Background Blur Details

by Max Burnside

Background blur is a commonly used effect by designers today, but many just apply the effect to the layer, lower the opacity of the fill color, and call it a day. The blur applies uniformly across the entire frame/layer. This works okay in most instances. But... I wanted to use the background blur more uniquely. By applying a radial gradient with a transparent color, I fade the blur out at the edges, so that the a bit of the background image bleeds through, un-blurred. It's subtle but striking.