Each week you will need to respond to two questions posted. Your response should be a minimum of 150 words for both questions. You should also include at least one response to your fellow students. The responses are a requirement for participation part of your grade.
Question 01 –
Describe how to use the divide tool. What happens to the overlapping area when you divide?
Question 02 –
How would you choose colors for seasons?
Question 01 –
Describe how to use the divide tool. What happens to the overlapping area when you divide?
The divide tool and subsequently the pathfinder tool is an invaluable tool that lets you do a wide range of skills. The divide tool in particular lets you “merge” two shapes and gives you a remainder of shapes where they are merged. The overlapping area is erased and replaced with a shape the same shape as the area divided and the colour of the topmost shape.
Question 02 –
How would you choose colors for seasons?
Reference colours from that season, Colours can belong to multiple seasons so a group of colours is what gives the vibes for the chosen season. Generally, blues, whites, and browns are indicative of winter.
Light greens, yellows, and light blue, are colours of spring
Brown, yellow, red, are fall. And dark greens and browns are summer. Some of this is a matter of opinion but most would find they might agree with some of my choices.
To use the Divide tool select all the shapes you want to divide. Go to Window then down to Pathfinder. On the Pathfinder panel click on the ‘Divide’ button. This will cut the shapes into separate pieces where they overlap and divide them.
I would choose colors for seasons based on the aesthetics for the season. In class we found inspiration pictures designed and taken for each season then selected the eye dropper tool (i) on the keyboard and got colors from all around the photo. We created a color palette for each season with the eye dropper tool.
Question 01 –
To use the Divide tool, typically found in vector graphic software like Adobe Illustrator, first select all the shapes you want to divide. Then, go to the Pathfinder panel and click on the ‘Divide’ button. This will cut the shapes into separate pieces where they overlap. The overlapping areas are split into individual sections that can be manipulated independently, allowing for detailed editing and reconfiguration of the design elements.
Question 02 –
Choosing colors for seasons involves tapping into the emotional and visual cues associated with each time of year. For spring, consider fresh, vibrant colors like green and pink that evoke new growth and flowers. Summer calls for bright, warm colors like yellow and sky blue, reflecting the sun and clear skies. Autumn requires warm, earthy tones such as orange, red, and brown, reminiscent of falling leaves. Winter is represented well with cool, muted colors like icy blue, white, and silver, suggesting snow and frost.
The divide tool cuts up the overlapping shapes. In the pathfinder section, expanded, that’s where the tool will be. Select all overlapping shapes and click divide. Then individually select a shape and it’ll be separated
To select colors for a season, search color palettes or go to the pantone section
Question 01 –
Describe how to use the divide tool. What happens to the overlapping area when you divide?
The first thing to do is open Adobe Illustrator. Find the option for the polygon tool on the left side of the toolbar. Use this to create two shapes with different shapes (e.g. two circles or two squares, rectangles). Try to put the two figures together, bring the two figures together. Hold down (Command/shift+A) to select all shapes. Then find the “Window” option at the top of the screen. Find an option called “Pathfinder”, click on it and you will see a new control panel pop up, that is, the Pathfinder Tools panel, which is also one of the tools used to divide graphics. Then at the bottom of the panel is written the pathfinder’s name, the first option is “points” graphic tool, just need to click. Then select all graphics again and right-click to find the ungrouped option. After clicking, you can drag the graph to the desired position.
When dividing, overlapping areas may occur where there is no way to divide the graph, or the position of the division is not what you want. In this case, you can find the “object” option at the top, open the “path” option, hover the mouse over it, and you will see more options on the right. Another way is to find an option called “Divide object below” and then click on it to separate the overlapping areas.
Question 02 –
How would you choose colors for seasons?
As for how to choose seasonal colors, I will choose to find pictures or objects related to seasonal elements on the Internet, make a simple color palette with these elements, and use the dropper tool to adsorb each color I want.
Great explanation and I agree with your method for the color pallettes.
Answer1:
First, select the objects you want to divide. Then you can find the divide tool under the “Pathfinder” panel, which you can usually open from the “Window” menu. Once you’ve got the pathfinder panel open, click on the “Divide” button. It will split your selected objects, creating a new shape for the overlapping area and the overlapping part becomes its own separate shape.
Answer2:
I select the color scheme Using the explore tools on the Adobe Colour website and I also look up for inspiration online.
To use the divide tool, you first have to expand the shape to do that, you go to the top, then object>expand, and press okay. Then go to window>pathfinder, select the object that you want to divide, then click on divide under pathfinders. Now you are able to use the direct selection tool you can click on the overlapping section, enabling you to move it, delete it, or change the colors.
How I would choose colors for seasons is to simply search for images of the specific season, such as fall, and use the eyedropper tool to select the colors and it to my swatches palette by dragging it in or clicking on new swatches and pressing ok.
Hi Bonnie,
There is a website called https://colorhunt.co/ that helps you select colors based on a theme.
Hi Bonnie, the way you explained the divide tool is very detailed and clear. Also, I like that you mentioned eyedropper tool which is a very useful tool to pick the colors.
Hello Bonnie, as for how you choose the seasonal colors, I often use the dropper tool to adsorb some images or object images and get the colors on them, which is really very convenient.
Q1:
The divide tool is useful for dividing two different or similar shapes when they overlap. The intersection is cut from its original shape when the overlapping shapes are divided. They become a unique shape where you can do anything you want with it. It’s useful when you want to create an overlapping effect with another shape. To use the divide tool, you must have two shapes overlaying each other. Make sure both are selected. After that you go up to Window > Pathfinder > Divide. The shapes are now divided.
Q2:
I would choose colors for seasons by looking through Pinterest to get inspiration. Collecting images and extracting their colors by using the eyedropper tool.
Hello Elvis, I like how you mentioned Pinterest to look for images in order to extract the colors.
Hi Elvis! I like your idea to use Pinterest to select colors for seasons. That’s a great place to go for inspiration.