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Warning: I was wasting a full hour a day on layer selection in Illustrator
My problem was picking objects behind others. Tried clicking, got mad. Found the 'Select Similar' button. Hold down the 'Selection' tool, a tiny menu pops up. Click 'Select Similar Objects'. It grabs everything with the same fill or stroke instantly. Saved me over 5 hours last week alone. Anyone know a faster way to do this for grouped items?
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alice1286mo ago
Oh man, that "Select Similar" trick is a lifesaver. I was pulling my hair out trying to pick a single thin line from a whole mess of them (like @paul_sanchez probably gets with wiring diagrams). The real time-suck for me is when everything is nested in a group and you need just one weird shape. Sometimes I just ungroup the whole thing in a copy of the file, which feels like cheating, but it works.
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paul_sanchez6mo ago
Man, I feel that pain.
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the_jason6mo ago
Ugh, tell me about it. I was just reading this article about how our brains are basically wired to focus on negative stuff as a survival thing. It said we have to like, really make an effort to notice the good moments because the bad ones stick way harder. Makes total sense but man, it's exhausting to fight your own head sometimes.
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