Folders in Appearance Panel
Folders in Appearance panel: I'd like to be able to apply Effects and Transparency to subgroups of strokes and fills with precision.
Jay
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Stéphane Baril
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Appearance are the most powerful feature of Illustrator, but the learning curve is difficult and for Advanced User it's difficult to manage and remember what are doing what in a Complex Appearance (cf. Screenshot where I had to use Colors to identify properties…)
Please allow to have folders in the panel (like in Ps: "Pass Trough" blend mode, knockout, vector mask based on "Convert to shape" with 9 points proxy…)
It will be more easier to understand Complex Appearance samples and for Advanced users, it will be way more efficient.
Another related request:
Allow to rename attributes (fills, strokes, effects) in Appearance Panel
http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/34309852 -
Евгений Гонжа commented
We need to be able to edit the names of the effects in the Appearance panel.
For example:
Transformation - Trans: Rotation 2 copiesWhen several effects are applied, it is not clear what is inside the effect on the effects panel now.
Thank you.
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Dragan
commented
Ability to name each item in Appearance panel, like with the layers.
Example: Fill: Bottom Background Shade, Stroke: Top Left White Light etc.
This would let us easily get around complex objects.
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Jay
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Using the Photoshop model of layer folders, provide the ability to group fills and strokes within the Appearance panel. These groups could then have opacity, effects, etc. applied at the Group level.
E.g. a complex stroke pattern could be built within a group using multiple styles, and then that pattern could be "embossed" onto another underlaying style using Overlay or Hard Light. The overall effect could then be contained within a single path and could be saved as a single Graphic Style.