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- [Voiceover] In this movie,



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I'll show you how to

name specific objects,



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as well as arrange them,



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that is to say,



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change their stacking

order directly inside



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the Layers panel.



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So, let's say I noticed that

things are a little messed up



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where this bird's face is concerned.



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For example, this lower

beak needs to be behind



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the upper beak,



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and so I'll go ahead and select it,



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and then go over to the

Layers panel fly out menu,



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and choose Locate Object,



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and that's going to twirl open

this face layer right here,



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and take me to this lower beak.



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Now, I happen to know

it is the lower beak,



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and I want it to be named

as such inside the panel,



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and I can do that just by

expanding the width of the panel,



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like so, so that I can see

the current name of this path,



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which is just path,



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that's a name that Illustrator

assigned automatically,



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and so to rename it,



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just double-click on its name,



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and then I'll call this guy lower beak,



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and press the enter key,



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or return key on the MAC,



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and so presumably this is the upper beak.



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Another way to name it

is to double-click on an



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empty portion of the layer,



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in order to bring up this

Options dialogue box here,



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which has Show and Lock check boxes,



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as well as a Name field,



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into which, I will enter upper beak,



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and click okay,



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and now, if I don't like the layer order,



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as opposed to memorizing

those keyboard shortcuts,



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that I showed you a couple of movies ago,



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you can just grab one of these guys,



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and drag it and drop it

below the other one, like so.



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So, again, working

inside this panel can be



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really super useful.



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Now, let's say I don't

know what this path is.



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I could turn it off,



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and I'll see it disappear,



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I'll see the left eyebrow disappear,



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and so when I turn it back on,



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I can go ahead and name

this guy left brow,



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and presumably then,



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this guy is the right brow,



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and so you can go as nuts as you want,



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and this is the kinda

stuff you might do if



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you're just really fussy,



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and you just want to really take care



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with your illustration,



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or if there's specific

key objects inside of it,



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and you're handing off the

document to a coworker,



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then this could be very useful to them.



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All right, now these guys,



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I'm not sure what they are,



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but I know the eyebrow should

not be in front of the eyes,



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so you know what I'm gonna do,



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I'm just gonna take these

two guys right there,



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and click on one,



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shift-click on the other,



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and then just make sure

I can see up to the top



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of the layer,



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and just drag these guys and

drop them into place, like so,



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and I now have the bird

looking the way it should



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with all of the face elements in place,



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at which point,



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I'll just go ahead and

twirl close the face layer,



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and then press control + shift + A,



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or command + shift + A on the MAC,



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in order to deselect my artwork,



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and that, briefly stated,



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is how you name and arrange,



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that is to say,



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change the stacking

order of specific objects



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directly inside the Layers panel.