Monday, April 9, 2012

D2 tutorial 4 Stephenson

Applying a stroke around multiple objects

Step1:Create 2 or three shapes                                 


Step2: Select all shapes and group them together.
Step3: with the group selected go to Window< Appearance
Step4: click the Add New Stroke  icon , then set your stroke weight and color
Step5: click the fx icon, then go to path < off set path and increase the number as much as wanted.   


Step6: with the group still selected select the fx icon again. This time go to Pathfinder <  Add
and you should get something like this