1 00:00:00.04 --> 00:00:02.05 - In this movie, we're going to create these alternating 2 00:00:02.05 --> 00:00:05.05 rows of repeating stars just as they appear 3 00:00:05.05 --> 00:00:08.09 in the blue field of an American flag, using a combination 4 00:00:08.09 --> 00:00:12.03 of the Move dialog box and the Paste In Front command. 5 00:00:12.03 --> 00:00:15.01 We'll go ahead and switch to our documented work here. 6 00:00:15.01 --> 00:00:17.02 And I'm going to turn off the Guides layer because 7 00:00:17.02 --> 00:00:19.05 we don't really need it anymore, and it's just sort of 8 00:00:19.05 --> 00:00:21.01 obstructing our view. 9 00:00:21.01 --> 00:00:23.08 And then, I'm going to change the color of the star 10 00:00:23.08 --> 00:00:26.05 by clicking on the first swatch up here in the control panel 11 00:00:26.05 --> 00:00:28.05 and selecting this shade of blue. 12 00:00:28.05 --> 00:00:31.04 Again, it will be available to you by virtue of the fact 13 00:00:31.04 --> 00:00:33.05 that you created a basic RGB file, 14 00:00:33.05 --> 00:00:38.06 and it's R:41 G:171 B:226. 15 00:00:38.06 --> 00:00:41.05 And it looks a little bit something like that. 16 00:00:41.05 --> 00:00:43.03 Now, what I'm going to do is switch back 17 00:00:43.03 --> 00:00:45.01 to the black arrow tool, which, of course, 18 00:00:45.01 --> 00:00:47.01 you can get by pressing the V key. 19 00:00:47.01 --> 00:00:49.08 And I'll press the Enter key or the Return key on the Mac 20 00:00:49.08 --> 00:00:51.08 to bring up the Move dialog box. 21 00:00:51.08 --> 00:00:54.02 And it looks like we have some pretty wacky values. 22 00:00:54.02 --> 00:00:56.06 So, I'm going to start things off by setting everything 23 00:00:56.06 --> 00:00:57.05 to zero. 24 00:00:57.05 --> 00:00:59.04 I've got the Preview check box on. 25 00:00:59.04 --> 00:01:01.09 I know I want to move the star to the left, 26 00:01:01.09 --> 00:01:04.06 so I'm going to go ahead and click in the horizontal value 27 00:01:04.06 --> 00:01:08.03 and press Shift Down Arrow in order to scoot it 28 00:01:08.03 --> 00:01:10.01 downward like so. 29 00:01:10.01 --> 00:01:13.02 So, when I say Shift Down Arrow, I'm pressing that key combo 30 00:01:13.02 --> 00:01:17.01 several times in a row until I just barely get the star 31 00:01:17.01 --> 00:01:20.08 outside of the magnifying glass area, which occurs 32 00:01:20.08 --> 00:01:24.09 at a horizontal value of -360 points, at which point 33 00:01:24.09 --> 00:01:28.01 I'll click the Copy button, or you can press Alt Enter 34 00:01:28.01 --> 00:01:30.08 or Option Return on the Mac. 35 00:01:30.08 --> 00:01:32.07 And I didn't notice, but we have a black stroke 36 00:01:32.07 --> 00:01:34.08 which I don't want, so I'll go ahead and Shift-click 37 00:01:34.08 --> 00:01:37.03 on that first star so that they're both selected. 38 00:01:37.03 --> 00:01:39.06 And, now, I'll go up to the second swatch up here 39 00:01:39.06 --> 00:01:40.07 in the control panel. 40 00:01:40.07 --> 00:01:43.09 I'll click on it, and I'll change that swatch to None 41 00:01:43.09 --> 00:01:45.05 to get rid of the stroke. 42 00:01:45.05 --> 00:01:47.03 All right, now, I'm going to click off the stars 43 00:01:47.03 --> 00:01:49.06 to deselect them, and I'll click on this star right here 44 00:01:49.06 --> 00:01:51.05 to reselect it. 45 00:01:51.05 --> 00:01:55.03 And I'm going to make a copy that's -360 points away 46 00:01:55.03 --> 00:01:58.02 by pressing Control D or Command D on the Mac, 47 00:01:58.02 --> 00:02:00.09 the D being for duplicate. 