From the course: Illustrator: Rethinking the Essentials
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Adding a stroke to a group - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Illustrator: Rethinking the Essentials
Adding a stroke to a group
So we've seen the benefits of adding an effect, like, for example, a drop shadow, to an entire group. Even though there may be several different objects inside of the group, you get one unified drop shadow for all those elements. Now, I had also mentioned that not only can you apply Live Effects to groups inside of Illustrator, you can also apply other attributes, like, for example, fills and strokes. Let's actually explore why it might be useful to add a stroke to a group, and we'll see how that can make life really efficient inside of Illustrator. I have this piece of artwork here. It's actually in a file called groups_3.ai, and it's three different flower shapes that have all been grouped together. If I use my Selection tool to select one of these shapes, I see they all become selected. A glance at my Appearance panel lets me know that right now Illustrator has targeted the group-- I see that there are contents here--and the overall group has Default Opacity. Now remember, I've…
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Applying an effect to a group4m 38s
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Understanding the difference between targeting and selecting4m 44s
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Knowing the dangers of ungrouping artwork2m 21s
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Using Isolation mode to preserve group structure6m 59s
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Adding a stroke to a group6m 13s
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Adding a 3D effect to a group3m 36s
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Extending the concept of groups to type objects3m 9s
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Why do we create groups?1m 48s
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