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?

[matthewm10359111]

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.

[Myra Ferguson]

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

[matthewm10359111]

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.

[matthewm10359111]

Also there is no blending modes in the properties panel.

[creative_curiosity1549]

matthewm10359111  schrieb

Also there is no blending modes in the properties panel.

I just opened Illustrator CS5 and placed (linked) a file. And guess what: there's no menu of blending modes in the control panel. Also for Illustrator shapes: no blending modes in the control panel.

[matthewm10359111]

How does Adobe, with any shred of dignity, expect users to know to click on the word "Opacity" to access "Blending Modes".

Please have the brilliant engineers that devised this strategy email me and explain why that is such a "time saver" for users.

Adobe, we just spent 45 minutes of our business day trying to access the most basic of functions of the Illustrator software. Adobe costs me $600/year, whether the software us helping us or hurting us.

[Myra Ferguson]

To be fair, in the previous version, you could click on Opacity in either the Appearance panel or in the control panel to access blend modes.

[John Mensinger]

Hmmm...interesting. I still find Blend Mode access in the accustomed places (Transparency panel, Appearance panel), and I don't ever remember them being at "the bottom of the layers panel."

[Myra Ferguson]

Maybe there's some confusion with the blending options available in Photoshop via the Add a layer style button at the bottom of the Layers panel.

[Myra Ferguson]

I'm a volunteer (Adobe Community Professional), but you can let Adobe staff wrensauer  know your thoughts about the update.

Once you have the Properties panel open, go down to the Appearance section. There you'll find Opacity. Click on Opacity to access blend modes.