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- [Voiceover] In this

movie, I'll show you how



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to combine the effects of different



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pathfinder operations,

specifically the shape modes



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that we've seen so far, inside

a single compound shape.



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And that will allow us

to take what is mostly a



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collection of ellipses and

rectangles, but we do have



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a few ellipses that I

reshaped using the wide arrow



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tool and will combine them to create



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this custom type treatment.



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And you can see, if I

click on any one of these



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path outlines, I select

them all and as you can



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see up here, on the far left

side of the control panel,



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this is, indeed, one custom shape.



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So let's see how it works.



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We'll go ahead and switch to

the starter document here.



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And rather than selecting every single



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one of these shapes up front,



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I'm just going to select

the C through the L shapes.



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These guys right here.



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And I've done so by marqueeing

with the black arrow tool.



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And then, I'll go ahead and alt click,



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or option click on any

one of the shape modes.



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The problem is, which one should I use?



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If I alt click or option

click on the unite mode,



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then it's gonna make it

difficult to see the shapes



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that are on the inside of the C and the O.



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Whereas, if I alt or option

click on the minus front



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mode, then I'm gonna make a



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bunch of shapes invisible here.



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There really is no overlap

between these paths.



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So if I go with intersect,

I'm going to lose everything.



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So, for my money, the

best mode to start with,



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and by the way, I'm

undoing every single time,



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because, you can't really

heap one shape mode on



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top of another at the onset.



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I found that the exclude mode,



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if I alt or option clicked on exclude,



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I got the best results.



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Because, at least, that way,



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I can see all of my path outlines.



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Alright, now to modify them.



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I'll just go ahead and

double click on any one



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of these sub paths, in order

to enter the isolation mode.



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And so, I'm going to start

things off by adding the



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paths that make up the L.



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And so, I'll just go ahead

and marquee them and you



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might think the solution,

at this point, notice that



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it's telling me that exclude is selected.



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So, I should be able to

switch to a different mode,



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and so you might think

that the solution is to



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just click on the unite icon.



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But if you do so,



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you're gonna get an error message.



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Because, essentially what

Illustrator is trying to do



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is actually redraw the paths

and it can't do so inside



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the confines of a compound shape.



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So, just go ahead and click okay



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and instead of clicking that icon.



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Go ahead and once again press the alt key



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or the option key on

the mac and click on it.



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And that will give you the

effect you are looking for.



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Alright, now to take care of the C.



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I'll go ahead and click on

this big rectangle here,



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and shift click on this

internal ellipse and, of course,



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I want to subtract them.



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So I'll switch over to minus front,



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but instead of clicking on it,



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I will alt or option click on it, like so.



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And, at this point, you

can see that exclude is



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working just fine for

the interior of the O.



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So I am more or less done.



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But let's say, I want to change the fill,



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and I also want to change



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the stroke so that it's

not a mitered joint,



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like we're seeing down here

at the bottom of the C.



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So, I'll just go ahead

and select any sub path.



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It doesn't matter which one.



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And I'll click on the fill swatch,



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up here in the control panel.



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And I'll change it to this

light green right here.



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And notice, that changes the

fill of all of the letters



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that are inside of this compound shape.



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And that's because, just

as with the compound path,



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a compound shape can only have one,



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and only one, combination of

fill and stroke attributes.



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Alright, now I'll go

ahead and click on that



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second color swatch to

change the fill and I'll



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go with deep green this time around.



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And then I'll click on the word stroke to



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bring up the stroke sub panel.



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And I'm going to take the line



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away down to three points.



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And then I'm going to set

the cap to round cap and



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I'm going to click on the

round join icon as well.



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And then, the safest

thing to do at this point,



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is to just go ahead and click



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off the panel to hide it.



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Alright, now, assuming that I'm done,



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which it appears that I am,



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I'll just go ahead and press

the escape key in order to



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escape out of the isolation mode.



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And then I'll click in the



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background to deselect that ellipse.



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And that is how you combine the effects of



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multiple pathfinder operations,



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specifically shape modes,



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inside the confines of

the single compound shape



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here inside Illustrator.