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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2
User Guide
Paint illustrations with graphic styles
In the previous tutorial, you learned how to create the outlines, or paths, of an illustration. Now you’ll use graphic
styles to paint your illustration with colors and effects. Adobe Illustrator comes with hundreds of professionally
designed graphic styles that let you change the appearance of artwork with a single click. And graphic styles are fully
reversible, so you can always go back to your original illustration if you don’t like the results.
1. Target the cloud in the Layers palette.
In the Layers palette, click the circle (called the target icon) at the right edge of the cloud’s listing. When the target
icon displays a double ring, the item is targeted.
Targeting may seem simple, but it’s a commonly forgotten step when applying graphic styles and effects. Targeting is
especially important when you want to apply a style or effect to everything in a layer. (See “About targeting” on
page 420.)
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