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Adobe Illustrator CS4—What’s New 8
Rened graphic styles
Apply sets of attributes to objects and text as a single graphic style, layering and combining
styles for unique eects. e Graphic Styles panel provides new functionality that includes
an option to preview all your styles on the seleted object or group of objects. It’s now easy to
choose a style without having to actually apply it.
e Graphic Styles panel and the Appearance panel work hand in hand, supporting creation
of complex styles that can be quickly applied without destroying an object’s original
appearance. Add a new style while pressing the Option key (Mac) or the Alt key (Windows)
and observe that it doesn’t replace the object’s existing appearance. To see all the attributes
that make a graphic style, click on the style and nd its attributes listed in the Appearance
panel—each easily edited.
Illustrator CS4 makes graphic styles even more attractive with a new library of prebuilt
styles to jump-start your creative exploration. New libraries include sets of eects such as
pre-set blurs and drop shadows that you can add without aecting lls. And, of course,
you can generate your own libraries of graphic styles that you can use again and again.
Create new graphic styles by
selecting multiple attributes
in your Appearances panel.
Thumbnailpreviewsshow
you the style on your selected
object, even on live text.
Change style attributes in the
Appearance panel and text
still remains editable.
Edit attributes of a graphic
style in the Appearance panel,
then quickly redene your
style or create a new one.
New style
In this example, see how only four steps can create a soft, mixed shape. Use the Blob Brush tool to
drawared-lledobject.ClickaGraphicStylesuchasAirbrush2whilepressingtheOptionkey(Mac)
ortheAltkey(Windows).Drawablue-lledblob.ClickAirbrush2againwhilepressingOptionorAlt.