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- [Voiceover] In this

movie, we'll embark on a



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real world project that's uniquely suited



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to static transformations,

namely this star logo



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which by the way is inspired by the



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old United Pixelworkers logo,



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which actually looks like this



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but they had a star version of it as well



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and so we're gonna start

things off in this movie



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by first scaling these primitive shapes



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over here on the left

hand side of the screen



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and then uniting them to create



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these two custom shapes



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over here on the right side of the screen.



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And so the first step is

to go up to the File menu



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and choose New From Template



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and then I'll go ahead and load

that center guides template



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by double clicking on it



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and next what we wanna do

is select the ellipse tool,



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which you can get from

the shape tool flyout menu



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and notice if you went ahead



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and modified your keyboard shortcuts



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back in chapter 11 of

the fundamentals course,



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that you have a shortcut now of



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Shift + M to complement

the rectangle tool's M.



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In any case, I'll go

ahead and select that tool



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and then I'll move my cursor over the



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intersection of the two guidelines



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and I'll Alt or Option + Click



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in order to create this shape

from the center outward.



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And I came up with

these values right here,



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both the width and

height of 30 points each



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at which point I'll go ahead and click OK



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to create that shape.



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Now I could create another

shape at that location



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but these live shape widgets

are getting in the way



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and incidentally, you don't

need to leave them there,



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you can turn off the live shape widgets



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anytime you like by going up

here to the Control handle



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and notice this icon right

there, Hide Shape Widgets.



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If you click on it, those

shape widgets will go away.



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For all the live shape tools

which include by the way,



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not only the rectangle

tool, the ellipse tool



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and the polygon tool these days



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but also the line segment tool.



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In any event, I'm not gonna work that way.



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I'm just gonna go ahead

and turn these guys back on



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by clicking on that same icon



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and instead, I'm gonna

create additional ellipses



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using the scale tool.



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So I'll go ahead and grab the scale tool



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which again you can get

by pressing the S key



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and then I'll press the Enter key



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or the Return key on a Mac



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to bring up the scale dialog box



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and I came up with a uniform value of 500%



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which is gonna create

a shape that measures



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five times 30 by 30 points,



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or 150 points.



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At which point I'll go ahead

and click the Copy button



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or you can press Alt +Enter on the PC



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or Option + Return on

a Mac to create a copy.



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Now it doesn't look like I have a copy



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and that's because the original shape



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is hidden in the background



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and so I'll just go ahead and

press and hold the Control key



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or the Command key on a Mac



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in order to get my last

used arrow tool on the fly,



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which in my case is the black arrow



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and then I'll just go ahead and

marquee these shapes like so



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and I'll go up here to the control panel



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and I'll change the fill to nothing,



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that way I can see both shapes



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and I'm gonna go ahead

and take the line weight



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up to three points like so.



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Alright now I just wanna

select the outer shape



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and so I'll once again

press the Control key



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or the Command key on a Mac



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in order to get the black arrow on the fly



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and I'll add the Shift key



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and then click on this middle shape.



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So that's a Control + Shift

+ Click here on the PC



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or Command + Shift + Click on a Mac



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so that just the outer shape is selected



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and then when I release

the Control or Command key,



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I return to my scale tool at which point



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I'll go ahead and press Enter or Return



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to once again bring up

the scale dialog box



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and I will change the

uniform value to 140%



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and then I'll once again

click on the Copy button



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in order to create a copy of that shape.



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Alright, now I wanna

create a fourth ellipse



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but I wanna make it based on

this middle one right here,



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it's just the easiest way to work.



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So I'll go ahead and

Control or Command click



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on that guy once again



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and I will again press the Enter key



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or the Return key on a Mac



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to bring up the scale dialog box



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and this time I'll change this value to



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220% and in case you're wondering



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where I'm getting these values,



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I'm just doing the math.



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220% times the diameter

of that middle circle



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which was 150 points



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gets us a 330 point diameter



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at which point I'll go

ahead and click Copy



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in order to create that shape.



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And so the idea here is that the distance



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between these two circles is the same as



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the distance between these two.



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And I can demonstrate that by



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drawing a couple of rectangles



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which I'll create using, of

course, the rectangle tool



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and if you're working along with me,



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make sure that your smart

guides are turned on,



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which they are not for me



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so I'll go ahead and turn them on



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and then I'm gonna drag up like so



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until the heads up display



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shows a width of 60



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and I ultimately want a height value here



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of 225 points



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and I ultimately came

up with these values,



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of course through trial and error,



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and a little bit of reverse

engineering for your benefit.



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Alright now I'm gonna press the V key



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to return to the black arrow tool



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and I'll go ahead and drag this guy



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by one of its bottom corner handles



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until it snaps into alignment



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with this circle right here



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and I'll go ahead and press the Alt key



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or the Option key on a Mac



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so that I'm creating a copy of this shape.



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Alright now we need to draw some



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shorter rectangles on the other side



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and I'll do that by once again switching



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to the rectangle tool and I'll drag up



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and over like so and you can see,



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once again, I have a width of 60 points



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so everything's in parody



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but I want a height

value, if I can get it,



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of 90 points like so



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and then I'll press the V key



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to switch back to my black arrow tool



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and I'll make a duplicate of this guy



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by dragging him over and pressing



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the Alt or the Option key



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in order to make a copy.



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Alright and finally I'll just go ahead



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and rename this layer

"Primitives," like so



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and click off the shapes

in order to deselect them



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and that's how you create a handful of



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so-called primitives using a combination



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of the ellipse tool, couldn't be easier,



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as well as the rectangle tool,



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also very easy,



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combined with the power of the scale tool



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here inside Illustrator.