{"id":1672982,"date":"2026-09-24T14:49:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=1672982"},"modified":"2026-09-24T14:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:52:33","slug":"local-focus","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus","title":{"rendered":"Apply local focus to Living Atlas (or any) content using blending and effects"},"author":7641,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[43101,707261,80952],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551],"class_list":["post-1672982","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-arcgis-living-atlas-of-the-world","tag-blending","tag-effects","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Blending and effects can be used to apply focus to your area of interest. Here's how to apply focus to Living Atlas basemaps and layers.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><em>This blog article was originally published on August 8, 2022, and has been updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArcGIS Living Atlas<\/a> provides global, country-wide, and regional coverage for basemaps and many layers. But what if you&#8217;re interested in focusing on your state, county, city, or local project? Using blending and effects you can easily apply focus to Living Atlas basemaps and layers for your specific area of interest.<\/p>\n<p>While all of the examples leverage Living Atlas content in one way or another, the techniques discussed below can be applied to any map or layer. Several approaches and examples are highlighted below, follow the steps using the sample maps and layers to learn how.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"font-size: 115%;\"><strong>Quick links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Use these links to view the <strong>sample maps<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=a3e416b2185c4328b74e65fe628288b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State &amp; County Focus<\/a><br \/>\nUses feature-specific effects on a single layer to apply focus to counties within a state using a filter expression.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=cbddcd89d799473e839e19f6fd6bc393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wilshire Boulevard Corridor Focus<\/a><br \/>\nUses Destination In blending to apply focus to a one-mile buffer around a street.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=578133c56d3544ba8b483409efbd5cc8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Country Focus<\/a><br \/>\nUses Destination In blending and filters to apply focus to a country.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=829c0b2b3c2b4765a94517bee50abcb4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esri Campus Sketch<\/a><br \/>\nUses Destination Atop blending and a sketch polygon to apply focus to the Esri campus.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=398294b197dc4daf814ce9061950eae7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Area (Camp Fire) Focus<\/a><br \/>\nUses Destination In blending along with duplicate layers and effects, plus map background color, to apply focus to a fire perimeter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use these links to jump to a section of interest.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#fea\">Feature-specific effects<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#blen1\">Blending using one polygon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#blen2\">Blending using filters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#blen3\">Blending using sketch layers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#blen4\">Blending, duplicate layers with effects, and background color<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"#more\">More information<\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2 id=\"fea\" style=\"margin-top: 1.5em;\">Use feature specific effects<\/h2>\n<p>An easy way to apply focus to specific geographic areas is to use feature specific effects. The key to making these work is having the appropriate attributes to apply filters to emphasize your area of interest.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=a3e416b2185c4328b74e65fe628288b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map shown below<\/a>\u00a0uses feature-specific effects to filter for a particular state (Missouri in this case) and highlight it apart from other states.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982699,"id":2982699,"title":"focus-21","filename":"focus-21.png","filesize":54763,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-21.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-21-3","alt":"County focus","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"focus-21-3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-22 18:00:34","modified":"2026-09-22 18:00:53","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":850,"height":402,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-21-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-21.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":219,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-21.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":363,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-21.png","large-width":850,"large-height":402,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-21.png","1536x1536-width":850,"1536x1536-height":402,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-21.png","2048x2048-width":850,"2048x2048-height":402,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-21-826x391.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":391,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-21.png","wide_image-width":850,"wide_image-height":402}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=a3e416b2185c4328b74e65fe628288b0"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"font-size: 115%; margin-top: 1.5em;\"><strong>Make the map<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To make the map shown above, follow these steps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Open the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=533482aa6c7348b3b3109eff017a9364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">starter map<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Sign In <\/strong>using your ArcGIS account. You can also follow along without signing in, but you won&#8217;t be able to save your work.<\/p>\n<p>To streamline the workflow, the county layer in the starter map has been extracted from the original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=97dc5aff20e94e3c80904204e9a01f84#overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Median Home Value 2026<\/a> Living Atlas group layer. You can use the original group layer, but will need to select the Countyies sublayer in the Median Home Value group layer to follow along.<\/p>\n<p>The sample map also uses the Human Geography Map basemap. Basemaps with reference layers work best with this technique since labels and other details will always draw atop the focus area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong> \u2014 In the Contents (dark) toolbar, open the layers pane and ensure that <strong>Median Home Value and Income by County<\/strong> is selected.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982713,"id":2982713,"title":"focus-22b","filename":"focus-22b.png","filesize":7034,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-22b.