48 00:02:00.09 --> 00:02:03.09 All right, now, we need to create another star to the right, 49 00:02:03.09 --> 00:02:06.01 so go ahead and click on this first star, 50 00:02:06.01 --> 00:02:07.06 the one inside the magnifying glass, 51 00:02:07.06 --> 00:02:10.01 and press the Enter key or the Return key on the Mac 52 00:02:10.01 --> 00:02:11.07 to bring up the Move dialog box. 53 00:02:11.07 --> 00:02:14.00 Because Illustrator always repeats the last move, 54 00:02:14.00 --> 00:02:17.06 we're seeing the star move to this location right here. 55 00:02:17.06 --> 00:02:20.00 What we want is the opposite effect, so I'll go ahead 56 00:02:20.00 --> 00:02:23.03 and get rid of that minus sign and then press the Tab key. 57 00:02:23.03 --> 00:02:27.03 And, now, we're seeing a star over here to the right 58 00:02:27.03 --> 00:02:30.02 of the magnifying glass, which is exactly what we want. 59 00:02:30.02 --> 00:02:32.07 So, go ahead and click on the Copy button or, again, 60 00:02:32.07 --> 00:02:35.06 press Alt Enter or Option Return. 61 00:02:35.06 --> 00:02:36.02 All right. 62 00:02:36.02 --> 00:02:39.02 Now, let's zoom out so that we can see more of our artwork. 63 00:02:39.02 --> 00:02:41.05 Now, what we need to do is repeat three of the stars. 64 00:02:41.05 --> 00:02:42.06 We don't need four of them. 65 00:02:42.06 --> 00:02:44.03 I just know this from experience here. 66 00:02:44.03 --> 00:02:47.03 And, so, go ahead and select these stars right there. 67 00:02:47.03 --> 00:02:50.09 Don't click on that center point because you'll select 68 00:02:50.09 --> 00:02:52.00 the circles instead. 69 00:02:52.00 --> 00:02:54.02 Just go ahead and click on a star, and then Shift-click 70 00:02:54.02 --> 00:02:56.02 on this one, and Shift-click on this one. 71 00:02:56.02 --> 00:02:58.03 So, these three stars should be selected. 72 00:02:58.03 --> 00:03:00.05 And what we need to do is alternate them, 73 00:03:00.05 --> 00:03:03.01 move them down into the right, effectively. 74 00:03:03.01 --> 00:03:04.08 The question becomes: how far? 75 00:03:04.08 --> 00:03:07.03 If you press the Enter key or the Return key on the Mac, 76 00:03:07.03 --> 00:03:09.03 we're going to repeat the last move, so that's why 77 00:03:09.03 --> 00:03:12.07 we're seeing the star move over to this right-hand area. 78 00:03:12.07 --> 00:03:16.01 What we really want to do is move it half that distance. 79 00:03:16.01 --> 00:03:19.00 So, go ahead and click after the horizontal value 80 00:03:19.00 --> 00:03:22.03 and enter "/2" in order to move the stars 81 00:03:22.03 --> 00:03:24.00 just 180 points. 82 00:03:24.00 --> 00:03:26.09 And then, we need to set the vertical value 83 00:03:26.09 --> 00:03:30.00 to 300 points or something to move them down. 84 00:03:30.00 --> 00:03:31.01 I don't know. 85 00:03:31.01 --> 00:03:34.05 And that's because, unfortunately, we can't see 86 00:03:34.05 --> 00:03:37.08 the original stars at the same time, which prevents us 87 00:03:37.08 --> 00:03:40.02 from making a very good decision. 88 00:03:40.02 --> 00:03:42.04 So, what I'm going to recommend you do is just cancel 89 00:03:42.04 --> 00:03:43.04 out of here. 90 00:03:43.04 --> 00:03:46.00 And instead of copying these stars on the fly, 91 00:03:46.00 --> 00:03:48.02 let's copy them and paste them in front 92 00:03:48.02 --> 00:03:51.07 so that they stay there as we preview our next move. 93 00:03:51.07 --> 00:03:53.05 And to make that happen, go to the Edit menu 94 00:03:53.05 --> 00:03:54.08 and choose the Copy command, 95 00:03:54.08 --> 00:03:57.07 and then return to the Edit menu and choose Paste in Front. 96 00:03:57.07 --> 00:04:01.03 Again, that's Control C, Control F here on the PC, 97 00:04:01.03 --> 00:04:04.01 Command C, Command F on the Mac. 98 00:04:04.01 --> 00:04:06.01 It doesn't look like anything has happened, but, of course, 99 00:04:06.01 --> 00:04:09.04 we do have new stars right on top of the old ones. 100 00:04:09.04 --> 00:04:11.08 All right, I'll go ahead and press Control Z or Command Z 101 00:04:11.08 --> 00:04:13.03 on the Mac to undo that move. 102 00:04:13.03 --> 00:04:16.00 And I will once again press the Enter key or the Return key 103 00:04:16.00 --> 00:04:18.00 on the Mac to bring up the Move dialog box. 104 00:04:18.00 --> 00:04:19.07 I'm going to move it over to the right-hand side 105 00:04:19.07 --> 00:04:22.00 to get it out of the way, and then I'll click after 106 00:04:22.00 --> 00:04:24.07 the horizontal value and enter "/2" 107 00:04:24.07 --> 00:04:27.02 and you can now see our alternating stars. 