Catalyst’s unique blur effects are fun and beautiful to look at. However, due to their complexity, it can cause a significant lag on some devices. This is why the blur effect is reduced by default.

Enable the Blur Effect

You first need to enable the Editor mode . Then, go to the favorites page and tap the screenshot icon on the top left.

You will see the Background Blur dialog appear with multiple options like this:

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Tap on Enable blur to enable it. You may now see a white background on the favorites page. That is because the blur effect is not automatic, so we have to give it a screenshot of your home screen’s page 2 (the first page of the home icons) to make it work.

Follow these steps to fix this:

  1. On your home screen (after you’ve set up icons for page 1), take a screenshot of Page 1. Making sure no overlays are present on screen such as a blue light filter, accessibility icon or screen recording overlay to ensure a clear screenshot.
  2. Open KLWP and navigate to Globals > Start
  3. Scroll down and tap Pick image on scrnshot global.
  4. Find your Page 1 screenshot and select it.
  5. Save changes and preview on your home screen!

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