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SVG feGaussianBlur
license: gpl-3.0

A demonstration of SVG's Gaussian blur filter effect: the svg:feGaussianBlur element.

Image source: GitHub's octodex.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
body {
position: relative;
width: 960px;
height: 500px;
}
input {
position: absolute;
bottom: 20px;
right: 20px;
width: 200px;
}
</style>
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", 960)
.attr("height", 500);
var filter = svg.append("defs")
.append("filter")
.attr("id", "blur")
.append("feGaussianBlur")
.attr("stdDeviation", 5);
d3.select("body").append("input")
.attr("type", "range")
.attr("min", 0)
.attr("max", 100)
.attr("value", 25)
.on("change", blur);
var image = new Image;
image.src = "octocat.jpg";
image.onload = load;
function load() {
svg.append("image")
.attr("xlink:href", this.src)
.attr("width", "100%")
.attr("height", "100%")
.attr("filter", "url(#blur)");
}
function blur() {
filter.attr("stdDeviation", this.value / 5);
}
</script>
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