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- [Voiceover] In this movie,

we're gonna weave the ribbon



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in and out of itself.



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And by far the best tool

for accomplishing this feat



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is the live paint bucket.



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And so, let me explain

how things normally work.



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Let's say that we start with

this top portion of the ribbon.



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Then, that becomes our first path outline.



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Then we flip the ribbon and

create the second path outline,



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and then we create a third path

outline on top of that one,



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a fourth on top of it,



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then the fifth portion of the ribbon,



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and finally, the sixth, in order to create



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this effect right here.



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And this is what's known as regular old,



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everyday conventional stacking order,



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in which path number one is in the back



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and path number six is in front.



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In other words, there's no

path in back of number one,



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and there's no path in

front of number six.



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Compare that to the effect

that we really want to achieve.



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And I can't even demonstrate this one



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by stacking layers on top of each other,



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because that would be impossible.



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Rather, we have path number one



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tucking behind number two,

which goes in front of four,



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then behind six, that makes sense.



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But then in back of three,

which is in back of four,



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but four is somehow in back of two,



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which is in back of three.



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And then four tucks in back of five,



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which then goes in back

of six, makes sense,



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which is in front of two, just fine,



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but then that goes in back of four,



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and then finally, six goes in back of one.



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So in other words, there

is no real front or back



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to this artwork, and

that's because suddenly,



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thanks to live paint, front

and back become relative.



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So let me show you what that looks like.



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I'll go ahead and switch

to the document so far,



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and I'll press "control A,"

or "command A" on a Mac,



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to select all of the path outlines,



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including that original polygon.



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Then, you want to drop down to



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whichever tool occupies this spot.



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I think the last tool we used was



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the live paint selection tool.



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But we're looking this time

for the live paint bucket,



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which of course you can get

by pressing the "K" key.



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And incidentally, I just

want to point this out,



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if you accidentally miss

this tool and go one down



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to the perspective grid

tool and click on it,



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you're going to end up with



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this rather frightening effect right here.



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In which case, don't

panic, just go ahead and



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switch back to that live paint bucket,



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and then go up to the view

menu, choose "perspective grid,"



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and choose "hide grid" in order



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to make the darn thing go away.



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All right now, make sure

your fill is active here



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inside the swatches panel,

and then go ahead and



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select that shade of

yellow that begins with



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"r=252," and then just go ahead and click



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in this location right here.



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So when you're first establishing

your live paint object,



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you have to click just

once, you can't drag.



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And then, click in this region here



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to fill it with yellow as well.



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Now press the left arrow key

to advance to the next swatch,



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which begins with "r=217," and then,



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just go ahead and drag down across



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these four path intersections, like so,



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in order to fill them up.



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And then drop down to

this guy and click on it.



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All right, now you want to

press the right arrow key again



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in order to advance to the shade of green



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that begins "r=140,"

and then just go ahead



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and drag across these

two path intersections,



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and nothing more, in order to fill them.



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Then press the right arrow key



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to advance to the next color swatch,



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then go ahead and drag across

these four path intersections



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and then click on this one right here.



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Now press the right arrow key to advance



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to the shade of green

that begins "r=0 g=146,"



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and drag across these

two path intersections,



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and then press the right

arrow key yet another time,



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in order to advance to the

darkest shade of green,



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and drag up these four

intersections right there,



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and then click inside this one.



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All right, now we need to

get rid of a few strokes.



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And, I recommend you do that



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by first pressing the "enter" key,



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or the "return" key on a Mac,



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to bring up the live paint

bucket options dialogue box,



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and then go ahead and turn

the "paint strokes" option



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back on and click "okay."



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All right, now hover your cursor



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over this stroke right

here, at which point



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you'll probably see a

black swatch above it.



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And if so, press the left arrow key



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a couple of times to advance to "none,"



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which is the little swatch with

the red slash inside of it,



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and click right there

to get rid of that guy.



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And then you want to click

here to get rid of that one,



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and click down here to

get rid of this guy.



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And just so we can really

see what we're doing,



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I'll press "control shift A"

or "command shift A" on a Mac



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to de-select the object.



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And you can see that these little strokes



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have gone away.



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All right, now you want to get

rid of this guy right there,



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because we want to continue

this yellow surface.



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And now, we want to get rid of these guys,



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these three in a row right here.



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And just as when you're

filling path intersections,



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you can drag to modify strokes.



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And so, just make sure you're

seeing the brush cursor



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and then drag down

these three guys like so



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to get rid of them.



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All right, now click

on this guy right there



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to get rid of him, and then click and drag



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across these three, and

then go over to this guy



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and click on him.



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And so you have to be

careful here to make sure



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you have your brush cursor.



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And then go ahead and drag

across these three as well.



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All right, now press

the "V" key in order to



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switch back to the black arrow tool,



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and we have what appear to be



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a bunch of interwoven path outlines,



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in which this yellow path at top is both



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in back of this greenish one,



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and in front of the dark green path,



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which is in front of the greenish one.



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And so, we've managed to violate



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all laws of stacking order



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by weaving a ribbon in and out of itself



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using the live paint feature

here inside Illustrator.