Save more time, be more creative

- Everyone knows I love an old-fashioned trip…down the artistic rabbit hole, and we've had a few.…But, let's face it, at the end of the day,…you have work to do.…And as much fun as chasing that beautiful bunny may be,…every once in a while, you have to take a step back…and say, enough, rabbit, enough,…which is why I dedicate this chapter…less to the joy of creating awesome stuff in Illustrator…and more to the joy of how you can spend less time doing it.…Because the more streamlined you are with the tools,…the more time you have left…to contemplate the artwork itself.…

To this end, we'll be examining two…of Illustrator's four most efficiency features,…libraries and actions.…At its most basic level, the libraries panel lets you upload…any object, or group, or layer, or group of layers…to the Creative Cloud.…After that, you can recall the graphic…any old time you like, directly inside Illustrator.…You can bring it into another program,…such as Photoshop or InDesign,…or you can share it as an asset with a coworker or client.…