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# Blur Augmentation

Add random Gaussian blur to help your model be more resilient to camera focus.

* Pixels: Determines the amount of blur applied to an image (i.e. the kernel size of the blurring process; all kernel sizes are odd). 25 pixels is max blur.

## Example

<figure><img src="/files/ufNS2MakqYkLUS9g2SLi" alt=""><figcaption><p>Original Image</p></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="/files/NElOqQLb0Q6jLi2lgbkn" alt=""><figcaption><p>Blur Augmentation using a 2.5 pixel radius</p></figcaption></figure>

## Learn More

* [The Importance of Blur as an Image Augmentation Technique](https://blog.roboflow.com/using-blur-in-computer-vision-preprocessing/)