Adobe Illustrator for Typography, Lettering and Calligraphy

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

• Level: Beginner
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• 15 students
• 9 units
• 9 lessons (47m)
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