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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                These five objects
                 figure’s arm is also locked from Step 6.                make up the
                                                                         Hiker artwork.
             12.  Click the Lock icon for the Path
                 object to unlock only that object.

                 The Object>Unlock All menu command
                 unlocks all individually locked objects
                 on unlocked layers (it does not affect   Use this column to
                 objects on locked layers). When a layer   lock or unlock specific
                                                       objects on a layer.
                 is expanded, however, you can use the
                 Lock column in the Layers panel to lock
                 and unlock individual objects without
                 unlocking everything.

             13.  Use what you learned in the previous exercise to finalize the icon artwork:
                      •    Delete the Template hiking.jpg layer

                      •   Choose Select>All
                      •   Choose Object>Group
                      •    Unlock the Backgrounds layer
                      •     Press Shift, then click the background
                         shape to add it to the active selection
                      •   Choose Object>Group

                      •    Lock the Backgrounds layer
                      •    Rename the parent group Hiker in the Layers panel
                      •    Lock the Hiker sublayer

             14.  Save the file and continue to the next exercise.

             Working with GPU Preview

             The Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) is a                     When GPU Performance is enabled and the
             specialized processor that can quickly                      Zoom tool is active, you can also use the
             execute image display commands, which                       animated zoom feature:
             allows faster rendering in Illustrator .                    •  Hold down the mouse button to
             If your computer meets the hardware                            dynamically zoom in on the spot where
             and software requirements*, GPU                                you click .
             Performance is enabled by default . You                     •  Click and drag right to dynamically zoom
             can temporarily disable Illustrator’s                          in .
             GPU Preview mode by choosing                                •   Click and drag left to dynamically zoom
             View>View using CPU . You can also                             out .
             permanently disable the feature in the Performance pane of
             the Preferences dialog box .
             *A complete list of requirements can be found at https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/gpu-performance-preview-improvements.html



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