# Blur

Gaussian · lens · tilt-shift

A lens only focuses at one distance, and everything else goes soft. Blur gives you six kinds of soft, from a plain haze to a lens with real bokeh, a tilt-shift band, and zoom, spin or directional streaks.

## Controls

### Blur

- **Type** (Select: Gaussian / Lens / Tilt-shift / Zoom / Spin / Directional). The kind of blur. **Gaussian** is a smooth haze. **Lens** is an even disc, like real defocus. **Tilt-shift** keeps a band sharp. **Zoom** streaks toward the center, **Spin** turns around it, **Directional** smears one way.
- **Amount** (hero knob, 0 px to 90 px, rests at 11 px). The hero. How soft it gets. For Zoom and Spin, how long the streaks run.
- **Bokeh** (Knob, 0 to 100, rests at 50). Lens only. Bright points swell into bright discs, the way out-of-focus highlights do.

### Shape

- **Angle** (Knob, 0° to 180°, rests at 0°). Tilts the sharp band in Tilt-shift, and sets which way Directional smears.
- **Focus** (Knob, 0 to 100, rests at 30). How big the sharp area is. A band for Tilt-shift, a circle around the center for Zoom and Spin.
- **Feather** (Knob, 0 to 100, rests at 40). How gently sharp turns to soft at the edge of the focus area.
- **Center X** (Knob, 0 to 100, rests at 50). Where the focus sits, across. It's the center for Tilt-shift, Zoom and Spin. Drag on the pad screen to set both.
- **Center Y** (Knob, 0 to 100, rests at 50). Where the focus sits, up and down.

## Presets

- **Tilt-Shift Mini**: A sharp band across the middle with everything above and below melting away, like a miniature model.
- **Dream Lens**: A soft lens blur where lights bloom into round bokeh discs.