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matthewm10359111
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November 10, 2017
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Where have the blending modes been buried in the Illustrator CC update in sub menus and why does Adobe insist on breaking things that are not broken?

  • November 10, 2017
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Brilliant people at Adobe. Thanks for changing our workspace and Illustrator environment without us wanting you to or requesting it at all. I really enjoy how Adobe makes "improvements" that prohibit workflow and confuse users for no reason. I for the life of me cannot figure out what your brilliant company does with all of the input you ask us for. None of that input ever seems to be put to use. But engineers can make decisions for me and bury the most useful commands in Illustrator in sub menu after sub menu. And Adobe doesn't bother to tell you where they have moved useful commands in their updates on their help pages. Our staff wastes more time inefficiently trying to work around "improvements" then actually providing any efficiency nor easing the use of the software.

Blending modes are what I would consider critical commands within the software.

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    Myra Ferguson
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    Myra FergusonCommunity Expert
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    November 10, 2017

    Go to the new Properties panel. If you click on Opacity there, you'll see the blend modes.

    If it helps, here's a page with the new features in Illustrator New features summary for the October 2017 release of Illustrator CC

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    matthewm10359111Author
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    November 10, 2017

    Thank you for getting back to me.

    In all seriousness, users should not have to reach out on a forum to find out how to access one of the building blocks of graphic design. How to edit artwork using transparency and blending modes in Illustrator

    Nowhere on that page does it tell users how to access blending modes something that used to be a quick access tool on the bottom of the layers panel.

    Please tell the board of directors at Adobe how much your users hate these updates that dictate changes we have never asked for. The ones that make our lives miserable.

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    matthewm10359111Author
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    November 10, 2017

    Also there is no blending modes in the properties panel.

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