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- [Voiceover] In this movie



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I'll show you how to create

this elaborate center ornament,



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and along the way



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we'll see how to duplicate

effects between fill



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or stroke attributes here

inside the appearance panel.



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I'll go ahead and switch over

to our illustration so far,



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and I'll zoom in a few times as well



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so that we can see that

ornament up-close and personal.



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Just so that we have a fair

amount of contrast here,



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I'm gonna click on the background items,



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on these origami petals, that is to say,



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and then, here inside the appearance panel



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I'm gonna turn off the top two fills.



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I'll go ahead and turn off fill one



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and fill two there at the top two,



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and that way we're seeing the center



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against a blue background,



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and then I'll click inside that circle



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in order to select a center,



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and you'll know it's selected



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because you'll see a total

of four anchor points



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instead of eight.



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Now go ahead and select the

first of the three fills,



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the one at the bottom of the stack.



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You might as well twirl it open, as well,



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and then go up to the effect menu



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and choose the second instance of Zig Zag,



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the one that ends in an ellipsis,



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which will bring up the

Zig Zag dialogue box,



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and then I'll go ahead and

turn on the preview checkbox,



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so that we can see this

very simple side effect.



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Notice, by the way, if I

increase the number of ridges



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per segment and I increase the size,



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I can get a very good

looking sun effect, indeed,



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and it remains interesting

if you switch it to smooth.



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But, I'm gonna go ahead and take down



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the number of ridges per segment to five



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and I'm gonna reduce the

size again to two points,



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and even though I just

love what I'm seeing here



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I am gonna switch points back to corner,



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and then click OK.



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Now I wanna repeat this pattern of spikes



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by making sure my fill is still active,



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which it is, here inside

the appearance panel.



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Then, I'll return to the effect menu,



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choose to store it in transform,



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and choose my old buddy,

the Transform command.



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Now I'll change both the horizontal



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and vertical scale values to 102,



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and then, I'll turn on

the preview checkbox,



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and I also wanna set the angle



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to that one I've used in the past,



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which is 22.5 degrees.



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That is to say, 360 divided by 16.



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Now, click into Copies value



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and press the up arrow

key in order to increase



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the number of copies

until I come to seven,



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which looks pretty darn good to me.



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Now I wanna create a little bit

of a shadow around the edge,



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and I'm gonna do that, once again,



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using Outer Glow by going

up to the Effect menu,



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choosing Stylize, and choosing

the Outer Glow command.



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Here's the settings I came up with.



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Multiply, once again.



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I set the color to something darker,



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so I've got a hue value of 14 degrees,



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a saturation of 100%,

and a brightness of 25%.



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I'll go ahead and click OK.



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I've cranked the Opacity value up to 100%



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and I've taken the Blur

value to two full points.



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If I turn on the preview checkbox



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you can see that creates a kind

of shadow around the edges.



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At which point I'll click OK

in order to accept that effect.



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Now I wanna take these effects



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and duplicate them onto the other fills.



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Now, Zig Zag can stand alone,



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meaning that I'm gonna click on it



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and then drag it onto the path itself



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so that it affects all the fills



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to an equal extent,



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and then I'll click on Transform



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and Shift + click on Outer Glow



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to select those two events.



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Now, if I were to click

on the little page icon



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at the bottom of the panel,



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I would create copies

of each of those effects



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but I would assign them to that same fill,



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which is not what I want.



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So, I'll press control Z,

or command Z on the Mac



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to undo that change.



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Instead, I wanna duplicate

these guys onto the other fills,



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and so I'll click on one,

Shift + click on the other



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so they're both selected,



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and then you wanna press the Alt key,



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or the Option key on the Mac,



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and you need to do that

before you begin dragging.



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So, press and hold Alt or Option,



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and then drag the effects

from one fill to another,



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at which point you'll

see a little plus sign



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next to your hand cursor.



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Then, when you drop you go ahead



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and duplicate those effects.



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Now, I'm gonna twirl

close the bottom fill,



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and I'm gonna twirl open the top one.



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Again, remember that the top effect



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is the first one you applied.



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If I click on the word Transform there,



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the top one, you can see



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that's the one that goes ahead and scales



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one occurrence of the fill down to



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70%, both horizontally and vertically.



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That one's fine as is,

so I'll just cancel out.



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The one I wanna change is

the one I just applied.



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So I'll go ahead and click on the



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second occurrence of Transform,



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reading from top to bottom, once again,



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in order to bring up the rotated copies



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that we're seeing here.



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Now, I'll go ahead and increase



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both the horizontal and

vertical scale values to 104%,



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turn on the preview checkbox,



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and you can see that spreads

the effects out a little bit.



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Now click OK,



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and then I'll go ahead and

Shift + click on the Outer Glow



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to select both of those effects.



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Now, we wanna duplicate

them onto the top fill



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by, once again, Alt or Option

dragging them, like so.



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Now, I'll twirl close that middle fill,



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and I'll twirl open the top one,



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click into second occurrence of Transform,



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the one in the middle,



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and let's go ahead and take both



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the horizontal and vertical scale values



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up to 107% this time,



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which, if I turn on the preview checkbox,



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looks a little something like this.



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Now, I'll click OK to accept that change.



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Now at this point I decided



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to experiment with the Zig Zag effect.



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I'll go ahead and click

on the words 'Zig Zag'



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in order to bring up that dynamic effect



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that I can modify anytime I like.



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Then, I'll turn on the preview checkbox,



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and you might find it useful

to increase the size value,



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which is just gonna make things spikier.



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I ended up settling for four points,



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and then I tabbed to the

ridges per segment value,



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which, on a PC, requires you to press



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the Tab key a couple of times.



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And notice what happens

when I tap the up arrow key.



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Just taking it from five

to six ridges per segment



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completely changes the effect.



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And this is seven, which

is really wild, I think.



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This is eight, followed by nine,



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and here's 10.



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Even though this is a very detailed effect



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that I'm not sure would survive in print,



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this is the one I went with.



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So, a size of four,



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and a Ridges per segment of 10,



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at which point, I'll click OK,



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and then press Ctrl+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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One of the great things

about this center effect here



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is that it looks absolutely

great when magnified,



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meaning that you can scale

it to any size you like,



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and that, among other things, is how you



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duplicate effects between fills,



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as well as strokes here

inside the appearance panel.