Gaussian Blur Question

[Big Frank]

if you place an object eg a rectangle over the top of your shape with drop shadow and give that object a 99% transparency when you export that 99% transparent object it exports everything behind it

[angelize]

To answer the question about Gary's suggestion: with your rectangle selected go to your FX/live effects and select enhance at the top of the list and a panel will popup that will allow you to apply blur/sharpening etc to your vector shape. But you will still need to apply a clipview to the rectangles to get the effect you want.

For anyone who might need it here are the steps to do the clipview starting after the top shape is blurred using which ever method you prefer.

1. clone the bottom rectangle (the large red one) and with the selector tool pull the top up until it completely covers the blurred thinner rectangle
2. remove the colour from the cloned rectangle by clicking the crosshatch icon on the colourline (make sure to keep the now transparent clone selected)
3. Ctrl+B to send to the back (keep the clone selected)
4. tap Q to apply the clip view.

[ssg_7]

Hi Angelize,

I knew it was simple but didn't know Gary was referring to the live effects tool. Thanks for the suggestion and steps for clipview.

Steve

[angelize]

You are very welcome, I'm always glad to help

[gwpriester]

I think the ssg_7 said he is using Designer Pro 7.

Click on the Photo Tool. Click the same icon in the fly out which is the Enhance Photos Tool.

The Blur/Sharpen is on the right. Minus numbers increase the blurriness.

[steve.ledger]

I thought the OP said rectangle graphic and Gaussian blur.
In which case the LE for this does the job well and the reported size is maintained..

[ssg_7]

Sledger, did you export the graphic? The size increases when you do.

[steve.ledger]

What is the purpose of exporting the blurred vector shape as a bitmap?

[ssg_7]

Combined with other vector graphics, I export images as jpeg's to use in other programs.