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Linking objects in Illustrator
Hi everyone,
I keep looking for this on the web and I keep coming up short.
Can you link objects in Illustrator in the same way that you would link Layers in Photoshop (without Grouping)?
I tend to have multiple copies of an object (one for the compound, one or two for fills and gradients blended, maybe one for the stroke,…) and would love it if I could link them all together. I know that I can create Selection groups, but I would like to be able to have this so that it would respond the same way as clicking on a Group.Thank you very much,
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Look into using the appearance palette. This is the way you can have one vector object, and assign multiple fills strokes etc to one editable object.
The appearance palette is a little tricky to understand because of limited documentation, but once you master this palette you will see why appearance in illustrator is as important as layers are to Photoshop.
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Thanks Mike.
I’m sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner. I was away.
I am starting to get familiar with the Appearance palette. And yes, it does do a lot of what I need. But I would like to be able to link different shapes from different groups. Unless, you can have a shape within multiple groups(…?)
Thank you very much for your input, it is much appreciated.
Cheers,
iso
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