Now pick the Direct Selection Tool (A), hold down the Shift and select the two anchor points highlighted with red. Replace the existing stroke color of the copy with blue and then add an anchor point highlighted with magenta. Select the red ellipse and duplicate ( Ctrl +C, Ctrl +F) it once. Next pick the Convert Anchor Point Tool (Shift +C) and use this tool to adjust the handles of the anchor points as you see in the third image below. Select the three anchor points highlighted with magenta, red and blue of the new object and then click on the ' Convert selected anchor points to smooth' button from the Properties bar. Now pick the Add Anchor Point Tool (+) and add two anchor points highlighted with magenta and blue, then move the anchor point highlighted with magenta to the position like you see in the final image below. Next select the top-left anchor point of the new object and remove it. With the help of the Rectangle Tool (M) create a 228 by 566px object and then place it in the correct position as shown below. Now reselect this guide and the ellipse, then open the Align palette ( Window > Align) and click on the Horizontal Align Center button.

Next drag a vertical guide from the Rulers (if the guide is locked, go to the View > Guides > Lock Guides) or ( Ctrl +Alt + ). Next show the Rulers ( View > View Rulers > Show Ruler) or ( Ctrl +R).

Start with drawing a 296 by 330px object using the Ellipse Tool (L). Select RGB, Screen (72ppi) and make sure that the Align New Objects to Pixel Grid box is unchecked before you click OK. Select Pixels from the Units drop-down menu, enter 610 in the width box and 550 in the height box then click on the Advanced button. Launch Illustrator and then press (Ctrl + N) to create a New document.

Illustrator pathfinder tutorial