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JeanetteJV
JeanetteJV
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October 29, 2020
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Issue with Freedom Gradients turning into non-native art *uneditable* Illustrator 2021

  • October 29, 2020
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Illustrator 2021/Mac Book Pro/ Catalina 10.15.7.

Yesterday I created a several types of gradients, today I open the file and I'm unable to edit any of the freedom gradients I created? I also used the corner radius to create a rouned square shape for those gradients. Now the gradients that I used the Freedom gradient tool with appear to be images. The layers palette shows them as "non-native art" and the rounded corners are a part of the image. The edit corners is gone? The gradient acts like a raster image? BTW: The regular linear gradient still works as expected and the corners can be edited still.

 

I just updated to Illustrator CC2021 and although the Freedom gradient tool is not new, I rarely use it. So I'm wondering if there's a bug here? Any advise is appreciated. 

Correct answer Ton Frederiks

Try a Save As and be sure that Illustrator 2020 is selected as version.

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Navigator7
Known Participant
August 5, 2021

I know this is nearly a year later but perhaps I can help others?
Click the non native file.
Click Object Rasterize.
Then Image Trace...choose the appropriate trace.
(Then I move it off the artboard)
Then click expand  and ungroup.
Then delete the white space.
Then regroup.
The return the art to the original location.
HTH

 

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 29, 2020

Did you save as PDF?

Did you save them in an older Illustrator file format?

Did you open them in the same version of Illustrator that you used to create them?

JeanetteJV
JeanetteJVAuthor
Participant
October 29, 2020

I did not save as PDF

I saved them in the new 2021, however I did duplicate an old illustrator file (from 2014) where the original artworks was. I removed the most of the old artwork including the old gradients (that's what I was updating) and kept the icon (path). I deleted the old artwork and created new artwork in this file. When I saved it saved as Illustrator 2021.  Does that help?

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 29, 2020

When you save older files, they save in their older format.

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