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dan_i Author

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Keynote - how to blur an image and text?

I want to tease out content that lives all on one slide. I want to blur out portions of the content, but still show there is content there. How to lightly blur on keynote?

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Posted on Feb 28, 2020 8:15 PM

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Gary Scotland

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Posted on Feb 28, 2020 10:10 PM

There is not a blur tool in Keynote, a work around is to open the image in Preview, open the Colour Adjustment tool

and move the sharpness slider all the way to the lefts ave then repeat if required

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Gary Scotland

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Feb 28, 2020 10:10 PM in response to dan_i

There is not a blur tool in Keynote, a work around is to open the image in Preview, open the Colour Adjustment tool

and move the sharpness slider all the way to the lefts ave then repeat if required

dan_i Author

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Feb 29, 2020 8:35 AM in response to Gary Scotland

Ideas if it is text and not an image?

Feb 29, 2020 1:48 PM in response to dan_i

For text, use an image editing application, GIMP is free open source software: https://www.gimp.org

In GIMP, type your text, then go to Tools > Paint > Blur to apply a blur filter:

dan_i Author

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Feb 29, 2020 8:34 AM in response to Gary Scotland

Thank you!

Mar 1, 2020 10:18 AM in response to Gary Scotland

Gary,

Even a cup of dark roast did not sharpen that text. 😎

Keynote - how to blur an image and text?