# Design Interactive Effects with Progressive Blur and Smoothing Gradients - Hana | Everything You Need To Know - Spline Academy (https://spline.design/academy/tutorials/design-interactive-effects-with-progressive-blur-and-smoothing-gradients)

> In this tutorial, we’ll explore various styles and techniques for creating soft, sophisticated designs using smooth gradients and progressive blur, and how…

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# Design Interactive Effects with Progressive Blur and Smoothing Gradients

Lesson 7 of 15HanaBeginner9 min

In this tutorial, we’ll explore various styles and techniques for creating soft, sophisticated designs using smooth gradients and progressive blur, and how to transform them into interactive experiences in Hana.

We’ll start by explaining how to add gradients and blur effects to shapes, then move on to creating interactive elements like hover animations, cursor-following effects, looping animations, and layered blur effects. All of this is ready to be embedded into your web project, no coding needed! 👌

Demo scenes: <https://app.spline.design/ui/f7cc3864-707e-492a-8148-0e1ea37be1d3>

## What you’ll learn

1. [0:00Intro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr5wqdVX4co&t=0s)
2. [0:15Simple design with gradients](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr5wqdVX4co&t=15s)
3. [2:57Adding layer blur](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr5wqdVX4co&t=177s)
4. [3:41Creating a mouse hover interaction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr5wqdVX4co&t=221s)
5. [5:28Creating an interactive blur effect on text](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr5wqdVX4co&t=328s)
6. [6:44Creating a looping radial gradient animation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr5wqdVX4co&t=404s)
7. [7:43Creating a gradient and blur effect that follows your cursor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr5wqdVX4co&t=463s)

## Related resources

- [Circular BlurTemplate](https://app.spline.design/academy/tutorials/design-interactive-effects-with-progressive-blur-and-smoothing-gradients?redirect-duplicate-template-uuid=fa1a715c-86bd-40db-b012-f8c407b7e998&is-2d-file=true)
- [Effects in HanaDocument](https://docs.spline.design/hana-a-canvas-for-interactivity/effects-in-hana)
- [Interactivity in HanaDocument](https://docs.spline.design/hana-a-canvas-for-interactivity/interactivity-in-hana)

## Overview

- Hana
- 9 min
- Beginner

## Up next

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