I try to use the same bevel (Deep Color Plastic) on several figures I created and the result looks different once in a while (for example yesterday and today). An example is shown in [url]imgh.us/2bevel.png[/url].



I used the same bevel yesterday and today on the same figure, in the same document. I checked all the Filter Editor settings and they seem to be the same in both cases.
This is a big problem for me because I want to combine different figures and due to the bevel differences they look inconsistent. Anybody has an explanation/solution?
Many thanks,
Ottili

Sorry, one correction: The same figure behaves always the same way, but the bevel looks very different at slightly different figures (like the ones in imgh.us/2bevel.png.

Hi.

That filter is using the blurring filter primitive, which, is percentage based.
It uses the size of the filtered object as an input and you cannot define the blurring radius by like pixels.
That means, if you have different sized/proportioned objects, the result may vary.
Why your images differ?
They either applied on an object or on a grouped object's group.
By each object there may be a transformation added, which can also alter the look heavily.

What can you do?
Group every filtered object with the same sized, transparent rectangle and apply the filter to the group.
That will ensure every object has the same size and the same scaling factors.

Thanks Lazur, this worked well!
An alternative is to group all objects together and apply the bevel. The disadvantage of my alternative is that today results can look different from tomorrows grouped results. Thanks again!
Ottili

You are welcome!