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# Heatmap customization (point, size, shadow)

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You can customize your heatmaps using options from the "Customize heatmap" menu on the top.

![](https://media.user.com/uploads/vfc5ds-realeye/customize-heatmap_EHg6hD2.png)

You can zoom the heatmap in and out to get a better view:

![](https://media.user.com/uploads/vfc5ds-realeye/zoom_LMnpX7x.png)

You can choose if you want to see clicks, clicks and mouse movements or hide it all:

![](https://support.realeye.io/hs-fs/hubfs/undefined-Feb-23-2025-10-49-30-2407-PM.png?width=2270&height=764&name=undefined-Feb-23-2025-10-49-30-2407-PM.png)

or, above all, change view options for gazepoints/fixations - point size, shadow size (blur), and opacity (color saturation of the points). Change it to make a heatmap easier to read and understand.

Point size:

Heatmap consists of many gazepoints/fixations. When you move a size slider, you can change the size of these points from 1 to 100 pixels. See how it works on a gif below (other sliders are set to 0 value).

![](https://media.user.com/uploads/vfc5ds-realeye/ezgif-com-gif-maker-5_cLdv4Dy.gif)

Opacity:

The opacity slider changes the saturation of gazepoints/fixations colors. Thanks to this feature, you can increase the visibility of hot areas if needed.

**NOTE: Colors don't indicate metric values!**

![](https://media.user.com/uploads/vfc5ds-realeye/ezgif-com-gif-maker-8_WiCNfoF.gif)

Shadow:

The shadow slider enables you to change the blur of gazepoints making them a nice, smooth heatmap, not just a set of many colorful points.

![](https://media.user.com/uploads/vfc5ds-realeye/ezgif-com-gif-maker-9_RpEthkn.gif)

You can also change the view between [heatmap, view map and fog map](https://support.realeye.io/what-is-a-heatmap-viewmap/?hsLang=en).

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