Pathfinder vs Shapebuilder

Have you ever wondered what is the difference between the Pathfinder panel and the Shape Builder tool in Illustrator? Both of them are great to turn shapes into artwork but there are slight differences between them. In this video I will show you how to make the most of both of these amazing tools.
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[@sharoneisenberg2274]

Very, very helpful and clearly demonstrated! Thank you!

[@riquebarajas5934]

Very well done, good breakdown of the two tools.

[@jasonenz4238]

THANK YOU!!! Amazingly explained video! Learned more in this one video then I have in other videos. Thanks!!!

[@jbhusky]

Please make more of these illustrator videos and help make our lives easier. Hahaha. This is awesome!! Thank you!

[@JohnMutch]

This is very helpful because I don't have the shapebuilder tool in cs4. Thank you for sharing!

[@RichardHema]

Thank you very much, appreciate the help and well explained.

[@Cynthia_Vanina]

Thank you very much for another awesome video!!

[@morodesignstudio]

Thank you! I saved it to practice

[@LeahStredz]

great and helpful video, thanks!

[@yesabethmartinez8164]

Super helpful! Thanks

[@nicholasweeney1172]

Thank you. Really clear explanation .

[@bamthebully]

Seriously so helpful

[@thariqlatheef8235]

Very very helpful thank you very much

[@LizzieMayne]

Brilliant thank you for the tutorial.

[@emmat.6078]

Thank you!

[@allan1064]

Thank you!!!

[@kckdutton]

Thank You!

[@pranaytony]

Fantastic Comparison Sir!☺️😊

[@elliottlear6011]

Great insight. Thank you!

[@liponpro3331]

*have found it useful. thanks*

[@Efadh]

thank you

[@mirazhasan1965]

thank you so much

[@ramonmartinez7613]

Thanks. Very useful!

[@jameswang4655]

Very useful，thank you!

[@madelinegrudens]

Very helpful! Thanks for sharing! 2021!

[@chiaratomics]

thank you, very clear. it helped a lot

[@ThePametnica88]

Super, it's very usefull video.
Thank you so much!

[@lawanrajapaksha]

Thanks brother!!!

[@productandservices]

Best teacher!

[@mdshibli1009]

Brilliant tutorial

[@iamdakoe]

amazing tutorial thank you very much sir! I gave up on the voicecrack in between :D

[@spider853]

Is there a quick way to get rid of path edges after using Shape Builder Tool? Also is there a way without duplicating the object to change the width of a stroke of let's say a donut shaped compound object? Like the inside of the donut to have one stroke and outside a different width

[@rafaelmartinsdecastro7641]

Very good

[@brunogianopolus]

Great video

[@WaltonV]

This ladder situation isn't still the worst scenario to the Shapebuilder tool. Because you could have selected half the ladder with rectangle selection, and then the other half. Both are still usable.
The problem of the Shapebuilder tool would be if the big vertical shapes are joint with only a single horizontal shape. So this would be the "ideal" situation to use the Pathfinder instead.
But remember, Pathfinder is still a "1-click" tool, much faster! Haha

[@BaronBrell]

thanks gj

[@massimehrkhah607]

Thanks.

[@blaisentakabanyura3118]

Très bon

[@user-jp3dl4qn8h]

intro music is awesome

[@amarnathst2998]

Iam using illustrator more than 4 years. I don't know the shift+ x shortcut

[@kareka5551]

thats so useful

[@Algorhythmical]

This does not work for me. The shape builder tool does not do what is shown in the video

[@IStMl]

Are you German ?

[@jairosouza7994]

Pathfinder is not that much of a good tool, it is important and essential but needs to be redesigned. I'm switching from Coreldraw I have noticed that corel's version of this tool works much better.