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- [Instructor] In this movie,



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I'll show you how to take what I'm calling



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these construction paths right here



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and we're going to clip them

apart using the scissors tool



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in order to create these paths right here.



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So notice we're getting rid of everything



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over on this side and everything

down along here as well.



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Alright so I'll go ahead and switch



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to my illustration in progress here



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and I'm going to zoom way in

on this detail right here.



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And just so that we're getting the most



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precise results possible,

I'll press control Y



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or command Y on a Mac to

switch to the outline mode,



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and I'm going to zoom in even closer



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and notice that we're

looking at the intersection



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of the top black path as

well as this outer red path.



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And we can see that's the

case if I press control Y



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or command Y on a Mac to switch

back to the preview mode.



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But we need to see the outline,



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so I'm going to press

control or command Y again,



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and then I'll click and

hold on the eraser tool,



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and I'll select the scissors

tool from the fly out menu,



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which has a keyboard shortcut of C.



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And then I'll press the control key,



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or the command key on a Mac,



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to temporarily gain access

to my last used arrow tool



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which is the black arrow,



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and I'll click on this path to select it.



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And then I'll release the

control or command key



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in order to switch back

to the scissors tool.



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Notice there's an anchor

point right there,



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we want to avoid it,



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and so you may need to

zoom in a little bit



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and I always forget that Illustrator



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now zooms in on the selection



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so that kind of ruined everything here.



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I need to scroll back up



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and then I'll just

control space bar click.



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That's a command space bar click on a Mac.



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Just so I can see exactly

where I need to click.



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Notice that my smart guides are turned on



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so that I'm seeing the word intersect



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when I click at this location right there.



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Alright that adds effectively

two new anchor points,



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so two end points, because

we just cut it in two.



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And so I'm going to press the control key,



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or the command key on a Mac,



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to temporarily gain access

to my black arrow tool



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once again and click

on this left hand path,



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which is now independent of this path



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over here on the right,



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and I'll press the backspace key,



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or the delete key on a

Mac to get rid of it.



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Alright now I'll scroll down



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using the scroll wheel on my

mouse for what that's worth,



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and I'll control or

command click on this path



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to select it, notice we have

an anchor point right there.



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Want to avoid it.



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And so you want to click

at the intersection



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of these two paths, and then

control or command click



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on the left hand path and

press the backspace key



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or delete key on the Mac to get rid of it.



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Alright now at this point

we can zoom out a little bit



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and control or command click on this guy



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and click when you see the word intersect.



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In order to cut away this

left hand bit of path.



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Then control or command

click on it to select it



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and press the backspace key



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or the delete key on a

Mac to get rid of it.



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Alright now we could

clip this inner circle,



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but we don't really have to,



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so I'm just going to leave it alone.



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And instead I'm going to

move down to this region



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where we're seeing the black paths



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intersect with this

bottom group of red paths.



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Alright so I'll press control Y



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or command Y on a Mac to switch

back to the outline mode,



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and then I'll zoom in on this guy.



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This time I want to cut the path



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that's more or less vertical,



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and so I'll press the control key,



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or the command key on a

Mac, and click on this path



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to select it.



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Notice that we have an anchor point



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right here at this location.



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We want to avoid it.



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So I'll click when I

see the word intersect.



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I've zoomed way in once again,



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and then I'll control or command click



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on this bottom piece of path to select it



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and I'll press the backspace key



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or the delete key on a

Mac to get rid of it.



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Right now you want to

control or command click



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on this path, the one that's

more or less vertical,



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and click at the word intersect,



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so avoid that anchor point right there.



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I want to click right at this location.



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And then control or

command click to select



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the bottom piece of path outline



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and press the backspace key



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or the delete key on

the Mac to get rid of it



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and then control or command click on this



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more or less vertical path outline.



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Click when you see the word intersect



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and then control or command click



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on this bottom piece of path to select it



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and press the backspace key



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or the delete key on a Mac

to get rid of it as well.



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At which point, you're going to end up



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with this effect here.



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To see what it looks like,

we'll press control Y



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or command Y on a Mac to switch

back to the preview mode.



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Alright now what you want to do



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is press the V key to switch

back to your black arrow tool



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and just go ahead and marquis

these paths right here.



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So these four ring paths



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as well as the upright at sign.



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You don't need to select

the one that's upside down.



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And then just press control C



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or command C on a Mac to copy it



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and then go ahead and turn

off this 60.74% layer,



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drop down to the little page icon



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at the bottom of the layers panel



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and Alt or Option click on it



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in order to bring up the

options dialogue box.



