What is a Compound Path?Ī Compound Path is very similar to a Group in that it’s a “group” of multiple objects. It wasn’t until a couple of years later that I discovered my presumptions about Pathfinder effects were wrong-applying them to multiple objects can be done.Īll you need is the magic of a Compound Path. I’d then try grouping the black squares first, or merging them using the Pathfinder effect, Unite, but the result was still the same.Īt the time, I presumed that Pathfinder effects could only be applied to one object at a time. Instead of creating the shape above, I’d get something like this:
However, I soon found that this didn’t work as I expected it to. When I first started learning about Pathfinder effects, my instinct was to simply select both the green and black squares and apply the Minus Front effect. Let’s say that I want to subtract the green square from the black squares to create a shape like this: Here we’ve got a green square overlapping four smaller black ones. I used to run into this problem all of the time. Ever tried applying pathfinder effects to multiple objects at once and ended up with a result you weren’t expecting?
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