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- [Instructor] In this

movie, I'll show you how



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to update an asset

across multiple documents



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in a single operation.



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And this is what really

makes libraries worthwhile,



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because just imagine you have an element



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such as a logo, and it appears not only



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in multiple documents, but

they're being worked on



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by multiple people as well,

and yet you can modify



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that logo and have it update



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in every single document automatically.



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Alright, I'll go ahead and select the logo



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by pressing ctrl+a or cmd+a on the Mac,



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and then armed with the black arrow tool,



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I'll drag and drop the logo

into the libraries panel.



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Now of course it doesn't

have to be in this library,



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it could be in any library you choose,



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but I'm still working inside

the design elements library.



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Alright, now I want to rename this guy



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by double-clicking on artwork one,



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and I'll just call it logo.



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Alright, now let's add

that logo to our artwork



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in progress, and I'm going

to do that by first selecting



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this lower text here, with the

black arrow tool once again,



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and I'm going to change

the type size value



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up here in the control panel to 60 points,



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and then I'll press the T key

to switch to the type tool,



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and I'll get rid of both

of these parentheses.



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Alright, now I'll press the escape key,



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and I'll go ahead and

drag and drop an instance



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of this logo into the artwork,



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and then I'll switch to the scale tool,



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which I could do by pressing the S key,



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I'll press the enter key,

or the return key on a Mac,



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to bring up the scale dialog box.



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I'll change the uniform

value to 20 percent,



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and I'll press the enter key,

or the return key on a Mac.



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Alright, now I'll press the

V key to switch to my black



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arrow tool and I'll go

ahead and drag this guy down



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to right about here,

just want to make sure



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it's in a good location, so I'll nudge it



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either up or down, not sure

which way to go right now,



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this looks pretty good actually,



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and then I'll press shift

left arrow a few times



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in order to nudge it back.



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Now I might decide I want to give this guy



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a drop shadow, so you

can assign transparency



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and dynamic effects to these

guys as much as you want.



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And I'll do that just by

selecting the eye dropper,



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which you could get by pressing the I key.



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Go ahead and press the enter key as well,



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or the return key on a Mac,

and turn on the appearance



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checkbox right there, so it'll be expanded



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when it's turned off, as

soon as you turn it on,



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it will collapse, and then click OK,



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and click on the text,



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to lift its drop shadow,

that's a little bit too much,



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so I'm going to switch over

to the appearance panel,



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and click on drop shadow

in order to bring up



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the dialog box, and I'll

take the x offset value



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down to one, and let's try

y offset value of four.



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And then I'll turn on the preview checkbox



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to see what that looks like,



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that's pretty good, so I'll click OK



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in order to accept that change.



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We've placed the logo into this document,



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that works out beautifully.



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Now I'm going to go ahead and switch over



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to the sample logo document for a moment,



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switch to the layers panel,

turn off the rings layer,



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and the reason I'm doing

this is I want to have



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another instance, just for

the sake of demonstration,



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in this document as well.



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And so I'll drop down to

the page icon at the bottom



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of the layers panel, and

I'll alt or option click



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on it to bring up the

layer options dialog box,



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and I'll call this layer,

place logo, let's say,



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and I'll change the color to violet,



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and then I'll click OK.



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Alright, now we want to place an instance



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by switching to the

libraries panel and this time



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I want the logo to go right in the middle,



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and so I'm going to right click on it,



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and choose place linked,



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and that will create a link

to the creative cloud asset.



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Now if you choose place copy,

then you will just go ahead



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and add some static path outlines.



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So you'll have no link whatsoever,



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and notice, we're just seeing

the words mixed objects



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on the far left side of the control panel,



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which is Illustrator's way of telling us



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that some of the paths are

stroked, and one path is filled.



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Another way to do that, by

the way, just so you know



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everything that's available to you,



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I'll press ctrl+z or cmd+z on

the Mac to undo that change.



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The other way to pull that

off is when you're dragging



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an asset from the libraries

panel, you press the alt



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key or the option key on

a Mac, and then drop it,



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and that will create a

copy instead of a link.



