• Global community
    • Language:
      • Deutsch
      • English
      • Español
      • Français
      • Português
  • 日本語コミュニティ
    Dedicated community for Japanese speakers
  • 한국 커뮤니티
    Dedicated community for Korean speakers
Exit
0

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?

Community Beginner ,
Nov 10, 2017 Nov 10, 2017

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

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.

Views

580

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines
Adobe
Community Expert ,
Nov 10, 2017 Nov 10, 2017

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

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

Votes

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines
Community Beginner ,
Nov 10, 2017 Nov 10, 2017

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

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.

Votes

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines
Community Beginner ,
Nov 10, 2017 Nov 10, 2017

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

Also there is no blending modes in the properties panel.Screen Shot 2017-11-10 at 8.58.13 AM.png

Votes

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines
Community Expert ,
Nov 10, 2017 Nov 10, 2017

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

matthewm10359111  schrieb

Also there is no blending modes in the properties panel.Screen Shot 2017-11-10 at 8.58.13 AM.png

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.

Votes

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines
Community Beginner ,
Nov 10, 2017 Nov 10, 2017

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

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.

Votes

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines
Community Expert ,
Nov 10, 2017 Nov 10, 2017

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

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.

Votes

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines
Community Expert ,
Nov 10, 2017 Nov 10, 2017

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

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."

Votes

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines
Community Expert ,
Nov 10, 2017 Nov 10, 2017

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

LATEST

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.

Votes

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines
Community Expert ,
Nov 10, 2017 Nov 10, 2017

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

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.blendmodes.jpg

Votes

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines