title: How to make blur in Inkscape
body: <p>I am learning Inkscape and vector graphics in general. 
  What I am trying to draw is a simple person for my adventure game. This is what I have done:<br>
   * basic contours - no problems, path editing is quite intuitive in Inkscape,<br>
   * basic colors - I was little bit suprised, that I cannot simple fill the areas, but I get it now.</p>
  
  <p>The main problems are the shadows and the highlights. 
  How can I get such smooth shading like in <a href="http://www.scalablegfx.com/svg/girl-sitting-on-floor" rel="nofollow">http://www.scalablegfx.com/svg/girl-sitting-on-floor</a>? 
  Is there some way to make the gaussian blur, or something similar? Is there some menu item I have missed?</p>
  
  <p>I have tried to simulate it by gradients, but the effect is not what I want to achieve. Even when I make several layers of gradients, it is not the same.</p>
  
  <p>Thx in advance,<br>
  Sylvia</p>