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Background Blur and Progressive Blur in Appearance

I'd like to see a blur option where objects behind an object appear blurred such as in the attachment. This is something that, I believe, can be achieved in CSS so it would be good to have the ability to use such an effect in Illustrator.

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  • yicong lu commented  ·   ·  Report

    Description:
    Please add background blur and progressive blur options to Illustrator’s appearance settings, similar to what Figma offers. These features make it much easier to create modern, visually appealing designs directly within Illustrator.

    Why is this valuable to you?
    As a designer, I often need to create soft and layered visual effects. Currently, I have to switch to other tools like Figma for these effects, which disrupts my workflow. Adding these blur effects would help me and many other designers stay within Illustrator for all our design needs.

  • Sajeesh Krish commented  ·   ·  Report

    Since the last four or five years, I have expected Background Blur options like Sketch. If possible, please provide it as soon as possible.

  • RoyBoy commented  ·   ·  Report

    Add ‘Blur background’ feature like XD, including outer and inner shadow

  • Floyd Rima commented  ·   ·  Report

    Can we have blurr behind like in adobe Xd .

    This would be great for designing if you need to blurr multiple objects in full or partially rather than adjusting for each layer or shape .Its a long process just to partially blurr an object because you have to play around with clip mask , but if there was a blurr behind feature it would be easier.

  • Olivier Robert commented  ·   ·  Report

    This should be upvoted a lot. This effect is now supported in all major browser using CSS (see backdrop-filter) and is an effect broadly used in today's modern design.

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