5 Must Know Pathfinder Tricks in Adobe Illustrator CC

ILLUSTRATOR TUTORIAL: LEARN SOME HIDDEN FEATURES OF THE PATHFINDER! | Check out this video and learn a few secret little things that you may not have known about using the Pathfinder panel in Adobe Illustrator.

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In this Illustrator tutorial, I’ll break it all down for you when it comes to using the Pathfinder. Creating compound shapes to open up unlimited versatility when creating a custom shape with pathfinder, reduce additional anchor points, making and releasing compound paths/shapes, removing unfilled artwork automatically, and a cool hotkey to repeat pathfinder operations with ease.

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[vasharal]

Without a doubt when it comes to tutorial, you're my go to. Thank you very much for all your efforts to teach us! <3

[changmahwenn]

Very useful. I need to start using the pathfinder panel more often now

[CosminSerbanDesign]

Honestly I've never used the pathfinder tool with the compound shape option, but I can see how useful it can be, a lot of times I would have liked to be able to still have control but never thought there's a solution for it, thanks for the video!

[lilipuff]

omygod thank you so much for these techniques! really appreciated it, it helps me to create and explore logo designs more efficiently!

[phknutson]

Awesome video... learned more about Pathfinder tools than a handful of other videos!

[sinagholoubi]

Thank you so much for the amazing shortcuts and beautiful tutorials! I really like to collab with you and learn more from you

[razisalaheldin]

wow, i ve been using this pathfinder for years, ,, but never knew all these functions exist, , , , thanks, , u r the man

[madelinegrudens]

Perfect tutorial and totally useful information! New sub! And you get right to the point.... Amen

[omegashin]

These are by far the best quality illustrator tutorials I've found.

[turitamasnyirbator]

Thx! Those unfilled empty born shapes always freeks me out and I couldn't figure out how to get rid of them.

[DavidMathieson]

REALLY appreciate these and other AI tutorials. I've been a video editor for a while and I'm trying to improve my AI game for a number of reasons. Thank you, my brother!

[kyzersmansion]

Hey, love your videos and got to learn a lot.Could you do a video on compound paths, I only really used them when I wanted to apply a single gradient over multiple shapes.

[Mung]

Hey Nate, please can you show us the function in illustrator where you create a shape on either side and then press something and the same shapes fill up in the middle with the same distance between them.

[appadlee]

Thank you thank you thank you just what I needed. 🖖

[sajadsoorni]

Hi thanks for this amazing tutorial. just a question, why when I want to make the Doughnut shape with pathfinder (exactly like your method >> Select > Make compound shape) the result is different ?! result is like both shapes with same color

[nirajfilms]

that was very good tips .... thank you

[xperimentalone]

It’s these little details that make illustrator so powerful in comparison to Serif Affinity Designer.

[alexandrugrecov]

yes, some functions are hidden and I saw them first time, thank you for enlighten me.

[irechukwu]

How were you able to get a while fill on the inner circle when you made a compound shape out of two circle in point #3?
I thought compound shape takes the fill of the object on top?

[bgnikstov]

Can we use pathfinder on Symbols? I find that its usable only for shapes