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-22b","alt":"Select layer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"focus-22b","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-22 19:02:41","modified":"2026-09-22 19:02:48","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":551,"height":234,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-22b-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-22b.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":197,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-22b.png","medium_large-width":551,"medium_large-height":234,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-22b.png","large-width":551,"large-height":234,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-22b.png","1536x1536-width":551,"1536x1536-height":234,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-22b.png","2048x2048-width":551,"2048x2048-height":234,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-22b.png","card_image-width":551,"card_image-height":234,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-22b.png","wide_image-width":551,"wide_image-height":234}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong> \u2014 In the Settings (light) toolbar, click <strong>Effects<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982715,"id":2982715,"title":"focus-23b","filename":"focus-23b.png","filesize":3450,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-23b.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-23b","alt":"Effects","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"focus-23b","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-22 19:06:40","modified":"2026-09-22 19:06:47","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":182,"height":241,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-23b-182x200.png","thumbnail-width":182,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-23b.png","medium-width":182,"medium-height":241,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-23b.png","medium_large-width":182,"medium_large-height":241,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-23b.png","large-width":182,"large-height":241,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-23b.png","1536x1536-width":182,"1536x1536-height":241,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-23b.png","2048x2048-width":182,"2048x2048-height":241,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-23b.png","card_image-width":182,"card_image-height":241,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-23b.png","wide_image-width":182,"wide_image-height":241}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> \u2014 In the Effects pane, click <strong>Feature-specific<\/strong> and choose <strong>Drop Shadow + Gray<\/strong> from the effects list.<\/p>\n<p>This will apply a grayscale effect to all features that do not match the filter expression.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982719,"id":2982719,"title":"focus-24","filename":"focus-24.png","filesize":13451,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-24.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-24","alt":"Drop Shadow + Gray","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"focus-24","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-22 19:10:20","modified":"2026-09-22 19:10:34","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":378,"height":442,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-24-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-24.png","medium-width":223,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-24.png","medium_large-width":378,"medium_large-height":442,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-24.png","large-width":378,"large-height":442,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-24.png","1536x1536-width":378,"1536x1536-height":442,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-24.png","2048x2048-width":378,"2048x2048-height":442,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-24.png","card_image-width":378,"card_image-height":442,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-24.png","wide_image-width":378,"wide_image-height":442}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 5 <\/strong>\u2014 If you see a previous expression, click <strong>Clear all<\/strong> in the upper left of the pane. Once all expressions have been cleared, click <strong>Add new<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982731,"id":2982731,"title":"focus-25","filename":"focus-25.png","filesize":3120,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-25.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-25","alt":"Clear all","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"focus-25","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-22 19:29:13","modified":"2026-09-22 19:29:20","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":322,"height":131,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-25-213x131.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":131,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-25.png","medium-width":322,"medium-height":131,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-25.png","medium_large-width":322,"medium_large-height":131,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-25.png","large-width":322,"large-height":131,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-25.png","1536x1536-width":322,"1536x1536-height":131,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-25.png","2048x2048-width":322,"2048x2048-height":131,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-25.png","card_image-width":322,"card_image-height":131,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-25.png","wide_image-width":322,"wide_image-height":131}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982733,"id":2982733,"title":"focus-26","filename":"focus-26.png","filesize":6867,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-26.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-26","alt":"Add new","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"focus-26","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-22 19:31:35","modified":"2026-09-22 19:31:44","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":329,"height":333,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-26-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-26.png","medium-width":258,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-26.png","medium_large-width":329,"medium_large-height":333,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-26.png","large-width":329,"large-height":333,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-26.png","1536x1536-width":329,"1536x1536-height":333,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-26.png","2048x2048-width":329,"2048x2048-height":333,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-26.png","card_image-width":329,"card_image-height":333,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-26.png","wide_image-width":329,"wide_image-height":333}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 6 <\/strong>\u2014 In the Condition pane, open the field list drop-down. Locate and select <strong>State Abbreviation<\/strong> to use as the field, complete the condition by choosing a state.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982735,"id":2982735,"title":"focus-27","filename":"focus-27.png","filesize":24810,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-27.