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- [Voiceover] Alright now I

just know there's some highly



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observant person out there

that's looking at this,



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and going wait a second, why

are these cubes casting shadows



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based on their color groups?



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In other words, if this

blue cube right here



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is casting shadows onto the

purple cubes to the right of it



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shouldn't it also be casting a shadow



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onto the blue cube below it,



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which would end up looking

something like this.



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And so the difference here

ultimately boils down to groups



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and their contents.



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So in other words, in

the case of the artwork



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we created in the previous movie,



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we're assigning dynamic effects to groups



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whereas in this case here,



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we're assigning dynamic

effects to not only groups



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in the case of the big glow,



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but also the contents of those groups



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in the case of the shadows.



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And so let's see what that looks like.



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I'll go ahead and switch

my artwork so far,



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and I'll click not on the red cube,



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which is just fine as you can see,



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because it's not a group

that contains other groups



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it's just one group that

contains three path outlines.



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So instead you want to click

on one of the green cubes



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and then shift click on

one of the blue cubes



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in order to select those two groups there.



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We'll select the purple ones in a moment



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but they're a special case as you'll see.



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And then lets press control

h, or command h on a mac,



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to hide those anchor points,



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and I'll go up to the window menu



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and choose the appearance command



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in order to switch over

to the appearance panel



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and I'll grab that outer glow



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that's assigned to each

one of those groups



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and I'll drop down to the trashcan icon



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in the bottom right corner

of the appearance panel



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and I'll click on it to

get rid of those shadows.



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Then notice the hierarchy right here.



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We're seeing the word

group, followed by contents.



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And so what the appearance

panel is trying to tell us



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is that currently the groups are targeted,



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but those groups also have contents



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and if we want to target

the contents instead



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then you need to double

click on the word contents.



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Now this gets a little bit confusing,



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but here's how it works.



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At the very top of the

stack are the big groups.



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Inside of those are the selected groups



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and we can tell that

we have groups selected



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because we're seeing the word group



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on the far left side of the control panel



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and those groups happen to

contain contents of their own.



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Now we know the internal groups are active



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because we're seeing

the word group in bold.



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And those groups by the way indicate



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each of the individual cubes.



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And to prove that's the case,



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I'll go up to the effect menu



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and I'll choose outer glow

... up here at the top



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in order to confirm my settings



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and as you can see my

color is still dark brown,



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the blend mode is set to multiply,



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I've got an opacity of 100%

and a blur of 10 points,



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at which point I'll turn

on the preview check box



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and sure enough I'm assigning

outer glow style shadows



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to each of the cubes independently



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at which point I'll click OK

in order to accept that change.



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Alright now if you

didn't quite follow that,



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the good news is we're

going to repeat this action



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because we still need to assign

shadows to the purple cubes



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and so Ill press control

h, or command h on the mac,



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to bring back my anchor points.



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Then I'll click on one of the

purple cubes to select them



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and because I can see the anchor points



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I know I've selected the right thing,



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but don't want them to get in the way



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so I'll press control

h, or command h again.



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This time we don't want to

get rid of the big outer glow



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because after all if I turn it off



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and then turn it back on you can see



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that it represents the big glow



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around the entire cube of cubes.



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So we're going to leave that one intact



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but we are going to

delve into the contents.



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So right now we're looking

at the top level group,



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which is bold, if you want

to dig into that group,



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just double click on the words contents



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and now we can see that

the top level group,



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which by the way has a

dynamic effect assigned to it,



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as indicated by this little fx icon



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on the far right side

of the appearance panel



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is no longer active because

that group is no longer bold.



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Rather the groups inside

that group are active,



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as indicated by the second

bold word, group, right here.



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And so now to repeat

that last applied effect



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just go to the effect menu



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and choose the first

command: apply outer glow



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and you'll end up with

this effect right here.



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Alright so if you were able to track that



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I absolutely congratulate you,



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but we still have a problem here.



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I'm gonna press control h,

or command h on the mac,



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in order to bring back my selection edges,



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and I'll press control shift

a command shift a on the mac



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in order to deselect my artwork.



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And I want you to see

what's happened here.



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We have added shadows between

the various purple cubes



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but we've also added shadows

going outside the cubes,



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into the background.



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And we've also shoved

the glow farther out.



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And just so you can see the

difference this was before,



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and so notice the glow

is tighter to those cubes



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and this is after with the

shadows of course going outside



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which is wrong, but also moving

the glow farther outward.



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And that's because this big glow effect



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is being assigned to the little shadows.



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And that of course is not

the effect we're looking for



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which is why I'm going to show

you had to clip your shadows



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inside the cubes, in the very next movie.