplicate the shape;
• add a Blur Effect to the duplicate;
• add a Transparency gradient to the duplicate from left-to-right;
• add a Transparency gradient to the original from right-to-left.

See attached image.

[RNKLN]

You could also give the Depth of Field filter a try…

[Artistwright]

Thanks @GarryP appreciate the idea. I have used this technique on previous designs but I find the layer with the transparency still stays too sharp and doesn't seem natural. Thanks again.

[Dazmondo77]

I think a combination of the two above suggestions gives an half decent result :

[Artistwright]

I love that, nicely done @Dazmondo77 cheers @GarryP and @RNKLN 👌

[SKT7]

On 1/23/2021 at 1:03 AM, RNKLN said:

You could also give the Depth of Field filter a try…

 

How to you access live DOF filter within Designer or do you have to open it in Photo, add it and get it back to Designer?

[GarryP]

You cannot add a Live Filter in Designer, but you can add a Live Filter in Photo and then later edit it in Designer by double-clicking the thumbnail of the Live Filter layer (not the layer the Live Filter has been applied to).

[RNKLN]

The DoF filter is an APhoto feature. I suggested it as an alternative to the Gaussian blur filter (which I believe is also APhoto only). 

[SKT7]

@GarryPThat's what I thought! just wanted to check if there's a way to do it without opening the file in Photo that I didn't know about. Thanks for your reply. 

@RNKLN Yes. There's Gaussian blur in designer also (layer effect) but you can't get a varying gradient blur effect with it like your example. Thanks for your reply.