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-27","alt":"Create a condition","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"focus-27","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-22 19:39:30","modified":"2026-09-22 19:39:47","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":588,"height":383,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-27-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-27.png","medium-width":401,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-27.png","medium_large-width":588,"medium_large-height":383,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-27.png","large-width":588,"large-height":383,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-27.png","1536x1536-width":588,"1536x1536-height":383,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-27.png","2048x2048-width":588,"2048x2048-height":383,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-27.png","card_image-width":588,"card_image-height":383,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-27.png","wide_image-width":588,"wide_image-height":383}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 7 <\/strong>\u2014 Experiment with different effects (and basemaps) to achieve the desired results. Shown below are <strong>Drop Shadow + Gray<\/strong> and <strong>Drop Shadow + Transparency<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982737,"id":2982737,"title":"focus-28","filename":"focus-28.png","filesize":47968,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-28.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-28","alt":"Feature-specific effects","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"focus-28","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-22 19:51:30","modified":"2026-09-22 19:52:25","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1055,"height":409,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-28-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-28.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":180,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-28.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":298,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-28.png","large-width":1055,"large-height":409,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-28.png","1536x1536-width":1055,"1536x1536-height":409,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-28.png","2048x2048-width":1055,"2048x2048-height":409,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-28-826x320.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":320,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-28.png","wide_image-width":1055,"wide_image-height":409}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-28.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The same techniques can be used with any map having layers that have filterable geographies.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2 id=\"blen1\" style=\"margin-top: 1.5em;\">Use blending<\/h2>\n<p>Another easy way to apply focus to specific geographic areas is to use blending. The key to making blending work as desired is having the appropriate areas (polygons) that you can use as geographic filters, and an understanding of how group layers can be used to apply blending to only layers within the group.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=cbddcd89d799473e839e19f6fd6bc393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map shown below<\/a> uses blending to apply focus along a one-mile corridor of Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. The map uses <strong>Destination In<\/strong> blending to achieve the result.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982874,"id":2982874,"title":"focus-34b","filename":"focus-34b.png","filesize":169261,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-34b.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-34b","alt":"Destination In blending","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View map","name":"focus-34b","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-23 23:49:33","modified":"2026-09-23 23:49:52","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":850,"height":414,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-34b-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-34b.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":226,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-34b.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":374,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-34b.png","large-width":850,"large-height":414,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-34b.png","1536x1536-width":850,"1536x1536-height":414,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-34b.png","2048x2048-width":850,"2048x2048-height":414,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-34b-826x402.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":402,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-34b.png","wide_image-width":850,"wide_image-height":414}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=cbddcd89d799473e839e19f6fd6bc393"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"font-size: 115%; margin-top: 1.5em;\"><strong>Make the map<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To make the map, follow these steps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1 <\/strong>\u2014 Open the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=e4d372225130482b8867fec435ca478c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">starter map<\/a> and <strong>Sign In <\/strong>using your ArcGIS account. You can also follow along without signing in, but you won&#8217;t be able to save your work.<\/p>\n<p>To streamline the workflow, the starter map already has the Wilshire Boulevard corridor layer (a one-mile buffer of the boulevard centerline) and World Imagery layer (from Living Atlas). It uses the Terrain with Labels basemap.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong> \u2014 Add the two layers to a group layer. The blending will be confined to the layers within the group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2a.<\/strong>\u00a0In the Contents (dark) toolbar, open the Layers pane. Open the options menu for the buffer and click <strong>Group\u00a0<\/strong>to create a new group layer.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982743,"id":2982743,"title":"focus-29","filename":"focus-29.png","filesize":15293,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-29.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-29","alt":"Add group layer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"focus-29","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-22 20:17:19","modified":"2026-09-22 20:17:28","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":558,"height":535,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-29-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-29.png","medium-width":272,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-29.png","medium_large-width":558,"medium_large-height":535,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-29.png","large-width":558,"large-height":535,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-29.png","1536x1536-width":558,"1536x1536-height":535,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-29.png","2048x2048-width":558,"2048x2048-height":535,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-29-485x465.png","card_image-width":485,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-29.png","wide_image-width":558,"wide_image-height":535}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>2b.<\/strong> Open the group layer and drag and drop World Imagery into the group. Ensure that World Imagery is positioned below the Wilshire Boulevard buffer.