From: August Lilleaas Date: 2008-12-16T23:57:26+09:00 Subject: Blur on transparent images with RMagick Hello, Let's start with some code. http://pastie.org/340438 . If you run it (after changing the font on line 33), you get a neat image with the text appearing two times. One flat, the other with a blur. Now, set the background_color to 'transparent' on line 30, and voila -- no blur. I'm running RMagick 2.8.0 and ImageMagick 6.4.4 2008-11-21 Q16. Anyone knows what this is all about?