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We'll call this new layer pattern



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and I'll change it's color to medium blue,



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let's say, up here toward

the top of the menu,



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and click okay.



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And then I'll press control F



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or command F on a Mac in order

to paste those path outlines.



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Alright, now we need to

rotate them into place



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and we're going to do that

by pressing control zero,



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or command zero on a Mac

in order to zoom out.



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I'm going to click off the

paths to deselect them,



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and then I'm going to zoom

in just a little bit here



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so that I'm looking at the document



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at the 100% zoom ratio,



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and I'll press control

A, or command A on a Mac



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to select all those paths.



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Then I'll switch to the rotate tool,



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which you can get by pressing the R key.



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Go ahead and position your cursor



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exactly at the intersection

of the two center guides



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and Alt or Option click.



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Alright now this time around,



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the math is a little harder to figure out.



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So I'm going to enter

an angle value of 360,



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which is a full circle,



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and then I'll enter slash eight,



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for the eight sides of the octagon,



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and I'll press the tab key,



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and that gives me an

angle value of 45 degrees.



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At which point I'll click copy,



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in order to copy all those paths,



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and then I'll press control

D, or command D on the Mac



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in order to duplicate that rotation



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until I fill out every corner

of that octagonal guide,



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like so.



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Alright now to complete the effect



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I'll go ahead and zoom out here



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and because I have something selected,



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I zoomed out with the art

board at a weird position,



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so I'll just go ahead and

scroll things back here.



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And what I want to do

is make this logo white



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against a dark blue background.



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And so I'm going to

create yet another layer,



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this time by control alt

or command option clicking



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on little page icon at the

bottom of the layers panel,



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and the reason I'm pressing those keys



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is that will result in a

layer below the active one,



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and so I'll just go ahead

and call this layer backdrop,



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let's say, and change

it's color to light gray,



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doesn't really matter, and click okay.



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And now I'll switch to my rectangle tool,



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which I can select from the

shape tool fly out menu,



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and I'll draw a big rectangle



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from one corner of the red

bleed boundary to the other,



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and then I'll change the stroke to none



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and I'll set the fill to this

dark shade of gray right here.



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In which the RGB values are all 51.



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And that'll produce this effect here.



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Now I'm really looking for a

kind of dark shade of blue,



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but it's not a blue that I've created here



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in the swatches panel,



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so I'm going to switch over

to the appearance panel,



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click on the fill, and click

on the little page icon



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at the bottom of the panel

to create a copy of it,



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and then I'll change this

fill to the shade of blue



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that begins R equals zero, G equals 113.



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And I'll click on the word opacity



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and I'll change the blend

mode for this specific fill



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to color and I'll take

the opacity value down



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to 50 percent, and if you loaded D keys,



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you could do that just

by tapping the five key.



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In my case I have to tap

the key a couple of times



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because the first time

ended up closing that panel.



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Alright now I'll press control shift A



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or command shift A on a Mac



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in order to deselect my art work



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and I'll go ahead and zoom back in.



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Now switch back over to the layers panel,



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I'll scroll to the bottom

and turn off the guides layer



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and then I'll scroll up here to the top



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and I'll press the V key



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to switch to my black arrow tool,



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and I'll click on any one

of these black strokes



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to select it, then I'll

click on this icon over here



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on the right side of the control panel,



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the one that reads select similar objects



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and I will change all

the strokes to white.



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And then I'll click on

any one of the at signs,



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I'll click on that icon

again, select similar objects,



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in order to select all the at signs



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and I'll change their fills

to white this time around.



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And I'm going to go ahead and

lock down that backdrop layer,



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incidentally, just so that I

don't end up messing it up.



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And now let's say that I

want to assign a drop shadow



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to this entire layer,



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then I would go ahead and target the layer



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by clicking on this

little meatball over here



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on the right side of the layers panel,



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and then with the entire layer selected,



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I'll go up to the effect

menu, choose stylize,



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and then choose drop shadow,



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which if you loaded D keys,



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there's a shortcut of control alt D,



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or command option D on a Mac.



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And these are the settings

they came up with.



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The mode's set to multiply, the

color is black, incidentally



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and so if need be, you can dial that in



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by clicking on a little color swatch.



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The opacity is 100%.



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The X offset is negative two,



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the Y offset is positive two,



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and the blur is zero.



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At which point I'll click

okay to accept that change



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and then I'll click off my

art work to deselect it.



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And that's how you whittle

away at your path outlines



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using the old school scissors tool



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in order to create a ring

logo of interwoven rings



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here inside Illustrator.