Comments on: Pathfinder: Explained

By: Ruben Campos

Ruben Campos — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:27:10 +0000

Finally a clear explanation of Pathfinder!!!
Thank You

By: Abraham

Abraham — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:34:26 +0000

where is the continuation?
i liked the tutorial.
thanks..

By: DESIGN: Using Typography to create Texture | BittBox

DESIGN: Using Typography to create Texture | BittBox — Fri, 08 May 2009 04:41:40 +0000

[...] Overlap diferent words/characters and use the Pathfinder (explained in this post) palette to create intricate custom designs based on the [...]

By: Complex Circular Design Techniques | BittBox

Complex Circular Design Techniques | BittBox — Fri, 08 May 2009 04:11:45 +0000

[...] to Shape Area Button,” and then the “Expand” button, in that order. Read this post if you don’t know how to use the [...]

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:41:44 +0000

I really wish you could explain creating a few complex shapes using both the top and bottom buttons in the pathfinder pallette. A few examples of how to divide paths would be very useful for me as I can never seem to get it to work.

By: Creando logos con efectos 3D en Illustrator | dominios, diseño web, ecommerce - Mantis Technology Solutions Blog

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:04:01 +0000

[...] para crear logos con efectos en 3D y coloridos gradientes. Para lograrlo se utiliza Illustrator y herramientas Pathfinder, después es solo seguir las instrucciones paso a paso con mucho [...]

By: Creando logos con efectos 3D en Illustrator | Isopixel

Creando logos con efectos 3D en Illustrator | Isopixel — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:54:02 +0000

[...] para crear logos con efectos en 3D y coloridos gradientes. Para lograrlo se utiliza Illustrator y herramientas Pathfinder, después es solo seguir las instrucciones paso a paso con mucho [...]

By: B

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 08:46:14 +0000

Does pathfinder work with an image? I have a photo that I want to eliminate the background from…is there any way to do this using Illustrator?

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:29:21 +0000

That was such a great help. So easy once you know about the expand button. Doh!

By: hes

hes — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:18:45 +0000

Nice tutorial. Thanks!

By: TerraN

TerraN — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:08:14 +0000

Great tut, I didn’t know about the pathfinder tool expand button, and i was doing this tutorial… long story short they didn’t tell me to hit the expand tool (I’ma n00b) spent at least 3 hours lost. Bitt you kick ass thanx for helping me evolve from a n00b (long way to go though)

By: webstandard

webstandard — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:38:57 +0000

Icons, Logos & Co. selbstgemacht…

Icons & Logos. Viele setzen sie in ihren Webseiten oder Weblogs ein. Wobei viele von denen hierbei oft auf bereits bestehende Icon-Pakte zurück greifen. Wie aber ein Logo oder Icon in wenigen Schritten selbst erstellt werden kann, zeigt …

By: Idesign » Blog Archive » Complex Circular Design Techniques

Idesign » Blog Archive » Complex Circular Design Techniques — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:52:49 +0000

[...] Click on the “Add to Shape Area Button,” and then the “Expand” button, in that order. Read this post if you don’t know how to use the [...]

By: TLSPRWR

TLSPRWR — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:38:45 +0000

Thank you! I’ve been looking for how to do this.

Now I won’t have to keep restarting Illustrator after crashes from complex clipping masks…

By: Sophia

Sophia — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:27:18 +0000

Hi how do you select 2 objects after you expand, so you can subtract? I’ve had Illustartor 10 on my computer for ages and finally, came across. VERY helpful! oh another question. I recreated a logo and then flattened the layers, but when i try moving it to a new artboard (document) only parts of it was selected. What do i do to select the whole image so I can move it to another document?
cheers
Sophia

By: Sasha

Sasha — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:36:23 +0000

Thanks for the review, but still, i’m stuck with trimming the lines outside the box. These Pathfinder buttons seem to work fine with polygons.

Is there a way to trim line segments with anything? After you apply clipping mask, you always have to clean up empty paths.

Regards,
Sasha

By: aaron

aaron — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:17:56 +0000

Thanks for the great explanantion… can you post an explanation like this for the rest of the pathfinder buttons? those things still chap my ass!

By: Tami

Tami — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:53:22 +0000

Woohooo! I just used this info on subtracting shapes to fix the problems that I was having with the non-transparency issues of my VectorMagic b/w logo. Thank you so much! It was a bit time-consuming at first, but once I figured it out it went pretty quickly. :-)

By: Vowels

Vowels — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:52:41 +0000

I know this is several months old, but I just wanted to say thanks very much!

By: Andre

Andre — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:52:52 +0000

very good information, thanks for sharing. I know it help make it simple so i can keep working at a steady pace.