diff --git a/yt/visualization/fixed_resolution.py b/yt/visualization/fixed_resolution.py
index b4b551e551b..80e5d597e4d 100644
--- a/yt/visualization/fixed_resolution.py
+++ b/yt/visualization/fixed_resolution.py
@@ -497,8 +497,7 @@ class CylindricalFixedResolutionBuffer(FixedResolutionBuffer):
     :class:`yt.visualization.fixed_resolution.FixedResolutionBuffer`
     that supports non-aligned input data objects, primarily cutting planes.
     """
-    def __init__(self, data_source, radius, buff_size, antialias = True,
-                 plot_window = None) :
+    def __init__(self, data_source, radius, buff_size, antialias = True, filters = None) :
 
         self.data_source = data_source
         self.ds = data_source.ds
@@ -506,7 +505,7 @@ def __init__(self, data_source, radius, buff_size, antialias = True,
         self.buff_size = buff_size
         self.antialias = antialias
         self.data = {}
-        self.plot_window = plot_window
+        self._filters = filters if filters else []
 
         ds = getattr(data_source, "ds", None)
         if ds is not None:
@@ -557,9 +556,9 @@ class ParticleImageBuffer(FixedResolutionBuffer):
     buffer.
 
     """
-    def __init__(self, data_source, radius, buff_size, antialias = True):
+    def __init__(self, data_source, radius, buff_size, antialias = True, filters = None):
         self.data = {}
-        super(ParticleImageBuffer, self).__init__(data_source, radius, buff_size, antialias)
+        super(ParticleImageBuffer, self).__init__(data_source, radius, buff_size, antialias, filters)
 
         # set up the axis field names
         axis = self.axis