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That's not what we want,

however, so I'll just get rid



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of that guy, and then I'll

right click on that logo



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and choose place linked,

and that will create



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an instance of that logo right there



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in the center of the artwork.



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And we can tell its

linked, because we can see



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the words linked file on the far left side



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of the control panel.



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Alright, I'll ciick off

the artwork to deselect it.



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Now let's say we need to update the logo



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for whatever reason.



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Then just go ahead and

double click on its thumbnail



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here inside the libraries

panel in order to open it



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in an independent document window.



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Now the reason we can't

see anything is because



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it's a white logo

against a white artboard,



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so what you need to do is

go up to the view menu,



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and choose show transparency grid,



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and that'll bring up this

checkerboard pattern,



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which represents the transparent

portion of the artwork,



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and now, let's change that

checkerboard a little bit



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so we can better see what we're doing,



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by clicking on the document setup button,



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which will bring up the

document setup dialog box,



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and then click on this

white swatch right here,



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and change it to a darker shade of gray,



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which is going to look

different on the Mac,



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but you can probably figure it out by now.



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And then I'll click OK

to accept that change,



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and then I'll click OK again in order



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to better distinguish the logo.



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Alright, now I'm going to click

on the at sign right there,



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and I'm going to get rid of it

by pressing the backspace key,



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or the delete key on a Mac,



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and then I'll select this

inner circle right there



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and I want to make it smaller

by clicking on the word



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transform, make sure that

the link is turned on,



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that little chain icon right there,



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and that both of the scale

checkboxes are turned off.



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Then, change either the

width or height value to 72,



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and then press the tab

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both values as we're seeing here.



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Alright now you want to

grab these two circles



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and get rid of 'em, and

in case you're wondering



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where I'm going, doesn't really matter,



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I'm just making a different logo effect,



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but I'm eventually

going to create a blend.



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And so I'm going to select

this inner circle right there,



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and I'll go up to the

effect menu, choose distort



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and transform, and

choose pucker and bloat.



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And then you want to turn

on the preview checkbox,



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click inside that value

right there, and press shift



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down arrow three times



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in order to reduce that

value to negative 30 percent,



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then click OK, and now shift

click on the outer circle



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there to select it, and

go up to the object menu,



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choose blend, and choose make,



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or just press ctrl+alt+B,

or cmd+opt+B on the Mac,



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and we'll get this effect here,



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and with any luck, you'll get three steps



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in between automatically.



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If you don't, return to the object menu,



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choose blend, and then

choose blend options,



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which if you loaded D keys,

now has a keyboard shortcut



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of mash your fist B, at which point



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you want to change

specified steps to three.



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So I guess there's a

good chance that that's



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not the way it's set by default.



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If I have smooth color

turned on, what do I get?



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Just one step, alright,

so you will have to switch



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to specified steps, and go with three,



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and then click OK.



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Alright now that's a pretty cool effect,



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but it kind of makes the

outer circle look squarish,



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and to change that,

press the A key to switch



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to the white arrow tool,

click off the paths



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to deselect them, click on

the outer circle to select it,



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and I'll actually alt

or option click on it



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to select the whole thing.



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And then, you want to

return to the effect menu



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and choose pucker and bloat, dot dot dot,



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so the second command, and if you turn on



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the preview checkbox,

you'll see that that ends up



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puckering it, as well.



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I want it to bloat, so I'll get rid of



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the negative sign and press the tab key,



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and we end up with this

effect here, at which point



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I'll click OK.



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And now, I'll just close the

logo, and then I'll click



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the yes button here on the PC,



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that's the save button on a Mac.



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And you can see just

like that we've updated



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this artwork, and this artwork

could be on your machine.



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We could be working back

and forth, and I could



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make the adjustment, and

it would just automatically



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pop up on your screen

if you were subscribing



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to this library.



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Same goes for the other file right there.



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Notice that it has updated, as well.



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And that is how you update an asset across



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multiple documents in a

clean and single operation



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using CC libraries.