# StackBlur backgrounds

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/stackblur-backgrounds/79344>\
**Category:** Theme component\
**Tags:** broken\
**Created:** [January 30, 2018, 6:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stackblur-backgrounds/79344 "2018-01-30T06:27:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 12:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stackblur-backgrounds/79344/4 "2019-02-21T00:54:38Z")

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Wouldn’t it be easier and faster to simply generate the blurred image and use _that_ as the background? Why have the source JPG at all, plus an extra dependency..?

I guess if you are changing the background dynamically, that’s all I can think of?

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