Join Mordy Golding for an in-depth discussion in this video Adding effects to layers, part of Illustrator: Rethinking the Essentials.
As you can clearly see by looking at the Layers panel--in this file here called…layers_2, I will just reveal the contents of these layers--…we can see that we actually have things that are inside of layers.…In other words, the same way that we think about groups being some kind of a…container inside of Illustrator and I have contents inside those containers,…obviously layers are kind of these uber-containers.…They contain groups and objects inside of them.…Now we've already seen that we can apply attributes to groups themselves, to containers.…We can add drop shadows.…
We can add strokes to groups themselves.…Can we also add those kinds of elements to layers?…The answer is, absolutely.…Now here is the thing about Illustrator.…We already learned this concept about Smart Targeting.…We know that when we click on something, Illustrator tries to figure out what it…is that we want to target and targets that for us.…So if I have a group selected, Illustrator automatically targets the group,…figuring that if I want to add a Live Effect I want that Live Effect to be…
Author
Released
2/25/2011- Targeting individual object attributes
- Adding multiple stroke and fill attributes
- Modifying appearances with live effects
- Applying effects to groups and to layers
- Understanding both selecting and targeting
- Copying artwork and appearances from layers
- Using the Outline Object effect
- Enhancing performance with the Rasterize effect
- Creating quick and easy captions and buttons
- Setting up a meaningful workspace
- Controlling the pixel resolution of effects
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 12s
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1. Grasping Core Vector Concepts
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2. Deconstructing Appearances
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3. Working with Appearances
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4. Harnessing the Power of Groups
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Adding a stroke to a group6m 13s
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Why do we create groups?1m 48s
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5. Taking Control with Layers
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Adding effects to layers9m 56s
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6. Applying Useful Effects
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7. Combining Multiple Effects
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8. Deconstructing a Document
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Controlling pixel resolution9m 14s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 2s
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