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9. Click the selected rounded rectangle on the artboard.
Key Object alignment allows you to define where you want other objects to align.
By selecting the key object, you’re telling Illustrator which object to use as the basis
for alignment.

After clicking the rounded-rectangle shape, that shape now shows a heavier border
than the template artwork.

Click any selected
object to define the
key object for the
alignment.

The border colors
match the defined
layer colors.

10. Click the Horizontal Align Center and Vertical Align Center buttons in
the Control panel.
Because you selected the rounded rectangle as the key object, the placed template
image moves to the horizontal and vertical center of the rounded rectangle; the
rectangle — the key object — remains in the same place.

11. In the Layers panel, click the empty space to the left of the Template picnic.jpg
layer to relock that layer.
Now that the template object is in place, it’s a good idea to lock it again so you don’t Note:
accidentally move the object.
The Color menu in the
12. Double-click the layer thumbnail of the Template picnic.jpg layer. Layer Options dialog
Double-clicking a layer thumbnail opens the Layer Options dialog box for that layer, box determines the
where you can change a number of attributes for the selected layer. color of bounding box
handles and other visual
13. Change the Dim Images To field to 30, and then click OK to close the indicators for objects on
Layer Options dialog box. a layer.

Dimming the template image will make it easier to see your artwork when you draw.

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