diff --git a/src/ImageProcessor/Common/Helpers/ImageMaths.cs b/src/ImageProcessor/Common/Helpers/ImageMaths.cs
index b2bf0dede..933421f53 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessor/Common/Helpers/ImageMaths.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessor/Common/Helpers/ImageMaths.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,26 @@ namespace ImageProcessor
         // ReSharper disable once InconsistentNaming
         public const float PI = 3.1415926535897931f;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Implementation of 1D Gaussian G(x) function
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="x">The x provided to G(x).</param>
+        /// <param name="sigma">The spread of the blur.</param>
+        /// <returns>The Gaussian G(x)</returns>
+        public static float Gaussian(float x, float sigma)
+        {
+            const float Numerator = 1.0f;
+            float denominator = (float)(Math.Sqrt(2 * PI) * sigma);
+
+            float exponentNumerator = -x * x;
+            float exponentDenominator = (float)(2 * Math.Pow(sigma, 2));
+
+            float left = Numerator / denominator;
+            float right = (float)Math.Exp(exponentNumerator / exponentDenominator);
+
+            return left * right;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns the result of a B-C filter against the given value.
         /// <see href="http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/filter/#cubic_bc"/>
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Convolution/Convolution2DFilter.cs b/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Convolution/Convolution2DFilter.cs
index c50bc4e45..b9852b804 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Convolution/Convolution2DFilter.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Convolution/Convolution2DFilter.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Filters
             int kernelYHeight = kernelY.GetLength(0);
             int kernelYWidth = kernelY.GetLength(1);
             int kernelXHeight = kernelX.GetLength(0);
-            int kernelXWidth = kernelX.GetLength(0);
+            int kernelXWidth = kernelX.GetLength(1);
             int radiusY = kernelYHeight >> 1;
             int radiusX = kernelXWidth >> 1;
 
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Filters
                             float gY = 0;
                             float bY = 0;
 
-                            // Apply each matrix multiplier to the color components for each pixel.
-                            for (int fy = 0; fy < kernelYHeight; fy++)
+                        // Apply each matrix multiplier to the color components for each pixel.
+                        for (int fy = 0; fy < kernelYHeight; fy++)
                             {
                                 int fyr = fy - radiusY;
                                 int offsetY = y + fyr;
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Filters
                             float green = (float)Math.Sqrt((gX * gX) + (gY * gY));
                             float blue = (float)Math.Sqrt((bX * bX) + (bY * bY));
 
