Illustrator and PDF

[KennyRohan]

When I open a PDF file in Illustrator, it displays as one solid graphic and offers no opportunity for the graphic to be un-grouped, so I can delete portions of it. Is there any way to get at the innards of a PDF in Illustrator, or for that matter, in any other program? Thank you.

 

[jmgalvin]

Depending on what's in the pdf, Photoshop might be a better bet as it's selection tools are little easier to use. If you need vectors, you can select tihngs, create paths and export the paths to Illustrator.

If you have to extract text, you're better off in Acrobat pro as long as the text wan't raserized before making the pdf. If the pdf was generated from an app that carries both text and images (like linked images in AI) you can select and export images in Acrobat pro.l


Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4

 

[itchybug]

Kenny:

The pdf file format is the same as the native Illustrator format, so normally if you're opening a pdf, there should be editable vectors there, and/or images, as JM pointed out.

Some software offers the option to save as a pdf, but that doesn't mean your jpeg will magically become vector, it's merely a placed image (for example).

HTH

Bert

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