The phrase "and reducing the sharpness" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing the act of making something less intense or severe, such as in art, photography, or sound.
Example: "The artist focused on softening the colors and reducing the sharpness to create a more tranquil atmosphere in the painting."
Alternatives: "diminishing the intensity" or "softening the edges."
It was found that EMR absorption in composite layers of photonic structures shifts the transmission spectra to the smaller values of EMR transmission index and reduces the sharpness of photonic band gaps.
Pain killers or analgesics help in reducing the sharpness of the pain and fever, especially in the first week of the symptoms.
Secondly, the lower axial resolution in the elastogram reduces the sharpness of interfaces and contributes to the strain gradient in the second layer in Fig. 5(b).
Truck drivers described their use of metaphors as follows: It is in the course of trying to reduce the sharpness in the word kufira that someone uses that.
I think they call it [HAS] tigo to reduce the sharpness of the words…But also I think the tigo emblem is circular, it is like a zero, that is why they relate the anus with it and that is why they decided to call the act tigo, [IDI, Fishermen, 15-24 yrs].
It is like saying 'to fuck'… You have to tell a woman in a descent manner… If you are a clever person, you can't just tell her let's go and fuck each other… Therefore, in the same way, those wafiraji thought 'we should reduce the sharpness of this word, ' kufira', we should call it ' tigo' [IDI, Truck driver, 30 yrs].
Among the three cellular phone company names 'tigo' was the commonest terminology used to describe HAS : I think they call it [HAS] tigo to reduce the sharpness of the words…But also I think the tigo emblem is circular, it is like a zero, that is why they relate the anus with it and that is why they decided to call the act tigo, [IDI, Fishermen, 15-24 yrs].
Installing a protecting film that reduces the sharpness of the screen also makes the images on the screen less 'paradoxical' to the brain.
With the ABONLM method, the edges were blurred, reducing the image sharpness (Figure 10d).
