- [Instructor] The very simple, very popular,
very effective technique of filling in the counter shapes
of your letters with color.
First thing, right-click on your type and create outlines.
Then from the object menu,
come to compound path release.
And this is so that we can access
those interior shapes independently.
Now switch to your direct selection tool.
de-select, and then click back on the counters,
and apply color to them.
But of course, when we get to the end,
that is not an enclosed shape.
So we need to go one step further with the line tool.
Just draw a line that connects the top two portions
of the letter.
Come to your direct selection tool.
And select the letter.
Now to the shape builder.
I'll choose my fifth color.
And I can now click on that defined shape
to apply the color.