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- [Voiceover] In this movie I'll show you



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a few different ways to move objects



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between layers inside Illustrator.



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So for example the first

thing you want to do



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is take my signature



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and move it to the sig layer right there.



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And the simplest way to do that



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is to just click on it



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with a black arrow tool to make it active,



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and then notice that

it has a purple border



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so it must be on a purple layer,



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namely the body layer which

highlights automatically.



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And we also get a little purple square



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to indicate the existence

of this selection,



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and all I have to do to move it



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is to drag it and drop it



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onto the sig layer like so,



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at which point it gets a little tan border



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to indicate that its on the tan layer,



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which is the sig layer right here.



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Another way to work is to copy something



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from one layer to the other,



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and you can do that by

clicking on it like so,



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so I went ahead and clicked

on his horn right here,



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and lets say I want to copy

this item to the head layer



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then I would just go ahead

and press the Alt key



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or the Option key on the Mac and drag it.



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And now this object exists on both layers



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as you can see here inside

these tiny thumbnails.



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You can also see that's the case



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if I were to hide the head layer



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you can see that the horn is still there,



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where as if I were to

turn the head layer off



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and then turn the body layer off



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it still exists there as well.



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So again to duplicate an object



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just go ahead and Alt or Option drag it.



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I'm going to go ahead and

turn the body layer back on,



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click on this duplicated horn,



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and press the backspace key



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or the delete key on the

Mac to get rid of it.



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Alright, that's one way to work.



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Another way to move objects between layers



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is to cut and paste.



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So for example let's say I want to move



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all this text to the text layer,



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then presumably I would

try to marquee it like so.



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But because there's a purple

rectangle in the background,



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I just ended up dragging it.



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So the better way to work



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is to select everything on this layer



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and then deselect the purple rectangle,



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and I'm going to do that



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by first undoing of course,



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and then notice this little wedge



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in the top right corner

of the active layer.



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That tells you that if you click



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on that wedge you're going to select



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the entire contents of that layer,



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and we can see that the text is selected



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as is the purple rectangle

in the background.



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So all you have to do

is click on that wedge.



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It even works when a layer's inactive,



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like this aura layer right here.



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You can just click in

this upper-right corner.



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Or if for some reason that

doesn't feel comfortable to you,



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you can Alt or Option click anywhere



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inside of a layer, that works as well.



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But I'm just going to go ahead and click



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in the upper-right

corner of the back layer,



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and then I'll move my black arrow tool



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into the document window



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and Shift-click on the purple rectangle



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in order to deselect it.



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Then I'll go up to the object menu



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and choose the cut command



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or you can press Control-X

or Command-X on a Mac



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in order to cut that

text to the clipboard.



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Alright, now I'm going to

zoom in just a little bit here



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and then I'll switch to the text layer



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and I'll click on it in

order to make it active.



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And then you just want

to go to the fly out menu



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in the upper-right corner

of the layers panel,



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and check that Paste Remembers

Layers is turned off.



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I'll tell you how that

works in just a moment



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but make sure it's turned off for now.



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And then go up to the edit menu and choose



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either Paste in Front, Paste

in Back, or Paste in Place.



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All three of those commands

are going to work for you



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because they're going

to go ahead and register



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that text in the same location

it was in the first place.



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I'll just go ahead and

choose Paste in Place



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and we can see the text lands



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in exactly the right position.



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Alright now press Control-Shift A



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or Command-Shift A on a Mac



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in order to deselect a text.



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Now the advantage of cutting and pasting



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over for example dragging

the little square



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here inside the layers panel,



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is that you have control

over where a thing lands.



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So if I were to select

that horn once again



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and drag that little square and

drop it onto the head layer,



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then it's going to land in front



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of all the other objects

which is not what I want.



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So instead what I'll do is press



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Control-Z or Command-Z on

a Mac to undo that move.



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I'll press Control-X or Command-X on a Mac



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in order to cut that horn,



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and then I'll go ahead and click



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inside this guys helmet right

here in this gray object,



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and then I'll go up to the edit menu



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and choose Paste in Back or you can press



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Control-B here on the PC

or Command-B on a Mac,



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and this time the horn lands

in the desired location.



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Alright, another wonderful

advantage to copying and pasting,



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is that you can copying and paste



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a bunch of different objects

from different layers



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and have them actually

remember their layers.



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So for example, lets say I want to copy



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all of the objects on the head layer,



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so I'll go ahead and

click in the little wedge



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there in the upper-right corner.



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And I also want to select all

the objects on the body layer,



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so I'll go ahead and Shift click



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on the upper-right corner of that layer.



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Then I'll go up to the edit menu



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and this time I don't want to choose Cut,



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I want to choose Copy so I'll either do so



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or press Control-C or Command-C on a Mac.



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And now I'll create a new document



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and I just happen to

know that it should have



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a width of 666 points and

a height of 450 points



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because that's the size of this document



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and the bleed should actually be 18 points



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all the way around, at which point



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I'll go ahead and click OK

to create that new document.



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And now notice I have this little layer



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called layer 1 here.



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I'm just going to make it bigger



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by clicking on a fly out menu icon,



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choosing panel options, selecting other,



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and changing that number to 70 pixels,



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and pressing the Enter key

or the Return key on a Mac.



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If I were to now just press let's say



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Control-F or Command-F on a Mac



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in order to paste in front,



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I'm going to paste everybody



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onto that layer right

there, the default Layer 1.



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Lets say that's not what I want.



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I want to preserve the original layers



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so I'll press Control-Z



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or Command-Z on a Mac to undo that move



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and I'll click on the fly out menu icon



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and choose Paste remembers

Layers to turn it on,



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and now if I press Control-F

or Command-F on a Mac



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to paste in front I remember

the old Layers head and body,



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at which point I can go ahead

and grab Layer 1 right there



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and click on the little trash can icon



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in the bottom-right corner

of the Layers panel,



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and that just goes ahead and gets rid



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of that empty Layer 1.



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If the Layer had something on it



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and I were to click on a trash icon,



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then Illustrator would ask me,



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are you sure you want to do this,



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do you want to delete a

layer that contains objects?



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At which point I would

probably say no I don't



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and look into the layer more carefully.



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Alright I'll just go ahead

and click off the objects



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to deselect them and I'll zoom in as well.



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And those are a few different ways



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to move objects between layers,



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and even move them between documents



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with their layers all together intact,



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here inside Illustrator.