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How to use the Shape Builder Tool illustrator toolkit

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How to use the Shape Builder Tool illustrator toolkit

Illustrator Shape Builder Tool

Illustrator Shape Builder Tool is the most frequently used tool in logo design
Illustrator Shape Builder Tool There is a keyboard shortcut Shift + M
Used to line up segments of an image together and delete unnecessary parts of the design

Illustrator Shape Builder Tool
Illustrator Shape Builder Tool

Set Illustrator Shape Builder Tool This includes 2 additional small tools: Live Paint Bucket,  Live Paint Selection Tool

Live Paint Bucket
Live Paint Bucket

Live Paint Selection Tool
Live Paint Selection Tool

Live Paint Bucket: Used to color the object that intersects between two main objects
Live Paint Selection Tool: Select each object to fill with color, including 2 main objects and the intersection object

Want to be able to use it Illustrator Shape Builder Tool follow these steps

Step 1: We draw a square and a circle intersecting each other
Step 2: Use the tool Selection Tool surrounds those two objects
Step 3: Then use Illustrator Shape Builder Tool or shortcut is Shift + M
Step 4
: I drag the parts I want to merge into 1, and hold down the key to remove the parts ALT Then left click on the object you want to remove

When we use this tool, it means that when we color 3 objects, it will automatically separate them into blocks for us

Illustrator Shape Builder Tool
Illustrator Shape Builder Tool

Live Paint Bucket tool in illustrator

Other than Illustrator Shape Builder Tool This tool is used to fill 3 objects with color

Step 1: We draw a square and a circle intersecting each other
Step 2: Use the tool Selection Tool surrounds those two objects
Step 3: Then use Live Paint Bucket tool or shortcut is K
Step 4
: Open color version (F6) Then choose a color and pour it into the objects you need to change their color

Live Paint Bucket tool
Live Paint Bucket tool

[note]

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[/note]

Live Paint Selection Tool in illustrator

Is a tool used to select each object and change color that is different from the tool Illustrator Shape Builder Tool

Step 1: We draw a square and a circle intersecting each other
Step 2: Use the tool Selection Tool surrounds those two objects
Step 3: Then use Live Paint Selection Tool or shortcut is Shift + L
Step 4
: Select each object then change the color and slide to add a color bar color. color

When using this tool, we must use it Illustrator Shape Builder Tool To divide into 3 colors and 3 objects, you can use this tool

Live Paint Selection Tool
Live Paint Selection Tool

When we want to move one of the two main objects, we just need to double click on that object to move

moving operation
moving operation

Illustrator Shape Builder Tool is the most used tool in the set of 3 tools

Some logo images when used Shape Builder Tool illustrator

logo1
logo using Shape Builder Tool

logo2
logo using Shape Builder Tool

logo3 1
logo using Shape Builder Tool

Epilogue

In this article, I have introduced to you 3 tools including: Shape Builder Tool illustrator, Live Paint Bucket,  Live Paint Selection Tool.  Helps people design the logo they want and how to color it more easily. In addition to the logo, there are tools Shape Builder Tool in illustrator Can also be used in certain cases.

This article has clearly stated about these 3 tools and how to use them most appropriately and effectively for beginners in graphic design. If you feel that this article I wrote is good and useful to you, please don't hesitate to give me 5*.

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