Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video Using Divide and Minus Back, part of Illustrator CC 2013 One-on-One: Intermediate.
In this movie, I'll show you how to create…the sleepy moon using a combination of static pathfinder operations,…including but not limited to the first and the last…in the second row here, divide and then minus back.…I'll go ahead and switch to my illustration in progress and I'll…turn on this layer here inside the layers panel called base objects.…And I'll go ahead and zoom into this…collection of six path outlines that we'll use…to create the moon.…Starting with these two circles, and this is classic stuff here.…
You can create a crescent by just subtracting one circle from another.…Now, if you click on any one of…these objects, you'll select all of them because,…they are grouped, as you can see on the far left side of the control panel.…The easiest way to modify them, is to enter the…group isolation mode, by double-clicking on any one of the objects.…Then, go ahead and click on the violet circle…to select it, and shift-click on the red circle to select it as well.…Now we want to subtract the violet circle from the red circle because the…
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8/22/2013- Creating layers, sublayers, and groups
- Lifting a color and creating a swatch
- Assigning colors to paths inside groups
- Adjusting the stacking order
- Using the Width tool to adjust line weight
- Masking a pattern inside a background
- Assigning and modifying a gradient fill
- Creating a radial gradient
- Drawing a linear spiral with the Polar Grid tool
- Adding a credible 3D cast shadow
- Contouring with the Blob Brush and Eraser
- Creating and painting an overlapping path
- Placing Photoshop images in Illustrator files
- Previewing and printing documents
- Optimizing documents for the web
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome to One-on-One2m 14s
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11. Layers and Groups
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Creating and using sublayers5m 48s
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Creating clipping groups6m 40s
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Working in an isolation mode5m 29s
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12. Swatches and Stacking Order
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Searching swatches by name8m 31s
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Adjusting the stacking order6m 30s
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Pasting in front and in back6m 13s
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Combining multiple fills7m 32s
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13. Strokes, Dashes, and Arrows
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Introducing the Stroke panel4m 49s
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Dashes and arrowheads4m 12s
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14. Gradients and the Gradient Tool
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Creating a radial gradient5m 26s
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Adjusting the midpoint skew3m 31s
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How gradients work1m 3s
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15. Seamlessly Repeating Patterns
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16. Align and Distribute
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17. Pathfinder Operations
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Adding to a compound shape3m 20s
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Using Divide and Minus Back4m 28s
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18. Live Paint and Interlocking Paths
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Introducing Live Paint5m 39s
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19. Placing Photoshop Images
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Working with linked images8m 58s
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Linking vs. embedding images10m 29s
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Unembedding an image3m 30s
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20. Printing a Document
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Placement, scale, and tiling5m 59s
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21. Saving for the Web (and PowerPoint)
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Conclusion
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Until next time54s
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