http://livedocs.adobe.com/ Macromedia LiveDocs - online documentation with user feedback. Copyright 2009, Macromedia, Inc. 2009-11-25T21:13:24 en-us http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/filters/BlurFilter.html#86361 @randygland25<br /><br />You're referencing the "blurFilter" variable before you declare it.<br /><br />Move "var blur:Array = [blurFilter];" line to below the "var blurFilter:BlurFilter = ...;" 0 0 2008-08-02T13:30:24 http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/filters/BlurFilter.html#77536 trace("blur filter: " + blur);<br /> bg.filters = blur;<br /> var blur:Array = [blurFilter];<br /> var blurFilter:BlurFilter = new BlurFilter(250,250, BitmapFilterQuality.HIGH);<br /><br />Why does the trace on my blur array return null? randygland25 0 0 2007-11-28T16:15:35