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- [Voiceover] In this movie,

I'll show you how to target



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and format an entire

layer inside Illustrator.



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And just so I'm not coming at

you too hot and heavy here,



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we're going to do something pretty similar



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to what we did in the previous movie,



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but this time we're gonna take



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this bird and it's tail, notice that?



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The bird already has a stroke around it,



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but we're gonna stroke 'em both together



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with a big, thick stroke, like so.



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But the big difference is

we're not using a group.



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We're using a layer to

pull off this effect.



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So, the first thing we need to do



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is switch back over to

the layers panel here,



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and the layer in question is

this guy right there, Bacon.



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So I'm gonna turn off the lock icon



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for that layer so I can select it.



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And as opposed to

selecting all the objects



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on that layer by clicking

in the upper-right corner,



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that selects all the objects

independently, by the way,



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and so if we were to assign a stroke now,



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we would stroke each one of

these objects on its own.



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That's not what we want.



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We wanna stroke the entire layer,



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and so you wanna target

the layer by clicking



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on that circle, in the right hand column.



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And now, we have our

double outline meatball,



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which indicates that the target



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of whatever we do will

be the layer itself.



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Now to give the layer a stroke,



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you need to switch back

to the appearance panel,



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which for me is located

right next door here.



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If you can't find it, then go up



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to the window menu and choose

the appearance command.



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And then, we will once again drop down



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to the add new stroke icon,

in the bottom-left corner



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of the appearance panel, and

click on it too add a stroke.



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Now, in my case, I'm getting

a kind of weak black.



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I don't want that, so I'll go ahead



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and change the color to the

strong black, right there.



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And then increase the line weight value



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to six points in order

to produce this effect.



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But the big problem is that we're not only



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stroking this big, fat

stroke around the bird,



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but it's going through

the edge, between the bird



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and the tail, and it's going around



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every single color of the tail.



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That's not what we want,

so make sure the stroke



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is active, and what we need to do



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is fuse the stroke together

using a pathfinder operation.



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And to make that happen, you don't want



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to go to the pathfinder panel.



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That's not gonna do you any good.



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Instead, you go to the effect menu,



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and you drop down to

the pathfinder sub-menu,



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and you can experiment with

these guys if you like.



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It's mostly an exercise in

frustration, I have to tell you.



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The one we want is add,

which is gonna unite



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the entire stroke, and that

will produce this effect here.



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Assuming, that you assigned add to



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the stroke itself and

not to the entire layer.



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So if you missed the stroke

and you're seeing the word add



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either up here at the top

or the bottom of the list,



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then you're gonna end up

getting this effect here,



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where you don't even

see the tail any more.



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In which case what you need to do



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is go ahead and drag that add option



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and drop it onto the stroke, like so.



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And that will produce this effect here,



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after which point we'll

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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Alright folks, that's all there is to it.



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That's how you target and format



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an entire layer, here inside Illustrator.



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And if you like that, you're

gonna love the next chapter,



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which is entirely devoted

to the appearance panel.