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



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how you can transform

partial path outlines.



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So for example, you might

transform some anchor points



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independently of others

inside a single path outline,



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as we did the Shear

tool a few movies back.



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Or you can even transform

segments independently



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of their anchor points.



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And along the way,



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we're gonna transform these base elements



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into this fully realized invitation.



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And so I'm gonna go

ahead and zoom in to the



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upper left corner of this document



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which contains this gray

template in the background,



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as well as these couple of

blue objects right here.



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And then we also have an invisible circle.



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So notice when I hover over it,



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not only does it appear



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because I've got my

Smart Guides turned on,



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but I also see a little square

next to my arrow cursor.



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So I'm gonna go ahead

and select that object,



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and I'll give it a stroke as well



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by clicking on the second color swatch



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and setting it to black,



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just so we could see what we're doing.



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All right, now let's say I wanna transform



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these curved segments, all four of them,



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independently of the anchor points.



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Then the first thing I would do is to



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go up to the Select menu,



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choose Object, and then

choose Direction Handles,



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which is another word for Control Handles



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inside Illustrator.



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So go ahead and choose that command,



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and notice now that deselects

all the anchor points,



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and it selects the segments



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as indicated by the Control Handles.



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Now I want you to select the scale tool,



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and so if the share tool is active,



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go ahead and choose the Scale tool



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from that fly-out menu,



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or press the S key,



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and then move your cursor

to some diagonal position



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45 degrees from the transformation origin



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at the center of the shape.



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And then, either drag outward, like so,



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or you can drag inward.



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And I'm gonna go ahead and drag



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all the way inward like

so until the segments



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end up crossing each other,



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and I'm also gonna press the Shift key



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to constrain the proportions of the shape.



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And I'm having a few

problems with my Smart Guide



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snapping me to things,



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so I'm gonna take another try at this



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by zooming farther in,



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and then starting my drag a

little farther out, like so,



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and then moving in while I'm



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pressing the Shift key once again,



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until I match the curvature



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of those objects in the template,



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at which point I'll go ahead and release



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in order to create this effect here.



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All right, now I'm gonna

swap to fill in the stroke



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by pressing Shift X so

that the fill is black



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and we lose the stroke,



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and then I'll go ahead and press the V key



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in order to switch to

the black arrow tool,



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and I'll click on the shape

to select the entire thing.



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All right, now I'll

switch to the Rotate tool,



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which again, you can get

by pressing the R key,



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and I'll just go ahead

and press the Enter key,



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or the Return key on a Mac



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to bring up the Rotate dialogue box



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and I'll set the angle to 45 degrees



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and then I'll click the copy button



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in order to create a duplicate.



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And then, I'll switch

back to the Scale tool



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by pressing the S key,



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and I'm gonna drag from right about here



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again, diagonally from that origin point



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down and to the left in

order to reduce the size



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of this object so that I'm once

again matching the template.



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All right, now I wanna keep

all these outside petals,



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and I wanna lose the stuff on the inside.



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So I'll press the V key,



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once again to switch to

the black arrow tool.



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And I'll Shift click on this

deselected path right there.



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And then I'll click on the Pathfinder icon



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to bring up the Pathfinder panel,



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and I'll go ahead and click on Exclude



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in order to break up these shapes.



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And even though it

doesn't really look like



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I've broken 'em up, I have.



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And to demonstrate what that looks like,



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I'll go ahead and first ungroup this shape



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by going to the Object menu,



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and choosing the Ungroup command,



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or of course you can

press Control Shift G,



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or Command Shift G on the Mac.



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Then with my black arrow tool,



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I'll Shift click on each

one of these outer petals



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in order to deselect it.



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So you have to Shift

click on all eight of 'em.



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And then with this stuff in

the middle still selected,



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go ahead 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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All right, now notice this



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sort of spirally shape right here.



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Go ahead and click on it,



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and you can click on its

bottom right anchor point



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if you want to, to select it.



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And then, let's bring it to the front



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by right clicking inside

the document window,



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choosing Arrange,



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and then choosing Bring to Front,



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or you've got that keyboard shortcut



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of Control Shift right bracket,



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Command Shift right bracket on the Mac.



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And now, I'm gonna change

the color of this thing



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to, let's say, bright yellow,



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which is not available anywhere

else inside the document,



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so it'll make it easy to

select this item later.



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All right, now I'm gonna press the R key



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to switch once again to the Rotate tool,



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and I will Alt, or Option click



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in the center of this circle,



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which is gonna be evident once again



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if you have your Smart Guides turned on.



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And this time I'm gonna

change the angle value



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to 90 degrees,



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and I'll click the Copy button



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in order to create a copy of that spiral.



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And then I'll press Control D,



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or Command D on the Mac a couple of times



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in order to duplicate those shapes.



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All right, now I wanna select

all the yellow spirals,



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so I'll go up here to the Control Panel,



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and I'll click the Select

Similar Objects icon



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in order to select all four.



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And then, because I now have symmetry,



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my transformation origin is right there



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in the middle of the circle.



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So I'll just press the Enter key,



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or the Return key on a Mac



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to bring up the Rotate dialogue box.



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I'll change the angle value to 45 degrees,



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and I'll click Copy in

order to create a copy



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of those shapes.



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Now I need to scale them



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to match the black

petals in the background,



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and so I'll go ahead and

select the Scale tool



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by pressing the S key,



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and then I'll press the Enter key,



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or the Return key on the Mac



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to bring up the Scale dialogue box,



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which is gonna automatically replay



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my last scaling.



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And as a result, I'm

gonna get an exact match,



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at which point I'll just

go ahead and click Copy



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to accept that change.



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All right, now I'm gonna press the V key



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to switch to my black arrow tool,



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and I'll just go ahead and

marquee all these shapes,



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or at least partially marquee them,



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and then I'll Shift marquee these guys



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in order to deselect them.



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So I don't want the circle selected,



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but I do want everything

else to be selected.



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Now I wanna subtract all

of the yellow spirals



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from the black petals.



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And I'm gonna do that by bringing up



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the Pathfinder panel once again,



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and clicking on one of those Pathfinders



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that I maligned back in Chapter 17,



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which is Trim.



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I have so much apologizing to do,



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because notice, when I click on Trim,



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I get the exact effect I'm looking for.



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Which is to say, I go ahead and trim



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all of those yellow spirals

away from the black petals.



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And now all I have to

do is ungroup the shape,



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of course by going to the Object menu



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and choosing the Ungroup command,



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and then I'll click off the

shapes to deselect them,



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I'll click on one of the yellow spirals,



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I'll click on the Select

Similar Objects icon



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over here on the right

side of the Control Panel,



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and then I'll press the Backspace key or



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the Delete key on the Mac



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to get rid of those guys.



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Now I'll click on one of the

black shapes that's left over,



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I'll click the Select

Similar Objects icon,



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and then I'll switch to my Eyedropper,



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which I can get by pressing the I key,



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and then I'll just go ahead

and click on this circle



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in order to fill the selected shapes



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with that same shade of blue.



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All right, now I'll just

go ahead and zoom out,



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and I'll switch back to

the black arrow tool,



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click off the shapes to deselect them,



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and I will turn off that template layer.



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All right, so that's at least one way



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to transform partial path outlines,



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that is to say, round segments



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independently of their anchor points,



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as well as a great use for the



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previously maligned

pathfinder operation Trim



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here inside Illustrator.