Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release), First Edition

12 Exploring Creative Uses of Effects and Graphic Styles

You can change the look of an object without changing its structure simply by applying attributes, such as fills, strokes, and effects, from the Appearance panel. Since the effects themselves are live, they can be modified or removed at any time. This allows you to save the appearance attributes as graphic styles and apply them to another object.

Lesson overview

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

• Work with the Appearance panel.

• Edit and apply appearance attributes.

• Copy, enable, disable, and remove appearance attributes.

• Reorder appearance attributes.

• Apply and ...