Comments on: Day 9: Creating Compound Paths

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:20:44 +0000

Double clicking the Selection Tool brings up a Move dialog box, and does not make the shapes editable. I am using CS5.

By: Mariane Meira

Mariane Meira — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:12:06 +0000

Hey guys…thank you so much! This has been so helpfullll!!!!!

By: marso

marso — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:00:45 +0000

what i said was said by Duke and Vectordiary already. i’m just happy that i actually learn this time thanks guys…

By: marso

marso — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:54:29 +0000

thanks for this. btw, after selecting multiple shapes, you have to ‘Alt-click Pathfinder->Add’ to make the separate shapes editable after combinining them. Coz, if you just do ‘click Pathfinder->Add’, they cant be editable again. ijust figured this now.hehe.

thank you for this whole series of AI tute i’m going to the next lesson now

By: Tony Soh

Tony Soh — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:06:23 +0000

You can just go to Object > Expand the compound shape.

By: Andrzej

Andrzej — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:13:46 +0000

Hello I just starting my own Illustrator project and I have filing that your blog will be very help full for me.
I have some question about illustrator compound path and I can’t find answer anywhere. When I’m creating two overlapped path lets say two circles. Small and large. Than I try using pathfinder to cut hole in the bigger one. but I don’t wont them to create compound path. Can I do something like this.

By: Z-Rabbit

Z-Rabbit — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:26:28 +0000

NICXF: 2. Before it’ll let you punch that final hole, you have to click the ‘expand’ button on the original set of paths to fully merge them before it’ll allow you to punch through. i tested this on a couple other shapes too and it seems to be the rule

Hell yeah! I was messing with this for like 30 minutes before I got it to work. You’re a life saver!