Adobe Illustrator for Typography, Lettering and Calligraphy
Course 5 - Adornments and Tricks: Pathfinder
By Andrés Ochoa , Designer
About the video: Pathfinder
Overview
“I will show you this powerful tool that allows you to separate and merge figures. Using it intelligently you can save a lot of time. We will see the ways of form and its actions: unify, less front, intersection and exclude. And also the tracer and its actions: divide, cut, combine, trim, contour and less background.”
In this video lesson Andrés Ochoa addresses the topic: Pathfinder, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 5 - Adornments and Tricks. Learn techniques and tools for professional results.
Partial transcription of the video
“ILLUSTRATOR COURSE 5 LESSON 2 Pathfinder The Pathfinder tool is vital when adding the final details to your lyrics. It serves to add, divide and multiply some figure over another. Let's see how it works. The tool is found in your right sidebar with this icon of two frames intersecting or if not, it is in Window, Pathfinder. It has two parts: the first line that are the Modes of form and the second one is the Pathfinder as such. Well, there is no explanation but to see how it works and that you find the utility for your work little by little. So we will review it one by one. I have two compo...”
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Course summary for: Course 5 - Adornments and Tricks
Andrés Ochoa
By Andrés Ochoa
Andrés Ochoa is a Mexican designer with a degree in graphic design from the Universidad La Salle. He is a partner at the communication consultancy SUB and a lettering artist by the name of Typebrain.
Over the last ten years, he has directed and developed projects for industry giants such as Nestlé and Sephora as well as for individuals and start-ups across the fashion, music, and alcoholic beverage sectors.
His work has won awards and been published in magazines, books, and design blogs around the world. He has also given lectures and workshops at some of Mexico's leading universities. He is currently in the search for his own creative language through the exploration of lettering art.
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