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Adobe Illustrator

by Jason Hoppe
February 2020
Beginner
388 pages
9h 52m
English
Rocky Nook
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Pathfinder Panel

In teaching people how to use Illustrator for the past 20 years, I have realized that many people feel they cannot draw. While people do have differing levels of natural drawing ability, everyone can learn how to create anything they can imagine by using basic shapes and the Pathfinder panel. The Pathfinder panel is the gateway through the mental block of being afraid to draw and opening the mind to creativity. My weekly blog (www.jasonhoppe.com/blog) shows everyone how incredible the creation process can be even if you don’t feel like a natural artist.

The Pathfinder panel is used to combine shapes together or subtract shapes from each other to create new shapes. This panel is the basis for creating most shapes and objects. ...

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