5 Best Ways to Blur Images in GIMP - Tutorial for Beginners

GIMP is a great tool for bluring any kind of image and there are many ways to go about doing a blur. Here are my top 5 methods for doing a blur effect in GIMP.
Method #1 Blur Tool
Method #2 Smudge Tool
Method #4 Gausian Blur - Filters
Method #3 Motion Blur - Filters
Method #5 G'MIC Degredation Filters
Bonus: Black Bar Censor
G'MIC Download (GiMP Plugin for 536+ Filters)
gmic.eu/download.shtml
Free GIMP Download
www.gimp.org/downloads/
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[@KerryMannyPerez-no1td]

Thank you for a great, easy to follow tutorial!

[@user-sl4ul4nc3t]

You can also use the selection tool, then select the blur from filters (or whatever filter)... Of course it will add the filter to whatever the box is around, so you can use lasso/free hand selection.

[@kqvanity]

your vids are through , straight to the point ... just great

[@torspedia]

Ta for this. Useful to know, for when I need to censor parts of an image (like an person's details) before for posting to social media, especially Instagram and Twitter!

[@karpsson]

Thank you for this video! I found out how to blur around face without clicking around with Blur tool. All I needed was to select a face, then invert the selection (so everything gets selected but the face) and then to use Gaussian blur. It worked perfectly!

[@bobbyw5877]

Nice tip.. thank you

[@cricketyorkshire]

Very helpful Chris, thanks!

[@climax7260]

Thank you man. very helpful

[@JudisJems]

Thank you, great info!

[@fleshinterface]

Thanks, exactly what I needed!

[@pryzmthedragon]

Thanks for this. Just what I needed. I'm starting to learn how to make better youtube thumbnails and blurring out the background on some screenshots turns out quite nicely.

[@RobertShaverOfAustin]

Very helpful. I'm new to GIMP so have many questions.
Can I set the center, origin or direction of the motion blur filters?
Are all the blur filters "destructive".

[@hustlas4ever]

Thank you!

[@musicfromhome245]

Thanks bro🤝.Very helpful.

[@codingtechnology7675]

You explain very well

[@DerriStudios6969]

Thank you. Really helpful! Subbed and liked.

[@markh_Azrael]

And what is it that you produce, again?

[@creeyuwan2733]

Thanks Chris

[@yashwantr5426]

really helpful

[@ChimneyCakes]

thank you!

[@hex9487]

Thanks a Lot .

[@hellhound2607]

thanks bro

[@mehmeterkan9193]

nice presentation

[@vilonis2638]

thankss

[@tensive2303]

thanks :))

[@abhijitkhanvalkar4798]

Is it possible to blur fuzzy selected area only in GIMP ?

[@jenniferjangles1]

Do you have any tips for when the blur tool simply does nothing? The smudge is working, just not the blur. I've set the rate to 100 and turned off dynamics.

[@turkeyjobsprovider]

hellow bro my keyboard is damage i cant use short cut key so how i can blur big amount with mouse

[@sureshot52r48]

How would i make a transparent layer that would blur anything under the layer, like an iphone would do? I want to export it as a PNG

[@Areebcito]

thankuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[@yasmin6175]

Hi, I am trying to edit one of my images using GIMP and the blur button is not there. Can anyone help? using GIMP 2.10.24

[@anubiswerelupe]

I noticed when switching to GIMP 2.10 that the basic Blur filter was missing from the Filters. Is that a Filter I can import back into GIMP? It was a handy Filter to add just a touch of softness to the selected area.

[@anubiswerelupe]

@King Ninja Switch back to the older Gimp? Yeah, you can switch back by deleting the new Gimp and redownloading an older version

[@KatzProductionsYT]

Thanks, figured out that my blur tool wasn't working due to the 'rate'

[@filiphalka4408]

If i use the blur tool and i try to blur something (i have the rate set to 100) it doesnt work, please help

[@natsumi_3546]

mine too!!

[@AdwaithLakshmi]

GMiC download link is not working, can you give me the link to download the GMIc` download?

[@bowserthedog4887]

it wont blur looks the same

[@3xbros337]

yeah same for me

[@jenniferjangles1]

I've changed the rate to 100 and it also does nothing for me.

[@paulbergevin3602]

sadly the gmic link doesnt work anymore

[@carlosvipe2765]

It's a video for someone who already knows about the subject and just wants to review it.

[@telephonic]

I left click mouse and and nothing happens?

[@Cyberfishofant]

no box blur 😢

[@carlosvipe2765]

It's a good video, but the narration of the didatic point of it should have been done with more emphasis and not mix of the two talks: the description of side point to the descrimption of the main, the didatic one..