From the course: Print Production: Packaging
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Laying the groundwork: Start with the dieline
From the course: Print Production: Packaging
Laying the groundwork: Start with the dieline
You know that you can create a guideline by reaching into a ruler and dragging a guide down. But did you know that you can turn any object in an Illustrator file into a guide? And this can be particularly helpful when you're building packaging. So I want to keep my fold and cut components of my dye line, but I also want duplicates of them that I can use as guides. So first I'm going to make a layer for my guides. And then I want to duplicate my cut dye line component. And I could do Copy Paste, or Paste in front, and all that. But here's a much easier way. I'm going to target it by clicking on this little target circle. And then to duplicate it, on Windows, I'd hold down Alt. On the Mac, I hold down Option. And drag that little square up in the Layers panel into the Guides layer. And of course, any time you have a modifier key, you let go of your mouse first and then your modifier. So now I've duplicated the cut line. Now I'm going to duplicate fold line. So again, I'm going to use…
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