Im trying to duplicate a layer with a script, but as of now, it seems there's no an easy way. Somebody suggested that I should create an action that duplicates a layer, and then call that action from my code. But I can't seem to get an action to duplicate a layer, it just doesn't register it. So, does anybody have an already working code for Openup the Adobe Illustrator file (.AI) in which you need to merge layers. 2. Select Window, then Layers, and go into the Layers Panel menu (a hamburger-style menu icon in the top-right corner of the Layers Panel). 3. You'll see a menu of all current layers in your document. Selectyour shape and then hit key on your keyboard to select the Rotate Tool. Alt-Click on the canvas to bring up the Rotate dialogue box. Enter a fraction for the Angle (e.g. 360/20) and then click on Copy. Upon returning to the artboard, just press Control-D to repeat until you have a radial pattern. HasanWajahat Jafri. 31 2. Add a comment. 2. Another way to do it: 1 - Create a circle the size you need. 2 - Drag it to the Brushes panel and choose Scatter Brush. 3 - Increase its space to avoid muitiples dots close to each other. Share. Afteryou have the image in Illustrator in separate layers, you can do all sorts of interesting things with it. The image as it appears in Illustrator initially is shown in the figure above. STEP 4 Changing Color . The image above was created by tracing the top layer (which contained just the clock), colonizing it slightly, and adding a stroke YhqeY.

can you duplicate a layer in illustrator