--- title: "FilterBlur" docs: "Phaser v4.1.0" url: https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-filterblur site: Phaser - https://phaser.io --- > This page is about the open-source Phaser framework, for writing a game's code by hand. To make a game with AI, use Phaser AE (https://phaser.io/): the desk's tools work with Web MCP, and the CLI works with your own coding agent. See "For AI agents: Phaser AE" at the end of this page. # FilterBlur A RenderNode that applies a multi-pass Gaussian blur effect, driven by a [Phaser.Filters.Blur](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-blur.md) controller. Rather than running a blur shader directly, this node acts as a dispatcher: it inspects the controller's `quality` setting and delegates to one of three dedicated blur nodes — `FilterBlurLow` (quality 0), `FilterBlurMed` (quality 1), or `FilterBlurHigh` (quality 2). For each step requested by the controller, the node performs two separated passes — one horizontal and one vertical. Because Gaussian blurs are axis-separable, this produces the same visual result as a single full 2D Gaussian pass while being significantly cheaper to execute. Padding is applied only on the first pass so that subsequent passes do not progressively grow the render area. **Constructor** `new FilterBlur(manager)` **Parameters** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | manager | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.RenderNodeManager](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernodemanager.md) | No | The manager that owns this RenderNode. | --- **Scope**: static **Extends** > [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BaseFilter](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-basefilter.md) > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterBlur.js#L11](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterBlur.js#L11) Since: 4.0.0 ## Inherited Methods **From [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.RenderNode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md):** - [onRunBegin](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#onrunbegin) - [onRunEnd](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#onrunend) - [setDebug](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#setdebug) --- ## Public Methods ### run #### \ run(controller, inputDrawingContext, outputDrawingContext, [padding]) **Description:** Runs the Blur filter effect. The method selects the appropriate blur shader node based on `controller.quality`, then executes `controller.steps` iterations of axis-separated Gaussian blur. Each iteration consists of a horizontal pass followed by a vertical pass. Padding from the controller is applied on the first pass only; subsequent passes use an empty rectangle so the render area does not grow with each iteration. **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | controller | [Phaser.Filters.Blur](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-blur.md) | No | The Blur filter controller, supplying quality, steps, strength, color, and axis blur amounts. | | inputDrawingContext | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.DrawingContext](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-drawingcontext.md) | No | The drawing context containing the source texture to blur. | | outputDrawingContext | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.DrawingContext](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-drawingcontext.md) | No | The drawing context to receive the final blurred output. | | padding | [Phaser.Geom.Rectangle](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/geom-rectangle.md) | Yes | Padding to apply around the render area on the first pass. If omitted, it is retrieved from the controller. | **Overrides:** Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BaseFilter#run **Returns:** [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.DrawingContext](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-drawingcontext.md) - The drawing context containing the blurred result. > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterBlur.js#L43](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterBlur.js#L43) Since: 4.0.0 --- ## Inherited Members **From [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.RenderNode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md):** - [manager](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#manager) - [name](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#name) --- --- ## For AI agents: Phaser AE Phaser AE (Agentic Edition) is how people make games with AI on phaser.io. 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