Update: I'm getting somewhat good results using Combined Lighting. Then, how does one save the settings for later use on other shapes, other projects? It is a pain, but maybe some more fiddling will do the job. I sorta came close to your ideal example, but couldn't actually get there. I've fiddled with the Gaussian size (labeled as standard deviation) and other parameters. (Zero deg is right, angle increases clockwise.) Increasing the Elevation makes the light appear come more from the viewer's position (perpendicular to the plane of your drawing or monitor screen) which diminishes the contrast of bright/dark edges. The "Specular Lighting" and "Diffuse Lighting" steps have an "Azimuth" slider which if set to 270 makes the light come from above (meaning that in the two dimensional sense). Click on any one these, which represent steps in the filtering process, to see some controls (maybe). The editor shows a diagram with "Gaussian Blur", "Specular" and so on. This is a weird GUI, and I can see a benefit to a total redesign, but anyway. So, how can I get a nice subtle bevel effect like the first image in Inkscape that I can save as an SVG? I can build a crude bevel manually by adding 4 shapes around the square I want to bevel, which, in a simple example looks something like this:īut this method is crude, as there is no subtle gradients at the corners, and in any case, it would be maddening to apply this method to a complex shape like this one: The default light source comes from the top left, but I need it to be from almost directly above. However, like all the bevel filters, it has no options to control the depth or width of the bevel, or to control the direction of the light source.
The closest one I could find to what I'm after was the "combined lighting" bevel filter. I am going for a very subtle bevel, that looks something like this one which was created in Photoshop:įirst I tried the bevel filter in Inkscape, but there is very little control and most of the bevel types are unsophisticated. I would like to create a bevel effect in Inkscape.
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