1 00:00:00,150 --> 00:00:05,520 Another huge time saver is if you go to Window Symbols, 2 00:00:07,210 --> 00:00:11,540 we can create symbols, and these are some symbols that are already here. 3 00:00:11,540 --> 00:00:13,320 I'm just gonna trash these for now. 4 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:21,430 To create a symbol all you need to do is drag the art into the symbol's panel, 5 00:00:22,500 --> 00:00:24,570 and a new symbol will be created. 6 00:00:26,750 --> 00:00:29,020 And this is for Flash, so that's fine. 7 00:00:29,020 --> 00:00:31,530 You can ignore all this and hit Okay. 8 00:00:31,530 --> 00:00:35,560 So now you can drag an instance of this symbol 9 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,500 into your document as many times as you need. 10 00:00:39,630 --> 00:00:44,998 And because it's a movie or graphic clip, 11 00:00:44,998 --> 00:00:49,919 it's saving space in your document cuz 12 00:00:49,919 --> 00:00:55,585 it's not recreating this artwork any time, 13 00:00:55,585 --> 00:01:00,818 it's just an instance of the same thing. 14 00:01:00,818 --> 00:01:01,797 And these can be really helpful, so 15 00:01:01,797 --> 00:01:04,019 if you've already created of elements that you wanna reuse over and over again, 16 00:01:04,019 --> 00:01:05,438 you can create libraries like this using symbols. 17 00:01:05,438 --> 00:01:06,718 If I wanted to, well I know I want a symbol here so 18 00:01:06,718 --> 00:01:07,558 I'm gonna drag one down here. 19 00:01:07,558 --> 00:01:11,538 Kind of line it up. 20 00:01:11,538 --> 00:01:15,638 Perfect. 21 00:01:15,638 --> 00:01:19,278 And if I knew that I wanted to change this symbol. 22 00:01:19,278 --> 00:01:22,878 I can double click it. 23 00:01:22,878 --> 00:01:24,458 And it's asking me, are you sure you want to edit the symbol definition. 24 00:01:24,458 --> 00:01:26,378 I'm gonna say Okay. 25 00:01:26,378 --> 00:01:31,718 And now I could. 26 00:01:31,718 --> 00:01:33,056 And if I changed it here, it would change it in all the other instances. 27 00:01:33,056 --> 00:01:37,553 So in this way, this is a huge time saver cuz if I just change this one, 28 00:01:37,553 --> 00:01:39,818 it's going to change all of them. 29 00:01:39,818 --> 00:01:44,498 So let's see. 30 00:01:46,098 --> 00:01:49,378 So if I said okay, great, that's what I want. 31 00:01:49,378 --> 00:01:50,818 See, it changed this one too. 32 00:01:50,818 --> 00:01:58,318 All instances were changed. 33 00:01:58,318 --> 00:01:59,598 I'm gonna hit Cmd+Z or Undo cuz I really do want it to say more info. 34 00:01:59,598 --> 00:02:03,098 [LAUGH] And then click off. 35 00:02:04,738 --> 00:02:14,738 Okay. 36 00:02:18,818 --> 00:02:21,326 If I wanted to change this, but did not want to affect the other symbols, 37 00:02:21,326 --> 00:02:24,164 I could click it, and then hit unlink, and that would make it back to regular art, 38 00:02:24,164 --> 00:02:24,678 not a symbol. 39 00:02:24,678 --> 00:02:28,978 I'm gonna hit undo. 40 00:02:28,978 --> 00:02:29,650 Also if you wanted to create another instance of the same symbol and 41 00:02:29,650 --> 00:02:30,498 then change it, you could select it here, drag in, and create a new one like that. 42 00:02:30,498 --> 00:02:38,518 Edit it and then start using it that way. 43 00:02:38,518 --> 00:02:39,473 So the symbol panel is really helpful and 44 00:02:39,473 --> 00:02:40,558 can really speed up your work flow while you're working. 45 00:02:40,558 --> 00:02:43,711 Remember to save. And next we're going to be organizing our 46 00:02:43,711 --> 00:02:44,426 layers.