# Blur filter

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/blur-filter/186564>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 22, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/blur-filter/186564 "2006-04-22T12:46:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![g5604](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/54ee81/32.png) [@g5604](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/g5604)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/blur-filter/186564/1 "2006-04-22T12:46:46Z")

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Hi,

i am trying to use the blur filter… myMc is blurred fine untill i load a new swf into it, than the blur filter is removed… is there any way to avoid this?

```php
  import flash.filters.BlurFilter;
 var filterArray:Array = new Array();
 var filter:BlurFilter = new BlurFilter(100, 100, 2);
 filterArray[0] = filter;
 myMC.filters = filterArray;

```

many thanks,  
Gareth

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**Author:** ![theHollow](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/thehollow/32/106_2.png) [@theHollow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theHollow)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/blur-filter/186564/2 "2006-04-22T15:22:48Z")

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You could try putting it in a function and everytime u load an swf into myMC u call the function.

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**Author:** ![Mirandir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mirandir](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mirandir)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/blur-filter/186564/3 "2006-04-22T16:47:33Z")

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Or you can put another movieclip into myMC and load the external files into that MC instead.

/Mirandir

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**Author:** ![g5604](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/54ee81/32.png) [@g5604](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/g5604)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/blur-filter/186564/4 "2006-04-22T19:04:56Z")

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> [@Mirandir](#):
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> Or you can put another movieclip into myMC and load the external files into that MC instead.
> 
> /Mirandir

yep tried that but the blur is still lost once the movie is loaded

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**Author:** ![devonair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@devonair](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/devonair)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/blur-filter/186564/5 "2006-04-22T19:11:11Z")

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apply the blur after the movie is loaded…

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**Author:** ![SlowRoasted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@SlowRoasted](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SlowRoasted)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/blur-filter/186564/6 "2006-04-22T19:18:26Z")

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If its not part of some sort of animation you could just blur the graphic in photoshop.

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**Author:** ![Mirandir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mirandir](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mirandir)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/blur-filter/186564/7 "2006-04-24T05:35:44Z")

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> yep tried that but the blur is still lost once the movie is loaded

Strange. It works just fine for me. Loading a movie into a child movieclip should not remove a filter on the parent movieclip.

/Mirandir

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**Author:** ![theflash](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/theflash/32/1221_2.png) [@theflash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theflash)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/blur-filter/186564/8 "2006-04-24T09:04:08Z")

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I agree with Mirandir. Filter should stay. It’s the way videos can be applied filters… put them in a container…