WPS Icon Effect - Soft Edges on Windows: Introduction

WPS Icon Effect - Soft Edges on Windows helps soften icon edges and adjust the blur size; this guide covers 4 core tasks, with 4 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.

At a Glance

Metric	Value	Notes
Core tasks	4	Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index
Available without membership	4	Matches the number of Free rows in the index
Membership-related items	0	Matches the number of membership-related rows in the index
Version limit	None	The feature description indicates no version restriction

About This Feature

Overview

Icon Effect - Soft Edges is a built-in formatting feature in WPS Presentation on Windows. It is used to make icon edges look softer and lets you adjust the soft edge size when you need finer control.

Core tasks include:

Apply a soft edge preset to an icon for a quick visual adjustment.
Customize the soft edge size in Object Properties.
Open the setting from the right-click menu.
Continue editing from the side task pane.

This feature is useful for presentation cover icons, softer visual treatment for brand symbols, and layout refinement when multiple icons appear on one slide.

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
Operating system	A Windows device that can run WPS Office normally
App version	The latest version of WPS Office is recommended; the feature description indicates no version restriction
Network	No mandatory network connection is required for local icon effect editing
Other	Insert and select an icon or similar object in WPS Presentation before using the feature

Download & Installation

Item	Details
Official download	WPS Office Free Download
Check after installation	Open WPS Presentation, insert and select an icon, then look for the Effects entry under Graphic Tools

Source: WPS Download Center

Compare with Alternatives

Dimension	WPS	Microsoft	Google	Notion	Adobe
Capability Summary	Lets you apply soft edge presets to icons and continue adjusting the size in Object Properties.	Microsoft Office supports Soft Edges for shapes, text, and other objects, and also provides a Size control for the effect.	Google Docs and Slides support crop, mask, borders, brightness, transparency, and contrast adjustments, but the official help page does not show a separate soft edge effect.	Notion supports image upload, resize, crop, mask, replace, and alignment for media blocks, but its help content does not describe a dedicated soft edge effect.	Adobe Acrobat focuses on modifying images in PDFs, such as rotate, crop, replace, and other image edits, rather than presentation icon soft edge formatting.
WPS Advantages	Advantage: The feature is available from Graphic Tools → Effects → Soft Edges, and you can move from presets to size-based adjustment in Object Properties.	Compared with WPS: Microsoft also offers Soft Edges and size adjustment, but its official guidance is framed as general object formatting across Office apps.	Compared with WPS: Google emphasizes general image adjustment and masking, and the official page does not present soft edges as a separate effect.	Compared with WPS: Notion is oriented toward content blocks and media layout, not slide object effect tuning for presentation visuals.	Compared with WPS: Adobe is oriented toward PDF image editing workflows instead of icon effect styling inside presentation slides.
Official Source	—	Glow or Soft Edges	Crop and adjust images	Images, files and media	Modify images in PDFs

Overall Conclusion
WPS provides a direct workflow for adding and refining soft edges on icons in presentation editing. The compared products mainly document general object effects, image adjustments, media handling, or PDF image editing, so their official scenarios are different from icon effect tuning in WPS Presentation.

Use Cases

No.	Scenario	Suitable for	Main issue	Recommended approach
1	Beautifying icons on a presentation cover	Report creators	Icon edges look too hard on the cover slide	Apply a soft edge preset
2	Reducing the sharp feel of brand icons	Marketing and design collaborators	The icon stands out too strongly against the background	Adjust the soft edge size
3	Improving visual hierarchy on information slides	Trainers and educators	Multiple icons on one slide do not look visually balanced	Use Object Properties to standardize the soft edge effect
4	Quickly revising an existing effect	Everyday office users	The icon effect needs a quick update after insertion	Open the setting from the right-click menu or side pane

Membership & Benefits

Free vs WPS Premium

Capability	Free	WPS Premium
Icon soft edge effect	Available	Available
Basic office features	Available	Available
More advanced PDF and extended tools	Some features are limited	More complete access
Cloud storage	1 GB	20 GB

Source: WPS Office pricing page

Recommendations

Usage scenario	Recommended plan	Why
You only need to apply soft edges to icons in presentations	Free	The feature description indicates no membership restriction
You also need broader PDF, cloud, or extended office capabilities	WPS Premium	Suitable for users with more advanced office needs across tasks

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