How to Use the Appearance Panel in Adobe Illustrator

Learn how to use the powerful and often overlooked Appearance Panel to enhance text and objects with multiple strokes, objects and special effects in Adobe Illustrator. Susan Rutledge covers the basics of layer hierarchy, shows how text and objects are treated differently in the Appearance Panel, and demonstrates how to make Graphic Styles from the designs you create, to use them over and over again. Keyboard shortcuts provided for both MAC and PC users.

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