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Gaussian blur has a box around it

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I've encountered a problem with a gaussian blur that I've never seen before in the new update of Illustrator. When I put a blur on an object there's a border that cuts off the effect. You can see in my screenshot here.

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Monika GauseCorrect answer

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In the Document Raster effects options there is a setting "Add"

Try to increase it.

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Akif0D4B

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Additional information:

In the 'Document Raster effects settings', make sure to select the Transparent option under Background - do not choose 'White'.

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Sawyervg4

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Thank you for that. Mine is set to transparent and it’s still generating a white box around the text instead of just the blur area. :(

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Anubhav M

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Hello @Sawyervg4

I’m sorry to hear you’re having similar trouble with Illustrator. Could you confirm the exact version of the OS/Illustrator installed, and share a sample file along with screenshots of the problem, so we can better assist you?

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Anubhav

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Akif0D4B

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Additional Information:

In the 'Document Raster Effects Settings', make sure to select the Transparent option under Background — do not choose White.

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kgagnon81

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I was having the same issue in Illustrator CC. I already had 'Transparent' selected and tried selecting 'Anti-Alias' but I was still running into the issue. Then I changed the 'Add _[36 px]__ Around Object'. I increased mine from 36 > ~200 px and it seemed to work for me.

Go to Effect > Document Raster Settings > Add ____ Around Object: increase the pixels until the edges don't show.

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jane-e

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For After effects users:

To remove the 'box limitation' when trying to add a gaussian blur to an object, unselect 'Repeat Edge Pixels'
By @Oli27331267afm6

This is the Illustrator forum. The question is not about how to do it in After Effects.

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Mudrok

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Solved : Go to Effects/ Document raster effect settings - and select the 'anti-alias' box.

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Monika Gause

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In the Document Raster effects options there is a setting "Add"

Try to increase it.

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luchababeAuthor

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That doesn't seem to help. I don't want to rasterize my blurs because I always need to edit them. But even trying it, it's still cut off on the edges. This is a blue with adding 80px around the object