9 Organizing your Artwork with Layers

Lesson overview

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

  • Work with the Layers panel.

  • Create, rearrange, and lock layers and sublayers.

  • Move objects between layers.

  • Merge layers into a single layer.

  • Locate objects in the Layers panel.

  • Isolate content in a layer.

  • Copy and paste objects and their layers from one file to another.

  • Make a layer clipping mask.

  • Apply an appearance attribute to objects and layers.

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