Ah thanks. That makes sense. I was following a tutorial and it kept talking about applying a Gaussian Blur filter.

Rodney

Hello I am trying to use the Gaussian blur effect but I am having some trouble. I open a new file, create an object and select it. I then select the Gaussian blur effect from the effects->raster menu. When I click on apply, a dialog appears quickly and then disappears. I see nothing in the messages ...