# Gaussian blur background in flash

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gaussian-blur-background-in-flash/119295>\
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**Created:** [August 13, 2004, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gaussian-blur-background-in-flash/119295 "2004-08-13T08:20:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![keljnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@keljnr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/keljnr)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gaussian-blur-background-in-flash/119295/1 "2004-08-13T08:20:35Z")

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Whats the best way of creating a gausian blur for flash??

Saving it as a .png?

or is there a way you can create this effect in flash??

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**Author:** ![soulty](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/soulty/32/105_2.png) [@soulty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/soulty)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gaussian-blur-background-in-flash/119295/2 "2004-08-13T08:47:05Z")

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off the top of my head i know of three ways.

actionscript way :: duplicate movie + using alpha fades.  
Flash way, using a mixture of blur edges and tweens.

and probably the best way  
create the effect in photoshop, save as png use in flash // work with two versions of the pic, normal and blured and tween between the both…

btw for the last method there is a tutorial at [kirupa.com](http://kirupa.com)…

something like directional blur with flash…

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**Author:** ![keljnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@keljnr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/keljnr)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gaussian-blur-background-in-flash/119295/3 "2004-08-13T13:04:59Z")

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cant find that tutorial, any chance of a link??

cheers

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**Author:** ![soulty](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/soulty/32/105_2.png) [@soulty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/soulty)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gaussian-blur-background-in-flash/119295/4 "2004-08-13T13:13:09Z")

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did you even search?  
i searched the words “directional blur with flash” at [kirupa.com](http://kirupa.com)

this was my first result.

[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/motionblur.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/motionblur.htm)

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**Author:** ![keljnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@keljnr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/keljnr)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gaussian-blur-background-in-flash/119295/5 "2004-08-13T13:21:15Z")

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sorry fella, but its gaussian blur i want, not motion blur.

cheers neway

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**Author:** ![soulty](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/soulty/32/105_2.png) [@soulty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/soulty)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gaussian-blur-background-in-flash/119295/6 "2004-08-13T13:24:29Z")

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yeah but im trying to show you a similar example… take what you can from the tutorial and adapt it to the other blur filter.