Thanks! I saw a tutorial on mesh gradient and it seems I can use this to create what I am looking for. Hi. Using mesh gradient would be the obvious way to start instead of using of a combination of blurring. Although it depends on the look you are after. Production-wise using some sort-of halftoning...

Here is a screenshot of the image. I am trying to remove the blurred outside of the rectangle.

I am trying to create a custom gradient like object. So I have a skewed rectangle as a dirt background and I added some blurred circles (50%) and union the circles on a different layer. I tried many methods like creating a duplicate skewed rectangle on the same layer and trying the clipping techniqu...