-                            target[x, y] = new Color(red, green, blue);
+                            Color targetColor = target[x, y];
+                            target[x, y] = new Color(red, green, blue, targetColor.A);
                         }
                     }
                 });
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Convolution/Convolution2PassFilter.cs b/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Convolution/Convolution2PassFilter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f374b1d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Convolution/Convolution2PassFilter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+// <copyright file="Convolution2PassFilter.cs" company="James South">
+// Copyright (c) James South and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+// </copyright>
+
+namespace ImageProcessor.Filters
+{
+    using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Defines a filter that uses a matrix to perform convolution across two dimensions against an image.
+    /// </summary>
+    public abstract class Convolution2PassFilter : ParallelImageProcessor
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the horizontal gradient operator.
+        /// </summary>
+        public abstract float[,] KernelX { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the vertical gradient operator.
+        /// </summary>
+        public abstract float[,] KernelY { get; }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        protected override void Apply(
+            ImageBase target,
+            ImageBase source,
+            Rectangle targetRectangle,
+            Rectangle sourceRectangle,
+            int startY,
+            int endY)
+        {
+            float[,] kernelX = this.KernelX;
+            float[,] kernelY = this.KernelY;
+
+            ImageBase firstPass = new Image(source.Width, source.Height);
+            this.ApplyConvolution(firstPass, source, sourceRectangle, startY, endY, kernelX);
+            this.ApplyConvolution(target, firstPass, sourceRectangle, startY, endY, kernelY);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Applies the process to the specified portion of the specified <see cref="ImageBase"/> at the specified location
+        /// and with the specified size.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="target">Target image to apply the process to.</param>
+        /// <param name="source">The source image. Cannot be null.</param>
+        /// <param name="sourceRectangle">
+        /// The <see cref="Rectangle"/> structure that specifies the portion of the image object to draw.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="startY">The index of the row within the source image to start processing.</param>
+        /// <param name="endY">The index of the row within the source image to end processing.</param>
+        /// <param name="kernel">The kernel operator.</param>
+        private void ApplyConvolution(
+            ImageBase target,
+            ImageBase source,
+            Rectangle sourceRectangle,
+            int startY,
+            int endY,
+            float[,] kernel)
+        {
+            int kernelHeight = kernel.GetLength(0);
+            int kernelWidth = kernel.GetLength(1);
+            int radiusY = kernelHeight >> 1;
+            int radiusX = kernelWidth >> 1;
+
+            int sourceY = sourceRectangle.Y;
+            int sourceBottom = sourceRectangle.Bottom;
+            int startX = sourceRectangle.X;
+            int endX = sourceRectangle.Right;
+            int maxY = sourceBottom - 1;
+            int maxX = endX - 1;
+
+            Parallel.For(
+                startY,
+                endY,
+                y =>
+                {
+                    if (y >= sourceY && y < sourceBottom)
+                    {
+                        for (int x = startX; x < endX; x++)
+                        {
+                            float rX = 0;
+                            float gX = 0;
+                            float bX = 0;
+
+                        // Apply each matrix multiplier to the color components for each pixel.
+                        for (int fy = 0; fy < kernelHeight; fy++)
+                            {
+                                int fyr = fy - radiusY;
+                                int offsetY = y + fyr;
+
+                                offsetY = offsetY.Clamp(0, maxY);
+
+                                for (int fx = 0; fx < kernelWidth; fx++)
+                                {
+                                    int fxr = fx - radiusX;
+                                    int offsetX = x + fxr;
+
+                                    offsetX = offsetX.Clamp(0, maxX);
+
+                                    Color currentColor = source[offsetX, offsetY];
+                                    float r = currentColor.R;
+                                    float g = currentColor.G;
+                                    float b = currentColor.B;
+
+                                    rX += kernel[fy, fx] * r;
+                                    gX += kernel[fy, fx] * g;
+                                    bX += kernel[fy, fx] * b;
+                                }
+                            }
+
+                            float red = rX;
+                            float green = gX;
+                            float blue = bX;
+
+                            Color targetColor = target[x, y];
+                            target[x, y] = new Color(red, green, blue, targetColor.A);
+                        }
+                    }
+                });
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Convolution/GuassianBlur.cs b/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Convolution/GuassianBlur.cs
index 44df243ee..c142b62cd 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Convolution/GuassianBlur.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Convolution/GuassianBlur.cs
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Filters
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Applies a Gaussian blur to the image.
-    /// TODO: Something is not right here. The output blur is more like a motion blur.
     /// </summary>
-    public class GuassianBlur : Convolution2DFilter
+    public class GuassianBlur : Convolution2PassFilter
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// The maximum size of the kernal in either direction.
@@ -19,9 +18,9 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Filters
         private readonly int kernelSize;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// The standard deviation (weight)
+        /// The spread of the blur.
         /// </summary>
-        private readonly float standardDeviation;
+        private readonly float sigma;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The vertical kernel
@@ -36,13 +35,13 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Filters
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GuassianBlur"/> class.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="standardDeviation">
-        /// The standard deviation 'sigma' value for calculating Gaussian curves.
+        /// <param name="sigma">
+        /// The 'sigma' value representing the weight of the blur.
         /// </param>
-        public GuassianBlur(float standardDeviation = 3f)
+        public GuassianBlur(float sigma = 3f)
         {
-            this.kernelSize = ((int)Math.Ceiling(standardDeviation) * 2) + 1;
-            this.standardDeviation = standardDeviation;
+            this.kernelSize = ((int)Math.Ceiling(sigma) * 2) + 1;
+            this.sigma = sigma;
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -51,6 +50,9 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Filters
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public override float[,] KernelY => this.kernelY;
 
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override int Parallelism => 1;
+
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         protected override void OnApply(Rectangle targetRectangle, Rectangle sourceRectangle)
         {
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Filters
         private float[,] CreateGaussianKernel(bool horizontal)
         {
             int size = this.kernelSize;
+            float weight = this.sigma;
             float[,] kernel = horizontal ? new float[1, size] : new float[size, 1];
             float sum = 0.0f;
 
