# Noob blur

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/noob-blur/245728>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 3, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/noob-blur/245728 "2007-12-03T13:00:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![randomagain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@randomagain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/randomagain)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/noob-blur/245728/1 "2007-12-03T13:00:35Z")

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hi i want to blur out the background of an image

had a go with gassian blur, but it seemed to pick a focal point on its own.

can I manually set the focal point?

thanks