# BLURRED EDGE PATTERNS

The Blurred Edge Patterns feature allows you to give smooth borders to your [Pattern Shapes](../../../all-the-tools/design-tab/pattern-shape-tool). It is very useful to blend textures similar to the Terrain Tool's [Smooth Blending](../../../../all-the-tools/terrain-tab/terrain-brush#smooth-blending) feature, adding variations to your textures or placing them over other assets smoothly.

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## ENABLING THE BLUR

The mod can be enabled by clicking on the **Enable Edge Blur** toggle button in the Pattern Shape Tool.

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Once the feature is enabled, some new options will be displayed, both in the Pattern Tool and in the [Selection Tool](../../../all-the-tools/select-tool).

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## SMOOTHNESS & RANGE

You can change the **Smoothness** and the **Blur Range** with sliders.&#x20;

* **Smoothness** will round your corners
* **Blur Range** will define the how far from the shape's edge the blur goes

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## REVERSE BLUR ALPHA

Clicking on **Reverse Blur Alpha** enables inverts the shape of the blur.

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## COLOR OVERRIDE

You can turn your pattern into a **plain color** by toggling the **Override Color** button. You can then choose the color with the same color picker as mentioned previously.

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{% hint style="success" %}
**Pro Tip:** _That feature can help you making shadows for buildings more easily, as shown in the preview on the download page._

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{% endhint %}



## MAP EXAMPLE

This map was made by fellow user _ssddx_, who shared it on the official [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/J9Czgpu).&#x20;

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Here are where the Patterns are. You can see that they blend with the rest of the map pretty well thanks to the mod.

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