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982744,"id":2982744,"title":"focus-30","filename":"focus-30.png","filesize":9642,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-30.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-30","alt":"Group layer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"focus-30","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-22 20:21:02","modified":"2026-09-22 20:21:10","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":557,"height":345,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-30-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-30.png","medium-width":421,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-30.png","medium_large-width":557,"medium_large-height":345,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-30.png","large-width":557,"large-height":345,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-30.png","1536x1536-width":557,"1536x1536-height":345,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-30.png","2048x2048-width":557,"2048x2048-height":345,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-30.png","card_image-width":557,"card_image-height":345,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-30.png","wide_image-width":557,"wide_image-height":345}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong> \u2014 In the Layers pane, select the Wilshire Boulevard layer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> \u2014 Open the <strong>Properties<\/strong> pane from the Settings (light) toolbar, then in the Appearance section open the <strong>Blending<\/strong> drop-down.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982747,"id":2982747,"title":"focus-31","filename":"focus-31.png","filesize":7741,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-31.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-31","alt":"Blending drop-down","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"focus-31","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-22 20:26:33","modified":"2026-09-22 20:26:45","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":377,"height":534,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-31-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-31.png","medium-width":184,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-31.png","medium_large-width":377,"medium_large-height":534,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-31.png","large-width":377,"large-height":534,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-31.png","1536x1536-width":377,"1536x1536-height":534,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-31.png","2048x2048-width":377,"2048x2048-height":534,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-31-328x465.png","card_image-width":328,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-31.png","wide_image-width":377,"wide_image-height":534}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong> \u2014 Scroll down to locate and choose <strong>Destination In<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982748,"id":2982748,"title":"focus-32","filename":"focus-32.png","filesize":5667,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-32.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-32","alt":"Destination In blending","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"focus-32","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-22 20:30:35","modified":"2026-09-22 20:30:47","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":291,"height":383,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-32-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-32.png","medium-width":198,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-32.png","medium_large-width":291,"medium_large-height":383,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-32.png","large-width":291,"large-height":383,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-32.png","1536x1536-width":291,"1536x1536-height":383,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-32.png","2048x2048-width":291,"2048x2048-height":383,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-32.png","card_image-width":291,"card_image-height":383,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-32.png","wide_image-width":291,"wide_image-height":383}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Destination In<\/strong> is a compositing blend mode that uses the top layer as a mask against others. Destination In is used when you want the destination, or background layer (in this case the imagery), to only draw where it overlaps the top layer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong> that for best results, the polygon you are using for the mask should be styled using a solid fill and no transparency. An outline is not necessary. For more information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/create-maps\/use-blend-modes-mv.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Use blend modes<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982871,"id":2982871,"title":"focus-33","filename":"focus-33.png","filesize":6695,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-33.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-33","alt":"Symbol style","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"focus-33","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-23 23:02:48","modified":"2026-09-23 23:03:04","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":372,"height":500,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-33-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-33.png","medium-width":194,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-33.png","medium_large-width":372,"medium_large-height":500,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-33.png","large-width":372,"large-height":500,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-33.png","1536x1536-width":372,"1536x1536-height":500,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-33.png","2048x2048-width":372,"2048x2048-height":500,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-33-346x465.png","card_image-width":346,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-33.png","wide_image-width":372,"wide_image-height":500}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"font-size: 115%; margin-top: 1.5em;\"><strong>Experiment with different effects and layers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can soften the sharp edges of the blend using a <strong>Bloom<\/strong> effect on the Wilshire Boulevard buffer layer. In the Settings toolbar, click <strong>Effects<\/strong>, select <strong>Bloom<\/strong>, then adjust the strength, radius, and threshold of the bloom to achieve the desired results.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982875,"id":2982875,"title":"focus-35","filename":"focus-35.png","filesize":165501,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-35.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-35","alt":"Bloom effect","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"focus-35","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-23 23:54:29","modified":"2026-09-23 23:54:47","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1126,"height":633,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-35-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-35.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-35.