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10. With the Path object selected, click the Round Corner option in the Stroke panel.

11. In the Layers panel, expand the Icon Art layer.

As you can see, the Picnic Table artwork group is locked from the earlier exercise. The
second path object that makes up the figure’s arm is also locked from Step 6.

These five objects
make up the
Hiker artwork.

Working with GPU Preview

ILLUSTRATOR FOUNDATIONS If your computer meets the hardware and software
The Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) is a specialized
processor that can quickly execute commands for displaying
images, which allows faster artwork rendering in Illustrator.

requirements*, GPU Performance is enabled by default. You
can temporarily disable Illustrator’s GPU Preview mode by
choosing View>Preview on CPU. You can also permanently
disable the feature in the GPU Performance pane of the
Preferences dialog box. (Clicking the GPU Performance
button in the Application/Menu bar opens this pane.)

When GPU Performance is enabled and the Zoom tool is
active, you can also use the animated zoom feature:

• Hold down the mouse button to dynamically zoom in
on the spot where you click.
• Click and drag right to dynamically zoom in.
• Click and drag left to dynamically zoom out.

*A complete list of requirements can be found at https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/gpu-performance-preview-improvements.html

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