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- [Voiceover] Alright, now the downside



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of working dynamically here

is all of the duplicates



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are, of course, clones of

the original right here,



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which is to say they're

all colored the same.



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What I want is to color

my cubes differently,



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which is why is why in this movie,



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we're gonna bust up the dynamic effect



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in order to gain control

over the individual cubes.



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And you'll see, because

we've set things up



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using tints of a global swatch,



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it's gonna make the job a lot easier.



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Alright, so I'm gonna switch

back to the Layers panel



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and I'm gonna turn off that guides layer



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because, at this point, it's

just a bunch of visual noise.



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I'm also gonna turn off my

Smart Guides, because otherwise,



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we're gonna get a bunch

of flashing on-screen.



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Alright, now I want

you to notice over here



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the cubes layer is twirled open



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and we've got this single group,

if I were to twirl it open,



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it contains nothing more than

those three path outlines



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that we created a couple of movies ago.



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Now we don't wanna mess any of this up



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because we might want to come

back to this effect later.



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So I'm gonna go up to the

layers panel fly-out menu



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and choose Duplicate "cubes"



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to create a duplicate of the cubes layer,



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and I'll go ahead and twirl

the original one closed



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and turn it off in order to protect it.



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And now, I'll go ahead and

double-click in an empty portion



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of this layer to bring up

the Layer Options dialog box



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and I'll call this guy "blocks",



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just to indicate that it's now static.



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And I'll change the color

to, let's say, violet,



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and then click OK.



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Alright, in my case, I'm seeing that bug



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where we continue to see the old color



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next to the expanded

contents of the layer.



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But I can fix that just by

twirling the layer closed



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and then back open.



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Alright, now let's gain control

over the individual cubes



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by going up to the Object menu



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and choosing Expand Appearance.



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And notice now that we

once again have a group,



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but that group contains

a bunch of other groups.



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So right now, we're looking

at each one of those plates



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of 16 cubes, and so to break those up,



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go up to the Object menu and

choose the Ungroup command,



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or you can press a keyboard

shortcut of Control + Shift + G,



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or Command + Shift + G on the Mac,



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and that does indeed

break up the first group,



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but it leaves us with the interior groups.



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And so we need to bust them up



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by pressing Control + Shift + G



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or Command + Shift + G on the Mac



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and now we're seeing each one of the rows.



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That's good, but we need

to dig down farther,



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so press Control + Shift + G

or Command + Shift + G again



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and you will see that we now have,



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if you were to count them,



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a total of 64 orthogonal cubes.



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Alright, now we need to color them.



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And so, I'm just gonna go ahead



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and twirl closed that layer right there,



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so that we can focus our efforts

inside the document window.



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And so I'm gonna start things off



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by clicking off the

shapes to deselect them,



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and then I'll click on this

front group right there,



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and I'll go up to the Object menu



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and choose Hide Selection,



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or, and this is what I'm

gonna be doing in the future,



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you can press Control + 3

or Command + 3 on the Mac.



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And that's gonna expose this

first sort of clump of cubes



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here in the background.



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And to select them, you need to click



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and then shift + click



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with the black arrow tool several times.



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And you wanna get this

guy as well right there.



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So you'll have a total

of one, two, three, four,



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five, six, seven cubes

selected, at which point,



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go ahead and click on

that first color swatch,



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the one that represents the fill over here



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in the far left side of the control panel.



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And if you have access to my color group,



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go ahead and click on the Cube 2 swatch.



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And by virtue of the fact

that we're working with tints,



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all of those different colors survive.



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At which point I'll press the escape key



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in order to hide that panel.



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And this next step is very important.



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You wanna go up to the Object menu



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and choose the Group command,



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and I know there's a

certain degree of irony



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associated with having ungrouped

these things so many times,



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and now trying to

reassemble groups of groups,



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but our original groups

were totally different



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than the ones we're looking for.



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And so go ahead and choose that command,



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or press Control + G or

Command + G on the Mac,



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and then we wanna once

again hide that selection



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by going to the Object menu,



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choosing Hide, and choosing Selection,



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or again, you've got

that keyboard shortcut



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of Control + 3 or Command + 3 on the Mac.



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Alright, now, this is

the most tedious step



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because we have a lot of cubes



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and the only way you're gonna get them



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is by clicking and shift + clicking,



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and that's because there's

cubes behind these cubes.



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After all, this is a faux 3D effect.



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So a click here and then

shift + click like so



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around this edge right here



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and then I'm gonna have to shift + click



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on the interior guys as

well, as you're seeing me do.



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And then finally,



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you gotta get this guy

right there in the middle.



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So, there's a lot of them,

I don't know how many,



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but there's quite a few of these

guys that are now selected.



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And to make sure you

selected the right stuff,



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go ahead and click on

that first color swatch



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up here in the control panel,



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and, if you're working along with me,



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select the Cube 3 swatch



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in order to apply these shades of blue.



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And then, go to the Object menu



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and choose the Group command,



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or press Control + G or

Command + G on the Mac.



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You're gonna need those

groups in the long run.



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Alright, now I'll hide these

guys by pressing Control + 3,



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or Command + 3 on the Mac,

which is that keyboard shortcut



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for the Hide Selection command.



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And now, I'll just go ahead



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and marquee everybody that remains,



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or I could've just pressed Control + A



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or Command + A on the Mac.



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And let's go ahead and group

them, so we don't forget,



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by choosing the Group command,

or pressing Control + G,



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Command + G on the Mac.



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And then I'll click on

this first color swatch



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and apply the Cube 4 swatch.



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Again, it's a global swatch,

so all of our tints survive.



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Alright, now you can click off

the shapes to deselect them,



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and then to bring everybody back,



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just go up to the Object menu



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and choose the Show All command,



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or press Control + Alt + 3



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or Command + Option + 3 on the Mac.



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And then I'll once again



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click off the shapes to deselect them.



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And that is how you bust

up all of your cubes



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and then assign them colors

based on their stacking order,



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with all the background

cubes totally intact,



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here inside Illustrator.