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- [Voiceover] Alright, over

the course of this chapter,



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we're gonna be creating

this project right here,



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which, if I were to go up to the view menu



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and choose outline, or

you can press control + y,



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or command + y on the Mac,



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you can see contains very little



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in the way of path outlines.



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We had this one big line



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that makes up the entire background.



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Then we have some text that

I've converted to outlines



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along with a few polygons.



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But, thanks to the addition of one fill,



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12 strokes, and 11 dynamic effects,



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we come up with this

final piece of artwork.



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Which is all terribly

exciting, I assure you.



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But, we're gonna start

things off in this movie



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with the practical, if

slightly mundane introduction



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to the graphic styles panel.



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And so, I'll go ahead and switch over



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to this base document here.



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And, you can see that we've

got one layer called type



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and another called back, which

contains a big rectangle.



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And so, to demonstrate that,



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I'll go ahead and click on the rectangle



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with the black arrow tool



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and then, I'll click in

the very first color swatch



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on the far left side of the control panel



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and I'll change the fill color

to something like orange.



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And you can see that the

rectangle updates as well.



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Alright, now go up to the window menu



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and chose the graphic styles command



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to bring up the graphic style panel



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and notice, by default,



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at least where a basic

RGB document is concerned,



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we have a total of four styles.



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The first one just pretty much



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wipes out any special effects.



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And so, notice if I click on it,



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I end up with a white fill.



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I also have black stroke



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and the best way to see that

is to go to the window menu



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and choose the appearance command,



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at which point you can see



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that I have a one pt black stroke



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and if I twirl it open,

we have no dynamic effect



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and the same goes for the white fill.



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So, it's essentially a way of wiping out



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all your dynamic effects

and starting over.



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Now, these next two styles

contain little none swatches,



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and that tells you that

they don't have any fills



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or strokes whatsoever.



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All they have is dynamic effects.



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And, I'll show you how that

works in a later movie.



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But for now, let's go ahead

and click on this final style,



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Jive GS, which applies this effect here.



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And, if you take a look

at the appearance panel,



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you can see that we now have two fills,



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neither of them have any dynamic effects



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associated with them.



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The first fill, if I go ahead

and click on its swatch,



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is set to the jive pattern,



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which is the one and only default pattern



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included with a basic RGB document.



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It has transparent areas inside of it,



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which is why it's sitting on

a solid blue fill right here.



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Now, if I click on this swatch,



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you can see that this

particular shade of blue



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does not appear in the default swatches,



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but, you can go ahead and

change it to something else,



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such as, yellow, let's say,

in order to replace the color



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that appears in the translucent

areas of the pattern.



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Alright, I'm gonna go ahead



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and click off that panel to hide it,



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and then, I'll select the text.



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Now, just because we're

only seeing four styles



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inside the graphic styles panel,



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doesn't mean there aren't

a lot more to choose from.



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And you can get to the other ones



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by clicking in this library icon



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in the bottom left corner of the panel



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and then choosing one of these libraries



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of graphic styles that ship

along with Illustrator.



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Now, because I have some text selected,



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I'm gonna choose type effects



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in order to bring up this

floating panel right here.



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And then, I'll just go ahead

and apply one of these guys,



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such as metal silver, let's say.



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And, we end up with this effect.



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And in case you're curious

how it's put together,



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then, just take a look at the contents



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of the appearance panel.



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So for example, this

light stroke right here,



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has a transform effect assigned to it,



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and if I click on transform,



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I can see that the only

settings are two move settings,



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horizontal and vertical,



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both of which are set to negative one,



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which means that we're moving the stroke



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one point to the left

and one point upward.



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Alright, I'll just go ahead

and cancel out of that.



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We also have a fill, by the way,



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a gradient fill with no dynamic effects



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that just happens to be

sitting on an empty fill,



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probably just because somebody

forgot to throw this away.



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Now, notice that we're looking



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at all these styles as thumbnails,



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and so, if I were to click

on the flyout menu icon,



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we can see that in addition

to the thumbnail view,



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you have a couple of list

views to choose from.



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You also have the option

of previewing the effect



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on a square, as by default,



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or previewing it on text instead,



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in which case you replace

those squares with letter T's,



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which are perhaps more

indicative of what you'll get



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when styling text inside Illustrator.



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Alright, now notice any time

I select one of these styles,



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such as Shurofuchi 1,



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I not only wipe out



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all the fills and strokes

and dynamic effects



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here inside the appearance panel,



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but I also add that style

to my graphic styles panel,



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which tells me that I'm

going to save these effects,



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along with this document.



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Alright, and notice here

that we're got a white fill



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sitting on top of a red

fill set to offset path,



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and I can change that,

of course if I want to,



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by clicking on offset path right there,



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raising the offset value

to let's say ten points,



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and then turning on the preview check box,



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at which point, I manage to further expand



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that red fill in back of the white one.



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And if I like that effect,



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I'll just go ahead and click

OK to accept the change.



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Alright now, I really encourage

you to try these guys out



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because they can often times

be good learning tools.



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So, for example, I could

click on this shadow type



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in order to see that I have white type



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with a gray shadow in the background.



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But, it's not a traditional drop shadow,



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as we're seeing here,



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rather, its a gray fill

set to gaussian blur.



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And so, if I really wanted

to turn it into a shadow,



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I would need to click on the word opacity



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for this bottom fill and

change its blend mode



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from normal to multiply.



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At which point, we end up with

a much more credible effect.



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Alright, one more way to preview an effect



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is to right click on it.



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So, I'm gonna go ahead

and right click and hold



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on this rough effect here.



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At which point, I will

see it actually applied,



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albeit in a small way, to the word obey,



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which I have selected inside the document.



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And then notice, if I release,



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I do not add that style to

my graphic styles panel.



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And so, if I really like what I saw,



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then I would need to go

ahead and click on rough



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in order to add it.



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And then, I might modify my tweak settings



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by clicking in the word tweak,



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and, let's say I take these

guys down to two a piece,



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both the horizontal and vertical values



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and I switch it from relative to absolute,



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so that I'm speaking in terms of points



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instead of percentages,



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and then, I'll turn on

the preview check box



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and I can see the effect

settle down on screen



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so that the text is,

at least, more legible.



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At which point, I'll click

OK to accept that effect.



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Alright, I'm done with

this floating panel,



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so I'll go ahead and close it.



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And then, I'll go ahead



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and select my favorite

style that I applied,



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which is Shurofuchi 1,



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in order to achieve this final effect.



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And, that is my practical, if

slightly boring introduction,



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to the terribly exciting

graphic styles panel



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here inside Illustrator