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Create a rectangle 400px high by 900px wide.  Fill it with whatever design you wish and group it together. Now we need a circle which will become the basis for your can.  Set it to 250 px diameter and a shade of #D3D2D1.   Next we need to make the label available for applying to a 3D surface.  Open the symbols palette (Window > Symbols) and drag the label into the window.  The label is now a symbol and can be accessed for all manner of uses.  The original instance of the label can be deleted from the artboard (to keep things clean).  Double-click on it's icon to open the Symbol Options. Give the symbol a name,  such as "Bean Can." This will make it identifiable should you have a number of  symbols in the list. Select the circle you made earlier.  Effect > 3D > Extrude & Bevel. This opens up the 3D Extrude & Bevel Options dialogue.  Click on Map Art within the 3D Extrude & Bevel Options di...
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