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can i convert a non layered file to a layered file bases on used colors?

Feb 16, 2013 7:30 AM

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can i convert a non layered file to a layered file bases on used colors?

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1. rcraighead,

Feb 16, 2013 8:14 AM in reply to slangenm

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Yes, select an object of a certain color and choose "Select>Same>Fill Color" (or other shared attribute). Then move the selection to a new layer. Do this for each color in the file.

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2. steve fairbairn,

Feb 16, 2013 8:18 AM in reply to slangenm

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I have heard questions like this before.
Some people seem to think that each colour should be on a separate layer.

I hope you are not one of them, because it is a complete misconception and defeats the object of Illustrator’s object stacking system.

Why do you think you need to collect objects of the same colour onto separate layers?

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3. rcraighead,

Feb 16, 2013 8:27 AM in reply to steve fairbairn

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Steve, why use layers at all then? Groups and Layers are helpful options for organizing a file. To each his/her own.

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4. steve fairbairn,

Feb 16, 2013 12:54 PM in reply to rcraighead

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Groups and Layers are helpful options for organizing a file.
You know that. I know that.
But some people appear to think that layers have something to do with colour separations or plates, which of course they don’t.

A question similar to slangenm’s came in some moons ago and a misconception was promptly corrected.

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