2 Replies Latest reply: Dec 1, 2014 7:35 AM by TRON0314 RSS

    Imported PDF to Ai > A million different clipping masks?

    TRON0314 Community Member

      I have been using Ai for about 10 years, and I have run into this problem before but somehow circumnavigated around it. However, I'd like to get to the bottom of it this time.

       

      First off this has happened CC, CS6, and CS5.

       

      I imported a PDF of a scanned plan thinking that I would do some line-weight modification and color + graphics for a presentation, problem is is that it is broken up into A LOT of different elements within A LOT of different clipping mask. This happens just from opening a PDF in Ai. Does anyone know why an imported PDF is doing this? Also, how is the quickest and best way to get it back to just paths. Example below.

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