Copy & Paste Illustrator Effects?

[_Jamie_L_Dennis_]

Morning all,

After looking, looking and looking some more I still have no answer to my problem. I created a shape and then used the Extrude & Bevel Effect on it (spent lots of time working with getting the settings just right). Then I created a different shape but I wanted to use the same exact E&B settings on the new shape. But I quickly discovered there is no way to do this. You have to go back in and type in all of the same numbers. In Photoshop this is a snap and quite easy to do between different layers.

It's nice that you can go back in and re-edit the effect but not being able to copy and paste effects seems odd to me.

Does anyone have any ideas, thoughts or workarounds for this issue?

Thanks!

[_Michael_H__Davenport_]

Have you tried creating a Graphic Style for the effect? seemed to work for me... (working in CS2)

[Sandeep Graphics]

The graphics style work perfectly, if you need to copy the same style and give it to the next text or image. Thanks @ (Michael_H._Davenport)

[Guest]

How exactly are you trying to transfer the E&B from one object to the next?

[_Gary_Newman_]

Creating a Graphic Style, and then applying that to the new artwork is the way to go, but...

You can also apply the last-used Effect (Command - Shift - E) top the new art.

And if you apply the Effect to a targeted Layer, anything you drag into that Layer will acquire the Effect.

[_Jamie_L_Dennis_]

I will try creating a graphic style. The main thing is I need to be able copy and paste different effects that I have applied to different shapes.

Thank you all for the advice!

[_Jamie_L_Dennis_]

That worked GREAT! Thanks a ton, saves me a lot of time!