How to use UIVisualEffectView to Blur Image?

Just put this blur view on the imageView. Here is an example in Objective-C: UIVisualEffect *blurEffect; blurEffect = [UIBlurEffect effectWithStyle:UIBlurEffectStyleLight]; UIVisualEffectView *visualEffectView; visualEffectView = [[UIVisualEffectView alloc] initWithEffect:blurEffect]; visualEffectView.frame = imageView.bounds; [imageView addSubview:visualEffectView]; and Swift: var visualEffectView = UIVisualEffectView(effect: UIBlurEffect(style: .Light)) visualEffectView.frame = imageView.bounds imageView.addSubview(visualEffectView)