I tried all ways (the ones You advised wouldn't work neither) - even flattening with a new empty layer. I don't remember for sure but some older Photoshop (5.5 or 6.0 - slipped out of my memory) didn't have any bootlenecks in this field. And I remember there was a third party plug-in for beveling that could add even surface effects (plastic/chrome/etc) and the bevel profile options were very wide - one could draw it very precisely. Can someone remind me what the plug-in name is? Thank You in advance, digitally Yours, -Anthony