449 Using the Join tool in Illustrator CC

- Hey gang, this is Deke McClelland.…Welcome to Deke's Techniques.…This week we're going to take a look…at the new Join Tool in Illustrator CC.…So you're going to have to have…the most recent version of the software,…or you can just hang out with us and wonder in amazement…as we take this haphazard collection of paths…that I drew using the line segment tool…and you can see how they just kind of overlap,…or they don't even overlap,…and with just a few drags we're going to go ahead…and join them together into this…perfectly united white arrow tool.…

Here, let me show you exactly how it works.…Alright, here's where we'll begin,…and here's where we'll end,…just so you have a chance to see everything on screen.…I'm going to switch over to this collection of lines,…all of which are open path outlines, by the way,…that I drew using the standard "Line Segment Tool".…Now I'll select all of them by pressing control-A,…or command-A on a Mac, and then…I'll click and hold on the "Pencil Tool"…midway down the toolbox here.…And I'll choose the "Join Tool"…