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- In this movie we'll take a look at ways



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you can lock, isolate and

preview independent layers.



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And by preview, I mean that

you can see some layers



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in the Outline Mode and

others in the Preview Mode.



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Here's how it works, we'll start with lock



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because it's the simplest to understand.



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Let's say I want to lock this back layer



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so that I can marquee with a little more



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flexibility in the document window,



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then I would just go ahead and

click in the second column,



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next to the eye and I'll get

a little lock, as you can see,



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and now, if I marquee this

area I end up selecting



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the text without moving

the purple background.



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You can also lock all

other layers, by the way,



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and that works by first unlocking this guy



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by clicking on the lock and

then I would Alt + Click,



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or Option + Click on the Mac,

inside of the second column



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and that locks everybody

but the back layer,



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as you can see if I just

go ahead and drag around



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to move the big purple rectangle.



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I'll go ahead and undo

that move, of course,



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because that's not what I want.



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Then if you Alt or Option + Click again,



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in that second column, you'll unlock all



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the other layers and then, presumably,



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I would just go ahead and lock this guy



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in order to keep him safe and sound.



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I'll also sometimes use

locking in order to clear



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a selection, so for

example, let's say I marquee



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this area, right here, and

I then end up selecting



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way too many things, all I want to select



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is the stuff on the oral

layer, so I'll just go ahead



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and drag up the lock column

for all the other layers



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in order to deselect everything

that's on those layers



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and then I'll go ahead and unlock them,



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once again, by dragging

down the column of locks



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and now I have just the aura

selected and nothing more.



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Another way to temporarily

lock down layers



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is to isolate one layer so that you can



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work on it independently of the others.



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You do that by first

selecting the layer you want



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to isolate, in my case

the head layer right here.



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You click on the Fly-out Menu icon



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and choose Enter Isolation Mode.



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That will isolate the

contents of that layer



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so that you can't select

anything on any other layer.



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Of course, everything

that's not selectable



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is going to appear dimmed.



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To get out of the Isolation

Mode all you have to do



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is click on this little

arrow icon, if you want to,



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up in the upper left corner of the screen,



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or you can just press the Escape key.



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Another way to isolate a

layer is to double-click



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on an object on that layer,

so I'm going to double-click



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on this guy's helmet in

order to isolate that object.



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Notice that in addition to

this being a clipping group,



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about which we'll learn more

about in a future chapter,



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you can see that it's on

this layer called Head,



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and you know it's a layer

because, first of all



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if you hover over its name it tells you



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it's a containing layer, but we also have



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this little stack icon that

indicates it's a layer as well.



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What you can do is just

click on the word Head



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in order to now isolate the entire layer.



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Once you get done making

modifications to that layer



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then press the Escape

key in order to escape



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out of the Isolation Mode.



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Now let's talk about previewing layers.



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First of all, by now you

know that you can see



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your path outlines without

any strokes, fills or effects



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by going up to the View

Menu and choosing Outline



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or you have that ancient keyboard shortcut



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of Control + Y on the PC

or Command + Y on the Mac,



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but that can be a little

bit confusing at times



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because now we're seeing this network



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of path outlines all over each other.



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Notice over here in the layers panel,



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this column of eyes right

now, they're all hollow



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to indicate that we're

seeing the layers in



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the Outline Mode, you can

still click on an eye to turn



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a layer off, or back on if

you like, but you also have



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the option of pressing the Control key,



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or the Command key on the Mac,



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and clicking on one of these eyes



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to make it a real eye once again,



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at which point you'll

preview the appearance of



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that one layer while the other layers



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remain in the Outline Mode.



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Then you can Control +

Click or Command + Click



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on other eyes as well,

but I'm going to go ahead



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and switch back to the Preview Mode



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by going up to the View Menu and choosing



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GPU Preview, or again you can use



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that same keyboard shortcut of Control + Y



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here on the PC, or Command + Y on the Mac,



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and that's because you

also have the option



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of Control + Clicking on any eye,



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that's a Command + Click on a Mac,



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in order to send just that

one layer to the Outline Mode,



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like so, or another way

to work, I'll go ahead



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and Control + Click, or Command + Click,



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on that eye again to bring

it back to the Preview Mode.



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You can send all the other

layers to the Outline Mode



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by pressing the Control + Alt keys,



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that's Command + Option on the Mac,



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and clicking on an eye,

and that will leave



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that layer in the Preview Mode



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while sending all the other

layers to the Outline Mode.



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I can also Control + Click, or

Command + Click, on that eye



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to send it to the Outline

Mode, and then Control + Alt



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or Command + Option + Click on that eye



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to send everybody back

into the Preview Mode.



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I know that's a lot of

clicking and double-clicking



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and escaping and modifier

keys but that is,



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in a nutshell, how you go

about locking, isolating



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and previewing independent

layers here, inside Illustrator.