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Filters
             for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
             {
                 float x = i - midpoint;
-                float gx = this.Gaussian(x);
+                float gx = ImageMaths.Gaussian(x, weight);
                 sum += gx;
                 if (horizontal)
                 {
@@ -110,25 +113,5 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Filters
 
             return kernel;
         }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Implementation of 1D Gaussian G(x) function
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="x">The x provided to G(x)</param>
-        /// <returns>The Gaussian G(x)</returns>
-        private float Gaussian(float x)
-        {
-            const float Numerator = 1.0f;
-            float deviation = this.standardDeviation;
-            float denominator = (float)(Math.Sqrt(2 * Math.PI) * deviation);
-
-            float exponentNumerator = -x * x;
-            float exponentDenominator = (float)(2 * Math.Pow(deviation, 2));
-
-            float left = Numerator / denominator;
-            float right = (float)Math.Exp(exponentNumerator / exponentDenominator);
-
-            return left * right;
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessor/ImageProcessor.csproj b/src/ImageProcessor/ImageProcessor.csproj
index c56f3b26e..19f6584e8 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessor/ImageProcessor.csproj
+++ b/src/ImageProcessor/ImageProcessor.csproj
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Common\Helpers\PixelOperations.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Filters\Blend.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Filters\ColorMatrix\IColorMatrixFilter.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Filters\Convolution\Convolution2PassFilter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Filters\Convolution\Convolution2DFilter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Filters\ColorMatrix\ColorMatrixFilter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Filters\ColorMatrix\Kodachrome.cs" />
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessor/project.lock.json.REMOVED.git-id b/src/ImageProcessor/project.lock.json.REMOVED.git-id
index dba2656f5..24339fed2 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessor/project.lock.json.REMOVED.git-id
+++ b/src/ImageProcessor/project.lock.json.REMOVED.git-id
@@ -1 +1 @@
-eb00c54ee74016c2b70f81963e7e8f83cb2dd54b
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+3f05708641eb3ed085d4689aae4a960eb067fd16
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diff --git a/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/Processors/Filters/FilterTests.cs b/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/Processors/Filters/FilterTests.cs
index 517738f10..4db94c522 100644
--- a/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/Processors/Filters/FilterTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/Processors/Filters/FilterTests.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Tests
             //{ "RobertsCross", new RobertsCross() },
             //{ "Scharr", new Scharr() },
             //{ "Sobel", new Sobel() },
-            { "GuassianBlur", new GuassianBlur(5) }
+            { "GuassianBlur", new GuassianBlur(10) }
         };
 
         [Theory]
diff --git a/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/Processors/ProcessorTestBase.cs b/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/Processors/ProcessorTestBase.cs
index 45339591e..c6393156d 100644
--- a/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/Processors/ProcessorTestBase.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/Processors/ProcessorTestBase.cs
@@ -21,18 +21,20 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Tests
         {
             //"../../TestImages/Formats/Jpg/Backdrop.jpg",
             //"../../TestImages/Formats/Jpg/Calliphora.jpg",
-            "../../TestImages/Formats/Jpg/ant.jpg",
-            "../../TestImages/Formats/Jpg/parachute.jpg",
+            "../../TestImages/Formats/Jpg/china.jpg",
+            //"../../TestImages/Formats/Jpg/ant.jpg",
+            //"../../TestImages/Formats/Jpg/parachute.jpg",
             //"../../TestImages/Formats/Jpg/lomo.jpg",
             //"../../TestImages/Formats/Jpg/shaftesbury.jpg",
             //"../../TestImages/Formats/Jpg/gamma_dalai_lama_gray.jpg",
             //"../../TestImages/Formats/Jpg/greyscale.jpg",
             //"../../TestImages/Formats/Bmp/Car.bmp",
+            "../../TestImages/Formats/Png/cballs.png",
             //"../../TestImages/Formats/Png/cmyk.png",
             //"../../TestImages/Formats/Png/gamma-1.0-or-2.2.png",
             //"../../TestImages/Formats/Png/splash.png",
             //"../../TestImages/Formats/Gif/leaf.gif",
-            "../../TestImages/Formats/Gif/ben2.gif",
+            //"../../TestImages/Formats/Gif/ben2.gif",
             //"../../TestImages/Formats/Gif/rings.gif",
             //"../../TestImages/Formats/Gif/ani2.gif",
             //"../../TestImages/Formats/Gif/giphy.gif"
diff --git a/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/TestImages/Formats/Jpg/china.jpg.REMOVED.git-id b/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/TestImages/Formats/Jpg/china.jpg.REMOVED.git-id
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8a8b4908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/TestImages/Formats/Jpg/china.jpg.REMOVED.git-id
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+8cee90e94f9f09e04697bee0477bb5059b85c63f
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diff --git a/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/TestImages/Formats/Png/cballs.png.REMOVED.git-id b/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/TestImages/Formats/Png/cballs.png.REMOVED.git-id
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55cb73356
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/TestImages/Formats/Png/cballs.png.REMOVED.git-id
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+58c3318271250961bfac9fe6e9c8b0053e1b8e28
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