How do I stop the blurring of pictures in Anki cards? I want the images to be automatically revealed when I click to see the answer

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Hi there! I can see from your screenshot that you’re using the AnKing deck and encountering blurred images that only reveal when you show the answer. This is actually a built-in feature of the AnKing Step deck, designed to help with learning.

Why Your Images Are Blurred

The blurring of images on the question side is an intentional design in the AnKing deck. It’s meant to prevent you from using the image as a hint before you’ve attempted to answer the question. When you click “Show Answer,” the image becomes clear.

How to Disable Image Blurring

To stop the blurring effect and have images display clearly on both question and answer sides:

  1. Open Anki
  2. Click on Browse
  3. Select any card from the AnKing deck
  4. Click on Cards (near the top of the window)
  5. Look for the Styling section
  6. Find the CSS code that creates the blur effect (likely contains properties like filter: blur or similar)
  7. Either comment out this code (by adding /* before and */ after) or remove it entirely
  8. Click Save

This should apply to all cards using that template.

Alternative Solution

If you’re not comfortable editing the card styling, you could consider:

  • Using Anki’s Auto Advance feature (in Anki 23.12 or later) to automatically show answers after a short delay
  • Creating a personal copy of the card type with the blur effect removed

If you need more specific help with editing the card template, please share a screenshot of the card styling code, and I’d be happy to provide more detailed instructions.

Would you like me to explain any part of this in more detail?

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Hello,

See this post for how to do this: Make blurred NSFW images in Anking a toggle option - #3 by abdo.nh