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title: "Blur"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/html/Blurs-and-Glows-blur.html"
section_path: "Blurs and Glows > Blur"
description: "A simple, high quality blur effect that can work in linear gamma space and blur along a line with controls for angle and radius."
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# BLUR

![Universe Blur Plugin](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/U_Blur_universe.jpg)

A simple, high quality blur effect that can work in linear gamma space and blur along a line with controls for angle and radius.

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## Presets

We're keeping it simple and sweet. Blur offers two presets to help get you fuzzy in just seconds. Find these presets via the blue **Open Dashboard...** button or the **Choose a Preset...** button below it.

![Image: Uni_Blur_Blur_presets.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Uni_Blur_Blur_presets.png)

Want an example? Imagine you're traveling abroad on business. One polite drink after work turns into two. Next thing you know, you awake on the outskirts of Dubai blearily gazing up into camel nostrils. How would you convey this in video? Try keyframing the H Blur preset!

[Video: Uni_Blur_Blur_BlurWidth.png.mp4](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Multimedia/Uni_Blur_Blur_BlurWidth.png.mp4)

As with all other Universe tools, you can modify or create a Blur look and then save it under its own name by pressing the **Save Preset...** button.

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## Modify the Effect

- **Blur Width/Height** are the primary controls for increasing the blur effect. Below, compare **Blur Width** values of 20 (left), 200 (center), and 1200 (right), which essentially blurs your subject out of existence.\
  ![Image: Uni_Blur_Blur_BlurWidth.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Uni_Blur_Blur_BlurWidth.png)
- Enabling the **Proportional** checkbox ties the **Blur Height**value to that of **Blur Width**. Thus, if you set **Blur Width** to 50, **Blur Height** will automatically change to 50. Note that when **Proportional** is checked, **Blur Width** will only scale to 500 (the maximum for **Blur Height**). When unchecked, it can reach up to 2000.
- **Angle** rotates the blur direction. This is easiest to see when one blur orientation (width or height) is significantly more pronounced than the other.
- Enabling **Apply Linear**converts the gamma from standard video gamma (Rec 709 assumed) to linear gamma (1.0). This results in less smearing of blacks and brighter results overall.