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Adobe Illustrator CC For Dummies

by David Karlins
January 2020
Beginner
384 pages
9h 59m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 6

Organizing Documents with Layers

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Understanding why and how to use layers

Bullet Working from a template layer

Bullet Defining layer properties

Bullet Organizing layers

Bullet Styling with layers

Bullet Expediting export with layers

Layers help organize large projects in Illustrator. In this chapter, I explain how to add layers, organize objects with layers, and take advantage of other unique features available in layers.

Before you starting generating additional layers in a document, a caveat: You might not need layers to organize your project. Chapter 5 demonstrates how grouping can organize many projects, how you can select cohorts of similar objects, and how to move objects in front of and behind each other. All that without layers.

If you’re coming to Illustrator from a Photoshop background, welcome! Note that many of the techniques I just listed, such as making selections and moving objects ...

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