Gaussian Blur Not Working

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September 21, 2020
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Suddenly my Gaussian Blur stopped working. I have tried to copy one I did before for this client and got a white box around it. I also tried creating a new one and got a white box around it. It was working fine before but not today. I have restarted Illustrator as well as my mac. Didn't make a difference. Please see the 1st image which is the way it's supposed to look then the 2nd image which is my result. I am running macOS High Sierra Version 10.12.6 and Illustrator 2020.

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

Check if Effect > Document Raster Effects > White is checked for Background.

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buckdavis

Participant

Same thing for me. Make sure your little color picker black.white squyares are set to the default of black/white. that is the trick to fix this.

LisaLaAuthor

Known Participant

Thank you all for your help my issue is now resolved

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

How?

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Alaina24269488rp7t

Participant

I had a similar issue; I was designing a truck wrap as well, and the project was on a huge scale. I followed the instructions here and the 'Background to White' suggestion didn't work. However, lowering the PPI from high to medium solved the problem completely. Thanks so much for the help!

Ton Frederiks

Correct answer

Community Expert

Check if Effect > Document Raster Effects > White is checked for Background.

Mylenium

Legend

Start by checking your hardware acceleration settings and also verify the raster effect DPI setting. Reverting to software-only mode or lowering the DPI may fix things.

Mylenium

LisaLaAuthor

Known Participant

Checked that... It works in my other Illustrator files but not this one which is a template for a vehicle wrap design.

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