108 00:04:27.02 --> 00:04:29.00 They look great, but of course they do need 109 00:04:29.00 --> 00:04:29.09 to move down. 110 00:04:29.09 --> 00:04:33.00 So, click in the vertical value and press Shift Up Arrow 111 00:04:33.00 --> 00:04:36.06 a bunch of times in order to move those starts downward. 112 00:04:36.06 --> 00:04:40.01 And at about 260 points, I think everything 113 00:04:40.01 --> 00:04:41.07 reconciles nicely. 114 00:04:41.07 --> 00:04:45.01 And what I'm looking for is basically equal space 115 00:04:45.01 --> 00:04:47.09 between all of the stars in both rows. 116 00:04:47.09 --> 00:04:48.05 All right. 117 00:04:48.05 --> 00:04:51.00 So, having that, I'll go ahead and click Okay in order 118 00:04:51.00 --> 00:04:52.06 to accept that change. 119 00:04:52.06 --> 00:04:53.01 All right. 120 00:04:53.01 --> 00:04:56.06 Now, I need to move these same stars upward to form 121 00:04:56.06 --> 00:04:59.07 a top column, so I will this time press the Enter key 122 00:04:59.07 --> 00:05:01.03 or the Return key on the Mac to bring up 123 00:05:01.03 --> 00:05:02.06 the Move dialog box. 124 00:05:02.06 --> 00:05:05.05 Change the horizontal value to zero. 125 00:05:05.05 --> 00:05:07.04 And you're going to change the vertical value 126 00:05:07.04 --> 00:05:12.07 not only to -260 points, but you want to multiply that value 127 00:05:12.07 --> 00:05:13.05 times two. 128 00:05:13.05 --> 00:05:18.08 So, click after -260 points and enter "*2" like so, 129 00:05:18.08 --> 00:05:22.09 and that will change the vertical value to -520 points, 130 00:05:22.09 --> 00:05:25.04 which produces this effect right here, 131 00:05:25.04 --> 00:05:26.09 which is exactly what we want. 132 00:05:26.09 --> 00:05:29.07 So, go ahead and click on that Copy button in order to copy 133 00:05:29.07 --> 00:05:30.08 those stars. 134 00:05:30.08 --> 00:05:33.06 And then, finally, go ahead and click and Shift-click 135 00:05:33.06 --> 00:05:37.04 on all the stars in this middle row, press the Enter key 136 00:05:37.04 --> 00:05:39.07 or the Return key on the Mac in order to bring up 137 00:05:39.07 --> 00:05:40.09 the Move dialog box. 138 00:05:40.09 --> 00:05:43.07 You can just barely see their points way up there at the top 139 00:05:43.07 --> 00:05:45.09 of the screen, and that's because the vertical value 140 00:05:45.09 --> 00:05:46.08 is negative. 141 00:05:46.08 --> 00:05:48.05 It should be positive this time around. 142 00:05:48.05 --> 00:05:52.00 520 is just fine though, in which case we end up 143 00:05:52.00 --> 00:05:53.08 with this row of stars down here. 144 00:05:53.08 --> 00:05:56.07 Only the top points can be seen, but it's still important 145 00:05:56.07 --> 00:05:59.08 we do it, and that's why I want you to click the Copy button 146 00:05:59.08 --> 00:06:02.09 in order to create a copy of those stars like so. 147 00:06:02.09 --> 00:06:05.01 And now, I'm going to click off the stars to deselect them, 148 00:06:05.01 --> 00:06:08.02 and I'll press Control 0 or Command 0 on the Mac 149 00:06:08.02 --> 00:06:10.07 in order to fit the document onscreen. 150 00:06:10.07 --> 00:06:13.04 And that's how you repeat the stars and alternating 151 00:06:13.04 --> 00:06:16.04 equally spaced rows using a combination 152 00:06:16.04 --> 00:06:19.08 of the Move dialog box and the Paste in Front command 153 00:06:19.08 --> 00:06:22.04 here inside Illustrator.