How to Fix the Blur Problem in DaVinci Resolve 16 (2020)

in this DaVinci Resolve lesson we are

going to fix a problem where you are

able to blur only one image or video and

not to others this problem was quite

perplexing because I've used the blur

effect in the collar page many times

with no trouble but I recently ran into

this problem and the fix is quite simple

let's do it

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okay so this is the project I was

working on when I ran into this problem

and this has many layers seven video

tracks so a lot of things going on okay

so for example I want to blur this

section right here so I would go to the

color tab this is the window make sure

it's highlighted and click the square

okay position that where you need to

blur okay that's fine

then click the blur tool right here

raise the radius all the way up and

nothing is blurring this area should be

blurring right now so that's a problem

whatever was in the square normally will

blur when you raise the radius all the

way but it's not happening it took me

like an hour to figure this out the

problem is because the timeline is not

loaded here so you can't see what's

selected we have multiple layers here

there's this video layer this image

track this other image track and we have

your text track so a lot of layers going

on and because a timeline is not open

here we're missing some information now

I see it again see nothing's blurring

over here everything should be blurring

within that square but over here that

blurs so that is strange that only one

item is blurring and nothing else so the

problem is this color page loads like

this without the timeline showing and

what we're missing is knowing what layer

or track we are on so the problem is you

can't see the timeline it's not loaded

here every time you go into the color

page this timeline is not activated so

you don't see it so we're missing some

crucial information so if you click this

now you see all the tracks all the

layers and what's highlighted here in

the red outline is what's activated and

that is that image the tic-tock logo

image that's the image that's activated

right now and that's what

getting the blur and when you go to the

other layers it's not affecting it so

you can only blur one track at a time

you can't select more than two items

here that means I need to select a

proper track that I needed to blur I

think I believe this is a track we need

to blur right here this is the video

track this is the proper track we want

to blur this is the specific segment

that I am introducing the blur on so now

I have the proper track selected the

proper segment now I can turn off the

timeline here so I can see a bigger

image and then let's add a square okay

now let's place the square on top of the

area you want to blur click the blur

icon here raise the radius and there you

go now I can blur this section here so

the problem is DaVinci Resolve in the

color page can only blur one layer at a

time and by default when you go in here

you're not sure which which track is

active so you have to turn on the

timeline look for your item that you

want to add the blurring to select it

and add your blur and that's how you fix

that problem here we are in the full

page viewer and the items I wanted learn

are blurred now and that's it thanks