Working with Layers - Adobe Illustrator CC - page 376

select the layers you want to flatten and then choose Merge Selected from the Layers panel
menu.
For a complete list of shortcuts that you can use with the Layers panel, see “Keyboard
shortcuts” in Illustrator Help.
8. Choose File > Save, and then choose File > Close.
Review questions
1 . Name at least two benefits of using layers when creating artwork.
2 . How do you hide layers? How do you show individual layers?
3 . Describe how to reorder layers in a file.
4 . What is the purpose of changing the color for a layer?
5 . What happens if you paste a layered file into another file? Why is the Paste
Remembers Layers option useful?
6 . How do you create a layer clipping mask?
7 . How do you apply an effect to a layer? How can you edit that effect?
Review answers
1 . The benefits of using layers when creating artwork include: organizing content,
selecting content more easily, protecting artwork that you don't want to change, hiding
artwork that you aren't working with so that it's not distracting, and controlling what
prints.
2 . To hide a layer, click to deselect the eye icon ( ) to the left of the layer name in the
Layers panel. Select the blank, leftmost column (the Visibility column) to show a layer.
3 . You reorder layers by selecting a layer name in the Layers panel and dragging the
layer to its new location. The order of layers in the Layers panel controls the
document's layer order—topmost in the panel is front-most in the artwork.
4 . The color for a layer controls how selected anchor points and direction lines are
displayed on a layer and helps you identify the different layers in your document.
5 . The paste commands paste layered files or objects copied from different layers into
the active layer, by default. The Paste Remembers Layers option keeps the original
layers intact when the objects are pasted.
6 . Create a clipping mask on a layer by selecting the layer and clicking the Make/Release
Clipping Mask button ( ) in the Layers panel. The topmost object in the layer becomes
the clipping mask.
7 . Click the target icon for the layer to which you want to apply an effect. Then, choose
an effect from the Effect menu or by clicking the Add New Effect button ( ) in the
Appearance panel. To edit the effect, make sure that the layer is selected and then click
the name of the effect in the Appearance panel. The effect's dialog box opens, and you