Two containers that give you control

In this first chapter, I'll show you how…to work with Illustrator's primary containers, Layers and Groups.…Now, at first this might sound like a mundane topic.…If you have any experience with Illustrator you're familiar…with the Layers panel and Groups, who doesn't know Groups?…But, in Illustrator Layers and Groups provide you with an unmatched ability.…To organize an illustration and establish hierarchy.…Think about it this way.…Once you group a collection of paths you…can apply effects to them both independently and collectively.…

For example, I can take these three paths and group them to make a cube.…And then I can have the entire cube cast a drop shadow but still retain…the ability to modify the color of any single path along the face of the cube.…In the Layers panel…you can create and name layers you know that, but you can also name a group.…That cube, you can call it cube, as…well as other objects down to individual path outlines.…Plus, you can expand a layer and then expand…a group to reveal every path outline in your artwork.…