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-35.png","large-width":1126,"large-height":633,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-35.png","1536x1536-width":1126,"1536x1536-height":633,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-35.png","2048x2048-width":1126,"2048x2048-height":633,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-35-826x465.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-35.png","wide_image-width":1126,"wide_image-height":633}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-35.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>You can add other layers to the group layer and position them below the buffer layer to include them in the blend. Shown below, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=ff11eb5b930b4fabba15c47feb130de4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Living Atlas World Traffic Service<\/a> live feed has been added to the map, then to the group layer.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982878,"id":2982878,"title":"focus-36s","filename":"focus-36s.png","filesize":140873,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-36s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-36s","alt":"Add additional layers","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"focus-36s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-24 00:24:14","modified":"2026-09-24 00:24:32","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":850,"height":278,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-36s-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-36s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":152,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-36s.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":251,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-36s.png","large-width":850,"large-height":278,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-36s.png","1536x1536-width":850,"1536x1536-height":278,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-36s.png","2048x2048-width":850,"2048x2048-height":278,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-36s-826x270.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":270,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-36s.png","wide_image-width":850,"wide_image-height":278}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-36.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2 id=\"blen2\" style=\"margin-top: 1.5em;\">Use blending with layer filters<\/h2>\n<p>In the previous example, a single polygon layer (the Wilshire Boulevard buffer) is used for <strong>Destination In<\/strong> blending. However you can use any layer that has the desired geography, including layers that have filterable attributes to isolate the focus area.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982915,"id":2982915,"title":"focus-37s","filename":"focus-37s.png","filesize":100644,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-37s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-37s","alt":"Country Focus (Destination In)","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View map","name":"focus-37s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-24 18:24:27","modified":"2026-09-24 18:25:10","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":850,"height":410,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-37s-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-37s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":224,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-37s.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":370,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-37s.png","large-width":850,"large-height":410,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-37s.png","1536x1536-width":850,"1536x1536-height":410,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-37s.png","2048x2048-width":850,"2048x2048-height":410,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-37s-826x398.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":398,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-37s.png","wide_image-width":850,"wide_image-height":410}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-37.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=578133c56d3544ba8b483409efbd5cc8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map shown above<\/a> uses Living Atlas World Countries and World Imagery layers atop the Dark Gray Canvas basemap. As in the previous example, both layers are placed in a group layer, with World Countries above World Imagery.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982917,"id":2982917,"title":"focus-38","filename":"focus-38.png","filesize":8792,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-38.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-38","alt":"Grouped layers","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"focus-38","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-24 18:31:31","modified":"2026-09-24 18:31:39","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":547,"height":341,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-38-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-38.png","medium-width":419,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-38.png","medium_large-width":547,"medium_large-height":341,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-38.png","large-width":547,"large-height":341,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-38.png","1536x1536-width":547,"1536x1536-height":341,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-38.png","2048x2048-width":547,"2048x2048-height":341,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-38.png","card_image-width":547,"card_image-height":341,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-38.png","wide_image-width":547,"wide_image-height":341}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The World Countries (Generalized) layer uses <strong>Destination In<\/strong> blending and applies a filter, in this case &#8220;Country Name is Italy.&#8221;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982922,"id":2982922,"title":"focus-39","filename":"focus-39.png","filesize":3660,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-39.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-39","alt":"Filter condition","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"focus-39","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-24 18:37:53","modified":"2026-09-24 18:38:08","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":374,"height":254,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-39-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-39.png","medium-width":374,"medium-height":254,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-39.png","medium_large-width":374,"medium_large-height":254,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-39.png","large-width":374,"large-height":254,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-39.png","1536x1536-width":374,"1536x1536-height":254,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-39.png","2048x2048-width":374,"2048x2048-height":254,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-39.png","card_image-width":374,"card_image-height":254,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-39.png","wide_image-width":374,"wide_image-height":254}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>To improve the visual highlight around the country, a <strong>Bloom effect<\/strong> was applied, expanding the mask beyond the country boundary. If using the Filter setting, Whole layer bloom effects work well. When using Feature-specific effects, you can construct the filter directly in the effect.