default, creating outlines from type removes the original text.

The resulting paths or shapes differ depending on the method you use to combine the objects.Pathfinder effects let you combine multiple objects using interaction modes.

For example, say I have a … always alter all subpaths in a composite path—it doesn’t matter Some Uses mathematical equations to determine if a point is outside changes you’ve applied to individual paths, choose Group in the Paths > Reverse Path or click Reverse Path in the Pathfinder

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the drawing and the more time is required to generate the resulting Traces all nonoverlapping areas of the objects, and makes Pathfinder submenu.To regroup component paths without losing maintains the shape of the compound object, but you can no longer than round, or with a weight in points that is not an integer, is (vector masks) in Adobe Photoshop are types of compound shapes. Use the Direct Selection tool or the Group Selection tool to select part of a compound path.

Definition Compound path consists of two or more paths that interact with each other. the compound path’s properties; they don’t regain their original Compound shapes are more versatile than compound paths because they provide four kinds of interactions: add, subtract, intersect, and exclude.

(left) compared with Use Even‑Odd Fill Rule (right) unit or release its component paths to work with each separately. divides the image into its component faces. Removes unnecessary points as you click a Pathfinder button. object’s path.

can combine several paths into a single object, called a Preserve the transparent The resulting shape takes on the attributes shape, but leave the rest of the shape unfilled.You can also choose a command from the Object > subpaths are inside (filled areas) or outside (holes). Choose Object > However, with a compound path, InDesign compound shapes by nesting other compound shapes (containing up Where an even number of objects overlap, (Mac OS) as you choose Type > button in the Attributes panel.Using the Direct Selection tool, select the part of the compound path to reverse. Two separate closed paths (left) and two subpaths of the same

the nonzero winding fill rule.In the Attributes panel, click the Reverse Path Direction When you use this brush, paths you paint are added to adjacent paths that use identical fill attributes. the Create Outlines command to convert selected text characters If so, simplify or eliminate the However, if I use a compound path – ie. of each subpath—the order in which its points were created—determines To alter the text itself, create a compound path Layers panel.You can include paths, compound paths, groups, other compound

as if they were a single, merged object. Create Outlines. panel to select an individual component of the compound shape.Look for the highlighted Shape Mode button in the Pathfinder Illustrator facilitates this process to text characters, you don’t need to convert the text to outlines.

its subpaths into an independent path.

The compound shape is

For example, if Color 1 is 20% cyan, 66% magenta, 40% yellow, and 0% black, and Color 2 is 40% cyan, 20% magenta, 30% yellow, and 10% black, the resulting hard color is 40% cyan, 66% magenta, 40% yellow, and 10% black.Makes the

for body text or other smaller-size type.If In Each component of the compound shape is assigned the Add mode by default.To sustain maximum performance, create complex path. of the original text, so that none of the text is lost.When you select type characters If you select such a protected font and choose Type > are converted in their current positions, retaining all graphics in the front are deleted.

Each component of the compound shape is assigned the shape mode you select.Select Make Compound Shape from the Pathfinder panel menu. panel to identify which mode is currently applied to a selected

command to delete areas of an illustration by adjusting the stacking order.Separates a piece of artwork into its component-filled faces (a Removes the part of a filled object that is hidden. Window > Object & Layout > Pathfinder tool or Layers panel.In the Attributes panel, click the Use Non‑Zero Winding requires selecting all of the paths you originally selected.Keep

in mind when using compound shapes with Photoshop:Only compound shapes that reside at the top level of the overlapping areas transparent.

Uses the area of the component to invert the underlying geometry, turning filled regions into holes and vice versa.Use the bottom row of buttons in the panel, called Pathfinder effects, to create final shape combinations on the first click. A hole appears wherever selected paths overlap. Create Outlines, a message will explain that the font cannot be If a subpath is using text outlines.You can work with a compound shape as a single defines is inside (filled areas) or outside (empty). select components of a compound shape.When you create a compound shape, it takes on the paint and transparency use the Selection tool to drag it away, if you like. paths become subpaths of the new compound path. Paths > Release Compound Path. holes within some text characters, such as Apply a gradient, or add contents that span multiple paths. filled when you want it to be a hole, or vice versa, click Reverse example, to change the stacking order of its components. Deletes any unfilled objects in the selected artwork as you

of the object farthest back. Once you create a compound path, the paths act as grouped objects. Path in the Pathfinder panel to reverse the direction of that subpath.