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- [Voiceover] In this

movie we'll take a look at



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a handful of additional Pathfinder options



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that are a little bit obscure



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but you might find them helpful.



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And so I'm going to

start off by zooming in



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on this collection of shapes right here.



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And I'll go ahead and

marquee them like so.



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And then, notice here

in the Pathfinder panel



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that we have a flyout menu



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in the upper right hand corner.



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If you go ahead and click on it



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you'll find, among other commands,



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this guy right there:



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Make Compound Shape.



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And if you go ahead and

choose that command,



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then you'll fuse your path outlines



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into a dynamic compound shape.



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Which means that you can edit your shapes



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to any extent you like.



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So for example,



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I'll just go ahead and double click on



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any one of these guys in order

to enter the isolation mode,



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at which point I can go ahead and



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select this ring for example,



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and move it independently

of the other two shapes.



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I can even change the

way the shapes interact



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by Alt clicking,



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or Option clicking on a Mac,



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on any one of the shape mode icons.



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And so for example,



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if I were to Alt or Option

click on the minus front icon,



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that second icon in the first row,



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I would end up subtracting

the selected ring



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from the shapes behind it.



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At which point if I'm

happy with what I see,



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I can just go ahead and

press the Escape key



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in order to exit the isolation mode.



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All right, you also have the option



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of releasing your path

outlines if you like,



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and you can do that by just clicking on



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any one of these paths in order to select



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the entire compound shape.



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Then, return to that flyout menu icon



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and choose Release Compound Shape



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which is gonna restore the

independent path outlines



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complete with their

original fills and strokes.



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All right, but let's say

that's not what I want.



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I'll just go ahead and press Control + Z,



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or Command + Z on a Mac,



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to undo that change.



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Instead, what I wanna do,



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is expand these shapes

to static path outlines.



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And you can do that by



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either returning to the flyout menu



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and choosing Expand Compound Shape



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or even more handy,



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you've got this Expand button right here.



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And so if I go ahead and click on that,



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I'm gonna end up expanding

the path outlines.



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Notice I'm no longer seeing the ring



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which means that I now

have static path outlines.



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In the form,



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as I can see up here



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on the far left side of the control panel,



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of a compound path.



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And so that means if I start dragging



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any one of these path outlines around



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I'm gonna move them all at once



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because Illustrator sees them

as a single path outline.



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If that's not what I want,



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if I wanna break them up further,



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then I can go up to the Object menu,



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choose Compound Path,



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and then choose Release,



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at which point now if I

click off one of the paths



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and then drag this guy for example,



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I can see that all three path outlines



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are now entirely independent.



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All right, now I want you to notice



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this command right here,



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called Pathfinder Options.



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It allows you to subtly

adjust the behavior



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of a few Pathfinder operations.



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And so to see how that works,



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I'll go ahead and scroll

over to this guy right here,



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and I'll click on this big purple square



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and then I'll drag it over like so,



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while pressing the Shift and Alt keys,



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that would be Shift and Option on the Mac,



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and I'm gonna go ahead and drop this guy



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right about there,



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so that I end up duplicating the square



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and the two squares are aligned



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with each other horizontally.



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Now I'll go ahead and

marquee the path outlines,



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and I want you to notice that

we have anchor points here,



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as well as here up here

at the top of the shapes,



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and we've got another

pair at this location



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and right about there.



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And so notice,



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if I were to click on the Unite icon,



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I'm not Alt clicking,



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I'm just clicking on it



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in order to create a static path outline.



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We end up keeping those anchor points



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right there along the top of the shape



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and down here at the bottom,



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the straight segments as well.



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Even though, technically speaking,



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they're not really necessary.



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They're what's known as redundant points.



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If you don't want that,



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then just go ahead and press Control + Z,



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or Command + Z on the Mac,



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and then return to that flyout menu icon



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and choose Pathfinder Options



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and then turn on this

checkbox right there,



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Remove Redundant Points and click OK.



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And now notice if I once

again click on the Unite icon



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that Illustrator ends up getting rid



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of those redundant points,



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both the ones up here at

the top of the path outline,



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as well as these guys down here



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on the bottom horizontal segments.



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All right, now I'm gonna move

down to this Divide demo here



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and I'll marquee the path outlines,



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and I'll click on Divide,



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which is the first icon in the second row.



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Now as you may recall,



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that ends up delivering a group,



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and so I'm going to bust up these shapes



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by going up to the Object menu



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and choosing the Ungroup command



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or I can press Control + Shift + G,



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or Command + Shift + G on a Mac.



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And now I'll click off the paths



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and I'll drag them to different locations



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so that we can see that I have once again



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traced this negative space,



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to which I'll assign a

default fill and stroke



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by pressing the D key,



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just so that we can see it.



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All right, so let's say



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you don't wanna trace the negative space,



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then, just for the sake of demonstration,



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I'll scroll over to

these shapes right there,



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and marquee them once again,



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and then I'll return

to the flyout menu icon



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in upper right corner

of the Pathfinder panel,



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and choose Pathfinder Options.



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And then I'll turn on

this second checkbox,



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Divide and Outline Will

Remove Unpainted Artwork,



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and click OK.



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And now notice if I

click on the Divide icon,



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once again, inside the Pathfinder panel,



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and press Control + Shift + G,



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or Command + Shift + G on a Mac,



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to ungroup the path outlines.



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Now if I drag this guy away

and then marquee this area,



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I no longer have a path outline

around that negative space.



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And so if you don't like ending up



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with these extra path outlines



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when working with Divide or Outline,



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then again go ahead and

choose Pathfinder Options



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and turn on the second checkbox.



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And that, folks, is how

you work with the extra,



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pretty darn obscure,



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but sometimes useful Pathfinder Options



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here inside Illustrator.