Illustrator has long relied on symbols as its primary method to automate the appearance of repeating objects inside one or more artboards. With Illustrator CC 2019 you can now supplant symbols for many purposes. Just select an object that you’ve duplicated across one or more artboards. Click the Start Global Edit button in the Properties panel, and Illustrator CC 2019 offers to change all of the duplicates automatically. It’s a huge time-saver, not to mention, a little bit magical.
- Hey gang, this is Deke McClelland,…welcome to Deke's Techniques.…Today I'm going to introduce you to what is probably…my favorite new feature in Illustrator CC 2019,…and that is Global Edit.…So consider this document right here.…It contains three art boards, this is art board one,…this is two, and this is three.…Notice that the various art boards…share a couple of common objects,…namely the Dreamstime logo, and the gradient background.…Well, imagine if you could change the fill,…or the stroke, or you could move the object,…or you could scale it, or rotate it, and all of the objects,…across all of the art boards would change.…
Now, some of you are thinking,…well that sounds a lot like Symbols.…Many of you aren't even going to need Symbols anymore,…thanks to Global Edit.…Here, let me show you exactly how it works.…Alright now, before we start,…I want you to notice a couple of things.…First of all, we're working in the Essentials workspace,…which is the default workspace…when you first launch Illustrator CC 2019.…
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Deke McClelland
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3/30/2021Released
1/13/2011Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
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