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- [Voiceover] Alright, in this movie,



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we're gonna build this big

ambitious background effect,



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and we're ultimately gonna create it



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as a combination of four graphic styles.



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And so I'm gonna start things

off by grabbing the zig zag



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and roughen effects that

are assigned to our line,



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and I'm gonna drop down

to the little page icon



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at the bottom of the

panel and I'll click on it



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in order to get rid of them.



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And that's because we're

gonna build a new base



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colorful style here.



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And so I'll go ahead

and click on the Stroke,



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I'm gonna take it's Line

Weight up to 3 points,



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I'm gonna click on the word Stroke



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and change it's corner to Round Join,



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and that way when it gets roughed up



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there will be some rounding going on.



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And I'll click on it's color swatch



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and set it to this light shade of orange,



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the one that begins R=251.



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Alright now I'll create a new stroke



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by clicking on the Add New Stroke icon



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in the bottom left corner

of the Appearance panel,



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and I'll go ahead and

click on this new stroke



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and I'll change it's

line weight to 6 point,



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and I'll change the color to black.



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Alright once again drop down to that icon,



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or you can press a keyboard shortcut



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of CTRL ALT /



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or Command Option / on a Mac.



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Now click on the bottom Stroke,



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and take it's line weight up to 10 points,



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and click on the color swatch icon,



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and change it to this light shade of pink,



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which begins R=237.



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Alright now again we want

to create a new Stroke



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so either click on the icon



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or press CTRL + ALT + /



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or Command + Option + / on a Mac.



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We'll change this line

weight to 18 points,



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this is all trial and

error stuff by the way.



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I'll click on it's color swatch



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and change it to black.



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And then I'll press CTRL + ALT + /



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or Command + Option + / again,



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change the color this time

around to this medium violet,



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which begins R=102,



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and I'll change the line

weight to just 20 points,



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and I'll go ahead and

select both of these strokes



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right here, the 10 point

and the 18 point strokes,



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and I'll create copies of them by clicking



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on the little page icon



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in the bottom right corner of the panel.



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And I'll select these two guys,



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click on one, Shift-click on the other,



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drag them below the purple swatch,



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and then just change the line

weight of the black swatch



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to 40 points thick so

we're filling in any gaps,



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and change the line weight of

the pink swatch to 24 points.



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In order to produce this effect there.



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And you may not see that

pink Stroke very much, but,



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we're gonna bring it out when we assign



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Zig Zag and Roughen in the future.



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Alright let's go ahead and save this Style



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by ALT or Option clicking

on the little page icon



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at the bottom of the Graphic Styles panel,



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and I'll call this guy Colorful Build,



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let's say, and click OK.



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Now notice these kind of white veins



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that are running through the pattern.



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Let's go ahead and create

them as an independent style.



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And so I'll go ahead

and grab that top stroke



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and I'll set it to just 1 point thick,



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and then I'll change it's color to black,



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and now I'm gonna select

the Stroke below it,



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and Shift click on the bottom Stroke,



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and click on the little Trash

icon to get rid of them,



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so we have just this one

little stroke and nothing more.



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Now what I'd like to be able

to do is click on this Stroke,



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and then press the ALT key

or the Option key on a Mac,



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and click on the Twist Only style,



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in order to add it to the Stroke, but,



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because it was set up as being applied



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to the path in the first place,



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that's where it lands.



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And so what I'm gonna do

is grab that twist effect



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and drag it and drop it onto the stroke,



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in order to twist the stroke

and not the entire path,



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and this way it's not

gonna look any different.



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But then what I want you

to do is select the stroke



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and click on the little page icon



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in order to create a copy of it,



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and then with whichever one twirled open,



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click on the word Twist right there,



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and change it's angle to -100 degrees



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and turn on the Preview checkbox,



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and you'll see everything twist

in the opposite direction.



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At which point, click OK

to accept that effect.



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Now what we need to do is get

rid of the transform effect,



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because if we combine this guy



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with the one that's transformed,



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then we're going to transform

the transformations,



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which we don't wanna do,



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so go ahead and select

the Transform effect,



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and click on the Trash can icon,



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in the bottom right corner

of the Appearance panel



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to get rid of it, and now we

want these guys to be white.



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So change each one of the



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strokes to the color white like so.



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And that's gonna make

everything disappear,



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but that doesn't really matter.



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We have the effect we're looking for.



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So now go ahead and ALT or Option click



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on the little page icon,

create a new Style,



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and let's call this guy

Double Twist let's say,



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and then click OK.



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Alright now let's combine

everything together



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to a wonderful effect,



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and so first I'm going to

expand the Graphics Styles



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panel a little bit,



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and I'll start by clicking

on Colorful Build,



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that will be the first

Style that we apply.



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The second Style is

going to be Zig Zag only,



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and so what I want you to

do is press the ALT key



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or the Option key on a Mac,



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and click on ZigZag Only,



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in order to add it to the effect.



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Alright now go ahead and

move over to Roughen Only,



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and press the ALT key or

the Option key on a Mac



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and click on it in order

to add it to the effect



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which will produce this

wonderous assemblage right here,



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and just to make sure that we're safe,



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I'm gonna save this as a Style



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by ALT or Option clicking on a page icon,



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and I'll call this one

crazy lines, let's say,



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and then click OK.



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And now I just want you

to notice something.



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Currently each line is

being roughed up differently



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than it's neighbor,



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but we're roughing up each group



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of Strokes to the same extent.



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If you want all the Strokes

to go all over the place,



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grab the Roughen,



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and then drag it down to the

bottom of the list like so.



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And what that's gonna do is Roughen up



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each and every Stroke independently



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in order to produce this

crazy effect right here.



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And I'm gonna save this out



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by ALT or Option clicking

on the little page icon,



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and calling this one,

let's say, Random Blast.



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And then I'll click OK.



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And then finally, I'm gonna go ahead



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and move Roughen back where it was,



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because I actually wanna

roughen all the strokes



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to the same extent,



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but don't move it above Zigzag,



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don't put it there, don't drop it there,



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drop it below Zigzag, right there,



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at that location, that's

gonna end up producing



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the effect you see on screen,



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and then finally I want

you to press the ALT key



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or the Option key on a Mac



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and click on the Double Twist effect



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in order to add it to the collection.



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Now those two strokes are

gonna come in at the bottom,



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so go ahead and click one

and Shift-click on the other,



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and drag them to the

top of the Stroke stack



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in order to produce

this final effect here.



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And at this point I decided

things were a little



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too busy for my tastes,



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so I clicked on the word Transform,



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in order to bring up the

Transform Effect panel,



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and I changed the angle to 4 degrees,



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which means this time we

only need 45 lines in all,



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which means 45 minus 1,



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44 copies, at which point,



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I'll just go ahead and click

OK to accept that change,



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and achieve this final effect here,



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and I love it so much obviously



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that I'm gonna save it out

by ALT or Option clicking



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on that little page icon

and I'm gonna call this



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Final Multiline Effect,



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and then I'll click OK.



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And finally I'll press CTRL + SHIFT + A



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or Command + Shift + A on a Mac,



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in order to deselect my artwork.



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And that's how you

proudly thump your chest



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and proclaim yourself

master of the Graphic Style.



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By ultimately combining four of them,



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here inside Illustrator.