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Blur Image

Apply an adjustable blur effect to any image.

Blurring can hide sensitive details, soften a background or produce a placeholder for lazy-loaded images.

About Blur Image

Apply an adjustable Gaussian blur to a photo, with a slider to control blur strength — useful for creating a soft background effect, obscuring sensitive details, or preparing a blurred placeholder image for a website.

Blurring can hide sensitive details, soften a background or produce a placeholder for lazy-loaded images. This tool applies an adjustable Gaussian blur to an image with a slider for strength, then lets you download the result.

How to use Blur Image

  1. Upload your image.
  2. Set the blur strength with the slider.
  3. Click Blur image.
  4. Download the blurred picture.

Key features

  • Adjustable blur radius.
  • Full-resolution output.
  • Fast, local processing.
  • No watermark.

Common use cases

  • Obscuring faces, licence plates or personal information.
  • Creating soft backgrounds for text overlays.
  • Generating low-detail placeholders for web pages.

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