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Chapter 5

Working with Layers

Objectives

• Create and modify layers• Manipulate layered artwork• Work with layered artwork• Create a clipping set

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Create and Modify Layers

• Creating layers and sublayers– The Layers panel consists of a series of layers

• The number of layers are limited only by the computer’s memory

• By default every document created with one layer, called Layer 1

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Create and Modify Layers

• Create new layers and move objects into them, segregating and organizing work– First object placed on Layer 1 is sublayer called

<path>• Each object placed on same layer is placed on

separate <path> sublayer

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Create and Modify Layers

• Creating layers and sublayers– Each layer has thumbnail (miniature picture) to the left of the layer name– Change the size of rows in Layers panel by choosing new size in Layers

Panel Options dialog box• Click Layers panel list arrow• Click Panel Options

– Stacking order of objects on artboard corresponds to the hierarchy of layers in Layers panel

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Create and Modify Layers

• Creating layers and sublayers– There are two basic ways to create new layers

and sublayers• Click New Layer or New Sublayer command in

Layers panel menu• Or click Create New Layer or Create New

Sublayer button in Layers panel

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Create and Modify Layers

Each part of thisillustration is on aseparate layer

Create New Sublayer button

Create New Layer button

Delete Selection button

Layers panel list arrow

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Create and Modify Layers

• Duplicating layers– Click Duplicate command in Layers panel

menu, or – Drag a layer or sublayer onto Create New

Layer button in Layers panel• All art work also duplicated

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Create and Modify Layers

Selection marks for chair are red, the chair layer’s assigned color

The chair on the artboard and in the Layers panel

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Create and Modify Layers

• Setting layer options– The Layer Options dialog box allows you to:

• Name a layer• Select a selection color for the layer• Lock a layer• Show or hide a layer

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Create and Modify Layers

• Setting layer options– Preview option displays all artwork on a layer

in Preview mode– When Preview option not activated, artwork

displayed in Outline mode

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Create and Modify Layers

• Setting layer options– Print option allows you to print a layer– The Dim Images option reduces intensity of

bitmap images

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Create and Modify Layers

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Color list arrow

Create and Modify Layers

• Setting layer options– Buttons in Layers panel allow you to:

• Lock• Unlock• Hide• Show

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Create and Modify Layers

– The Toggles Visibility button (the eye) lets you hide and show layers

– Toggles Lock button (the padlock) lets you lock and unlock layers

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Create and Modify Layers

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Toggles lock button

Create and Modify Layers

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The absence of theToggles Visibilitybutton indicatesthat this layer is hidden

The Toggles Lockbutton indicates thatthis layer is locked

Create and Modify Layers

• Selecting artwork on layers and sublayers– When object selected on artboard:

• Layer highlighted in Layers panel• Indicates Selected Art button appears

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Create and Modify Layers

• Selecting artwork on layers and sublayers• Selecting all artwork on a layer

– Select All command selects every object on artboard

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Create and Modify Layers

• Selecting artwork on layers and sublayers– When object selected on artboard:

• Layer highlighted in Layers panel• Indicates Selected Art button appears

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Create and Modify Layers

Selection marks forchair are red, theChair layer’sassigned color

Click to target,drag to moveappearance button

IndicatesSelected Artbutton forChair layer

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Manipulate Layered Artwork

• Changing the order of layers and sublayers– All objects on a given layer are behind objects

on layer above it and above those below it– Multiple objects within given layer overlap

according to stacking order

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Manipulate Layered Artwork

• To change position of layer or sublayer, drag it up or down in panel

• When layer repositioned, sublayers move with it

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Manipulate Layered Artwork

• Merging layers– To consolidate multiple layers and sublayers:

• Select the layer–Press [Ctrl](Win) or (Mac) to select multiple

layers• Apply Merge Selection command in the Layers

panel menu

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Manipulate Layered Artwork

• Condensing layers is process of dragging one layer into another

• Repositioned layer becomes sublayer of layer it was dragged into

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Manipulate Layered Artwork

Changing the order of layersMoving a layer onthe Layers panel

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Manipulate Layered Artwork

• One or more objects on a layer are sublayers.– When first object placed on layer, triangle appears

to left of layer name• Click triangle to expand layer and see sublayers• Click again to collapse layer and hide sublayers

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Manipulate Layered Artwork

• Working with sublayers– When grouped artwork placed into a layer,

sublayer is automatically created• Assigned name <Group>• Triangle appears on <Group> sublayer

–Click to expose sublayers

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Manipulate Layered Artwork

Each object ina group isplaced on itsown sublayer

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Manipulate Layered Artwork

• To move sublayers simply drag and drop a sublayer from one layer to another– Drag artwork from one layer to another by

dragging the Indicates Selected Art button• You can also cut and paste• You can also use Send to Current Layer

command

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Manipulate Layered Artwork

Dragging a sublayer to another layer

Drag theIndicatesSelected Artbutton toanother layer

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Work with Layered Artwork

• Toggles Visibility button allows easy change to view on artboard

• Clicking button once hides all artwork on layer

• Clicking button again shows all artwork on layer

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Work with Layered Artwork

• Pressing [Alt](Win) or [option](Mac):– Press once shows all layers– Clicking a second time hides all layers except

layer you clicked

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Work with Layered Artwork

• Pressing [Ctrl](Win) or (Mac) and click the button toggles between Outline and Preview modes

• Pressing [Alt][Ctrl](Win) or [option][](Mac) and clicking button switches all other layers between Outline and Preview modes

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Work with Layered Artwork

The chair layer is shown in Preview mode and all other layers shown in Outline mode

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Work with Layered Artwork

• To locate an object, select an object on the Layers panel, use the Locate Object command

• Reversing the order of layers– Select layers to be reversed– Click the Layers panel list arrow – Click Reverse Order

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Work with Layered Artwork

• Making layers nonprintable– It is possible to choose whether or not artwork

is printed on each layer or combination of layers

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Create a Clipping Set

• Working with clipping sets– Clipping set used to distinguish clipping

paths used in layers from clipping paths used to mask nonlayered artwork

– Clipping set refers to clipping mask and masked sublayers as a unit

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Create a Clipping Set

• The following rules apply to clipping sets:• Clipping mask and objects to be masked

must be in same layer• Sublayer must be in <Group> sublayer

unless you first select layer that sublayer is in

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Create a Clipping Set

• Top object in clipping set becomes mask for all objects below it

• A <Group> sublayer can be a clipping set• Dotted lines between sublayers indicate

that they are included

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Create a Clipping Set

• Flattening artwork– When Flatten Artwork command applied, all

visible objects in artwork are consolidated in a single layer• Select the layer to consolidate the artwork• Click Flatten Artwork on Layers panel menu

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