Saving attributes and effects

- If there's a downside to dynamic effects, … which there isn't, I love them, … it's that they can impede your ability … to interpret an existing document. … For example, every once and a while I'll open … and then I'll click on what appears to be a path, … but it's not really there, ah, I see, … we have a ghost object in our midst. … Oh sure, I could reach back into the deep recesses … of my mind and try to remember what I did, … but why waste a perfectly good brain remembering things? … Especially when, thanks to the graphic styles panel, … I don't have to. … Just as the swatches panel allows you to collect … the graphic styles panel allows you to collect … combinations of fills, strokes, and dynamic effects. … That is to say anything that you can see … in the appearance panel. … This is great news for three reasons. … First, it means that you can capture a collection … of appearance attributes and later reapply them … to another object or layer. … Second, you can link an object to a style …