yes, that works! thanks a lot.

Is there a way to mark this thread as 'solved'?

ok, I don't think this will be possible for us to do this with Inkscape unfortunately :( In my image there is a lot of overlapping, so applying the filter to a layer won't work, and others aren't as willing to edit XML as I am! There shouldn't really be a difference between rotating with the handles...

The first option works, thanks! The second option is what I did to create this test project, but unfortunately it isn't feasible on complex objects with many nodes or curves. The problem for me is that I wanted to share my files with a large community and allow everyone to remix them by moving and r...

Thanks for the reply! I checked, and I already had 'optimized' selected... I went through your instructions using the example project which I attached to my post, and it is exactly the same - the shape at top right still has its drop shadow going to the left. I'm using Inkscape 0.91 on Kubuntu 15.10...

Hello, I have an image comprising many different objects, all with a drop shadow applied (Filters>Shadows & Glows>Drop Shadow...). The settings are currently: Blur radius: 1px Horizontal offset: 1px Vertical offset: -1.1px My problem is that when I want to rotate an object, the drop shadow rotat...