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982941,"id":2982941,"title":"focus-40","filename":"focus-40.png","filesize":135402,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-40.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-40","alt":"Add Bloom effect","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"focus-40","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-24 20:08:57","modified":"2026-09-24 20:09:22","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1149,"height":612,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-40-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-40.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":247,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-40.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":409,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-40.png","large-width":1149,"large-height":612,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-40.png","1536x1536-width":1149,"1536x1536-height":612,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-40.png","2048x2048-width":1149,"2048x2048-height":612,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-40-826x440.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":440,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-40.png","wide_image-width":1149,"wide_image-height":612}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-40.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Change the filter to apply focus to a different country, or add multiple filters to apply focus to several countries.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982978,"id":2982978,"title":"focus-41s","filename":"focus-41s.png","filesize":89764,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-41s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-41s","alt":"Multiple filters","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"focus-41s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-24 20:51:07","modified":"2026-09-24 20:52:24","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":850,"height":411,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-41s-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-41s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":224,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-41s.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":371,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-41s.png","large-width":850,"large-height":411,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-41s.png","1536x1536-width":850,"1536x1536-height":411,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-41s.png","2048x2048-width":850,"2048x2048-height":411,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-41s-826x399.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":399,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-41s.png","wide_image-width":850,"wide_image-height":411}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-41.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2 id=\"blen3\" style=\"margin-top: 1.5em;\">Use blending with sketch layers<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/create-maps\/create-sketch-layers-mv.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sketch layers<\/a> offer an easy way to apply focus to specific areas. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=829c0b2b3c2b4765a94517bee50abcb4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map shown below<\/a>, a sketch layer was added to the map and a polygon was drawn around the Esri Redlands campus boundary. Blending and adjustments to the visibility of the basemap&#8217;s component layers were made to produce the final result.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982987,"id":2982987,"title":"focus-43s","filename":"focus-43s.png","filesize":100678,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-43s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-43s","alt":"Destination Atop blending with sketch layer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View map","name":"focus-43s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-24 21:12:38","modified":"2026-09-24 21:30:40","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":850,"height":411,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-43s-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-43s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":224,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-43s.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":371,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-43s.png","large-width":850,"large-height":411,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-43s.png","1536x1536-width":850,"1536x1536-height":411,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-43s.png","2048x2048-width":850,"2048x2048-height":411,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-43s-826x399.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":399,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-43s.png","wide_image-width":850,"wide_image-height":411}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=829c0b2b3c2b4765a94517bee50abcb4"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The map uses <strong>Destination Atop<\/strong> blending on the sketch layer, which is paired with the Living Atlas Charted Territory layer in the Esri Campus group layer.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2982990,"id":2982990,"title":"focus-44","filename":"focus-44.png","filesize":6007,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-44.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/local-focus\/focus-44","alt":"Esri Campus group layer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"focus-44","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1672982,"date":"2026-09-24 21:18:45","modified":"2026-09-24 21:18:57","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":550,"height":226,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-44-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-44.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":191,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-44.png","medium_large-width":550,"medium_large-height":226,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-44.png","large-width":550,"large-height":226,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-44.png","1536x1536-width":550,"1536x1536-height":226,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-44.png","2048x2048-width":550,"2048x2048-height":226,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-44.png","card_image-width":550,"card_image-height":226,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/focus-44.png","wide_image-width":550,"wide_image-height":226}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The 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It uses a <strong>Drop shadow<\/strong> effect ( shadow #000000, width 3, X-offset 2 \/ Y-offset 3, and Opacity of 50) to make it &#8220;pop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The second (duplicate) layer is styled with a white background and no outline. <strong>Destination In <\/strong>blending is used, along with a <strong>Bloom<\/strong> effect (Strength 2.2, Radius 0.6, Threshold 10).<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=2e8a3ccdfd6d42a995b79812b3b0ebc6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Outdoor Map<\/a> basemap is used with a green map background color to harmonize with the predominant colors in the basemap. 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