Hey! I am a new Inkscape user and I would like to know how to adjust the hardness of an image or shape. Also adjusting the hardness is like getting blur to the edges of an image. Thank you!

Cheers,
Väinö Saarinen

Welcome to the forum !

Most new inkscape users ask very vague question when they post for the first time.
Context is very important. What were you trying to do ?

Also you are mixing the terms image and shape. Image is mostly raster (so an exported png for example), while a shape is probably an svg object (= a path).

You can apply blur to an object, removing that blur would make it "hard" again.
Is that what you are trying to do ?

Espermaschine wrote:Welcome to the forum !

Most new inkscape users ask very vague question when they post for the first time.
Context is very important. What were you trying to do ?

Also you are mixing the terms image and shape. Image is mostly raster (so an exported png for example), while a shape is probably an svg object (= a path).

You can apply blur to an object, removing that blur would make it "hard" again.
Is that what you are trying to do ?

Than you for your fast reply! That is kind a what I am trying to do, but same for the image.

Like this (done with my android smartphone):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4UvS1 ... sp=sharing

Im still not clear what is going on....
You did that effect with your phone ?

If you dont have the project file, then undoing the blur effect is close to impossible.
I'd rather try to find the original image.
Have you tried google reverse image search ? Or is that not an option ?

You can use masking and export as png if you want such a raster image made with inkscape.

Espermaschine wrote:Im still not clear what is going on....
You did that effect with your phone ?

If you dont have the project file, then undoing the blur effect is close to impossible.
I'd rather try to find the original image.
Have you tried google reverse image search ? Or is that not an option ?

Yeah that's pretty complicated thing , but easy to do with Photo editor from Google Play.

I have that image originally too and it's from my "company's" photo bank.

Lazur URH wrote:You can use masking and export as png if you want such a raster image made with inkscape.

Okay, thank you for your advice!

See parts 14 & 15 of my Inkscape tutorial series for more details about how to do this.