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Stroke :: Blend mode 'Erase' – not affecting underneath??


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Applied to a layer the blend mode "Erase" affects the object itself + layers underneath, too. Applied to a stroke it seems to affect only the object itself. – Is this a feature or a bug?

In this sample I try to erase an area around the rectangle form the circle. While all blend modes do affect the circle, the "Erase" mode does not.

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16 minutes ago, dutchshader said:

they just forgot to remove it from the list

That wouldn't make sense. Cause it is a feature nevertheless – I just wonder what of it is "by Design" in the meaning of intentionally / in purpose.

For instance this use of "Erase" for the stroke is a nice option, where it appears correct that the object underneath is NOT influenced:

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8 hours ago, thomaso said:

For instance this use of "Erase" for the stroke is a nice option,

Erase is erase/delete. The None mode (if it existed) would be more suitable for your use.

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Pšenda, there is kind of a "None" mode for a stroke: it is to assign no color (the Ø swatch icon). But for this situation it isn't useful because multiple strokes always start from the line center to the outside (according to their stroke width). So, a stroke "None" would NOT delete the stroke(s) underneath – which actually is the nice feature of "Erase" mode – but result in a plain stroke only.

Actually in this topic I wonder whether there is a chance to use a stroke in "Erase" mode to visually delete parts of a different object underneath. (Like it works with a layer's mode, but for the entire layer only)

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19 hours ago, thomaso said:

a "None" mode

@thomaso, you're right. "Blend mode" is the blending/interacting between two layers/objects. Therefore, the "None" mode is stupid, and it should be possible to make a line with no color.

 

19 hours ago, haakoo said:

this should be listed as a bug

I think it's not a bug, and it does right what Thomaso describes - "object underneath".

Mode Erase delete all underneath layer/object "within" group, and multiple stroke part in Appearance panel is the "group" of properties/parameters on the single stroke.

 

10 hours ago, thomaso said:

Actually in this topic I wonder whether there is a chance to use a stroke in "Erase" mode to visually delete parts of a different object underneath.

I think you have to use a specific object/stroke, not one element of the stroke property group.

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19 hours ago, haakoo said:

I once mentioned this in a post, why is there only an erase blend in the layers panel?
One should think that this should be available in all blend mode dropdowns

As I described in the previous post, using Erase in fx makes no sense. It would delete something inside the group, ie only in relation to the object to which fx is joining - not to any other object, which you would probably need.

The result - an object with fx parameters, is applied to another object, which Erase already allows.

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  • 4 months later...

Struggling with this today.

I have found a workaround, but it does feel like Erase on a Stroke is handled very differently from Erase on a Layer.

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On 3/8/2020 at 2:24 PM, Aammppaa said:

Erase on a Stroke is handled very differently from Erase on a Layer.

Blend mode Erase on a Layer affects other Layers below – on a Stroke it affects the Stroke Itself only. – ?

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Blend modes in Appearance seem to work just like blend modes in Layers except it blends(and erases) the "layers" of Appearance, i.e. the strokes and fills of the selected object instead of the layers in Layers.

 

Two thing I would love to see added to the Appearance blend modes:

  • A 'Blend with Layers Too' checkbox.
  • A weight variable, just like we have  in layer blend modes.
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