Ai 2020: Placing an image results in diagonal blue lines

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October 12, 2020
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Hi folks.

So I opened up an Ai file, then I choose 'file -> place', and place a JPG. But there are diagonal blue lines on the image, and this means a lot of the menu options are greyed out. Why is this?

Thanks in advance.

How to

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Correct answer Doug A Roberts

Embed the image first. If this box is unchecked, placed images will automatically embed.

Srishti Bali

Community Manager

Hi there,

This is an expected behavior when you place a raster image in Illustrator.

Color of this frame depends on the color of Layer on which the objects are placed. To hide these click anywhere on the pasteboard or View > Hide Edges.