AP - Overlay transparent form with blur

[MickH74]

Dear forum,

I am trying to add a form (circle, box e.g.) on top of a background, where the form is filled with a color gradient from green to transparent and at the same time has a blur effect on the background layer underneath.

I managed to add the gradient color fill, but when I add gaussian blur, it only effects the form, but not the layer underneath.

Can someone help me with that?

Thanks a lot!

Mick

[Old Bruce]

Move the ellipse so it clips a Gaussian (or what ever type of blur) Live Filter layer, apply a Gausian Blur Effect Layer to the ellipse if you want a soft edge to the blur.

[MickH74]

Thank you!

That would be 2 seperate layers: the Gaussian Blur Live filter with ellipse mask and the ellipse form with the color gradient, right?

 

[Old Bruce]

Well three, the green is from the screenshot of your screenshot.

[Alfred]

8 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

Move the ellipse so it clips a Gaussian (or what ever type of blur) Live Filter layer

That’s masking (which is why there’s a ‘crop’ icon in the Layers panel). For clipping you would move the filter layer to the ellipse layer’s nesting position.

[MickH74]

And can I create the mask shape for the gaussian filter from the pixel layer form, so that it has the exact same shape?

Edit:

Found a way. I am duplicating the pixel form, then right click one of them and turn it into a mask, which I then use for the gaussian blur. Works very well. Thanks all for your help!