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  6.     <title>2.7.¬† Tileable Blur</title>
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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">2.7.¬†
  22.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Tileable Blur</span>
  23.   </th>
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  26.           <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="plug-in-pixelize.html"><img src="../images/prev.png" alt="Prev" /></a>¬†</td>
  27.           <th width="60%" align="center">2.¬†
  28.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Blur Filters</span>
  29.   </th>
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  37.         <div>
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  39.             <h3 class="title"><a id="script-fu-tile-blur"></a>2.7.¬†
  40.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Tileable Blur</span>
  41.   </h3>
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  43.           <div>
  44.             <div class="revhistory">
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  46.                 <tr>
  47.                   <th align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">
  48.                     <b>Revision History</b>
  49.                   </th>
  50.                 </tr>
  51.                 <tr>
  52.                   <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 1854 $</td>
  53.                   <td align="left">2006-10-23</td>
  54.                   <td align="left">j.h</td>
  55.                 </tr>
  56.               </table>
  57.             </div>
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  63.       <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  64.         <div class="titlepage">
  65.           <div>
  66.             <div>
  67.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2732493"></a>2.7.1.¬†
  68.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Overview</span>
  69.     </h4>
  70.             </div>
  71.           </div>
  72.         </div>
  73.         <div class="figure">
  74.           <a id="id2732504"></a>
  75.           <p class="title">
  76.             <b>Figure¬†16.18.¬†
  77.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  78.           From left to right: original, tileable blur applied
  79.         </span>
  80.       </b>
  81.           </p>
  82.           <div class="figure-contents">
  83.             <div class="mediaobject">
  84.               <img src="../images/filters/examples/taj_orig.jpg" alt="From left to right: original, tileable blur applied" />
  85.               <div class="caption">
  86.                 <p>Original</p>
  87.               </div>
  88.             </div>
  89.             <div class="mediaobject">
  90.               <img src="../images/filters/examples/blur-taj-tblur.jpg" alt="From left to right: original, tileable blur applied" />
  91.               <div class="caption">
  92.                 <p>Filter ‚Äú<span class="quote">Tileable Blur</span>‚Äù applied</p>
  93.               </div>
  94.             </div>
  95.           </div>
  96.         </div>
  97.         <br class="figure-break" />
  98.         <p>
  99.       You can find this filter in the image menu under
  100.       <span class="guimenu">Filte<span class="accel">r</span>s</span> ‚Üí <span class="guisubmenu"><span class="accel">B</span>lur</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">T</span>ileable Blur</span>
  101.     </p>
  102.         <p>
  103.       This tool is used to soften tile seams in images used in tiled
  104.       backgrounds. It does this by blending and blurring the boundary between
  105.       images that will be next to each other after tiling.
  106.     </p>
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  111.                 <img alt="[Tip]" src="../images/tip.png" />
  112.               </td>
  113.               <th align="left">Tip</th>
  114.             </tr>
  115.             <tr>
  116.               <td align="left" valign="top">
  117.                 <p>
  118.         If you want to treat only images borders, you can't apply filter
  119.         to the whole image. The solution to get the wanted effect is as
  120.         follows:
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  123.                   <ol type="1">
  124.                     <li>
  125.                       <p>
  126.             Duplicate layer(
  127.             <span class="guimenu"><span class="accel">L</span>ayer</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem">D<span class="accel">u</span>plicate Layer</span>
  128.             ) and select it to work on it.
  129.           </p>
  130.                     </li>
  131.                     <li>
  132.                       <p>
  133.             Apply ‚Äú<span class="quote">Tileable Blur</span>‚Äù filter with a 20 pixels radius
  134.             to this layer.
  135.           </p>
  136.                     </li>
  137.                     <li>
  138.                       <p>
  139.             Select all (
  140.             <span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>A</strong></span>) and
  141.             reduce selection (
  142.             <span class="guimenu"><span class="accel">S</span>election</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem">S<span class="accel">h</span>rink</span>
  143.             ) to create a border with the wanted width.
  144.           </p>
  145.                     </li>
  146.                     <li>
  147.                       <p>
  148.             Delete selection with
  149.             <span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>K</strong></span>.
  150.           </p>
  151.                     </li>
  152.                     <li>
  153.                       <p>
  154.             Merge layers with
  155.             <span class="guimenu"><span class="accel">L</span>ayer</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem">Merge do<span class="accel">w</span>n</span>
  156.           </p>
  157.                     </li>
  158.                   </ol>
  159.                 </div>
  160.               </td>
  161.             </tr>
  162.           </table>
  163.         </div>
  164.       </div>
  165.       <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  166.         <div class="titlepage">
  167.           <div>
  168.             <div>
  169.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2732791"></a>2.7.2.¬†
  170.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Options</span>
  171.     </h4>
  172.             </div>
  173.           </div>
  174.         </div>
  175.         <div class="figure">
  176.           <a id="id2732802"></a>
  177.           <p class="title">
  178.             <b>Figure¬†16.19.¬†
  179.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  180.           ‚Äú<span class="quote">Tileable Blur</span>‚Äù filter options
  181.         </span>
  182.       </b>
  183.           </p>
  184.           <div class="figure-contents">
  185.             <div class="mediaobject">
  186.               <img src="../images/filters/filters-blur-tileable.png" alt="Tileable Blur filter options" />
  187.             </div>
  188.           </div>
  189.         </div>
  190.         <br class="figure-break" />
  191.         <div class="variablelist">
  192.           <dl>
  193.             <dt>
  194.               <span class="term">Blur Radius</span>
  195.             </dt>
  196.             <dd>
  197.               <p>
  198.             The bigger the radius, the more marked is the blur. By selecting
  199.             <span class="guilabel">Horizontal</span> and <span class="guilabel">Vertical</span>,
  200.             you can make the horizontal and vertical borders tileable.
  201.           </p>
  202.             </dd>
  203.             <dt>
  204.               <span class="term">Blur Type</span>
  205.             </dt>
  206.             <dd>
  207.               <p>
  208.             <span class="guilabel">IIR</span>: for photographic or scanned images.
  209.           </p>
  210.               <p>
  211.             <span class="guilabel">RLE</span>: for computer-generated images.
  212.           </p>
  213.             </dd>
  214.           </dl>
  215.         </div>
  216.       </div>
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  224.             <a accesskey="u" href="filters-blur.html">
  225.               <img src="../images/up.png" alt="Up" />
  226.             </a>
  227.           </td>
  228.           <td width="40%" align="right">¬†<a accesskey="n" href="filters-noise.html"><img src="../images/next.png" alt="Next" /></a></td>
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  230.         <tr>
  231.           <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><a accesskey="p" href="plug-in-pixelize.html">2.6.¬†
  232.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Pixelise</span>
  233.   </a>¬†</td>
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  239.           <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">¬†<a accesskey="n" href="filters-noise.html">3.¬†
  240.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Noise Filters</span>
  241.   </a></td>
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