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Directional Blur

modifier.directional_blur · Filters · Mask-aware

Smooths the height layer along or across a guide direction, steered by the slope or a flow field.

Purpose

Smooths along a direction instead of evenly, guided by the slope or a flow field. Reach for it to comb valleys down their fall line, or to soften a cross-profile while keeping the crest crisp.

Inputs

  • in
  • guide (optional)
  • mask (optional)

Outputs

  • out

Parameters

Parameter Type Range Default Unit Description Field-driven
Radius (radius) float [0, 100000] 8 m no
Guide (guide) enum slope, flow slope no
Direction (direction) enum along, across along Whether smoothing runs along the guide direction or across it. no

Layer contract

Honours a mask on its input, applying everywhere the mask is absent.

Behaviour

The optional guide input steers the direction; with none, it follows the terrain's own slope. Along the guide it combs and smears downslope; across it softens the cross-profile while leaving the guide crest sharp.