Gaussian blur has a box around it

[luchababe]

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.

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

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

Try to increase it.

[luchababe]

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

[luchababe]

*box, not blue

[Monika Gause]

It's a raster based effect, so it will always be rasterized in the output file (such as a PDF).

I don't get your problem. Is it just the border or the blue line? Or does it really get converted to a raster object in your file?

All of those are different issues and you need to be more precise.

[rileyb31549013]

I was having the same issue; this tutorial helped me out a lot.

How to Remove Gaussian Blur Limitation in Adobe Illustrator - Illustrator Tips - Vectorboom

(Link points to spam now and is removed by moderator)

[trayworth]

This link seems to go to a spam site now. Does anyone one else find this issue?

[Ton Frederiks]

You probably did choose Object > Rasterize and added 80 px around the object.

You should have chosen Effect > Document Raster Effects Settings (like Monika suggested).

[default962euahokvah]

I figured out how to fix this because I was having the same issue! Go to Effect > Document Raster Settings > and then click 'transparent background'. This solved my issue of applying the blur and seeing a white box around the object.

[jane-e]

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.

Jane

[Mudrok · Accepted solution]

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

[kgagnon81]

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.