Mystery File-Type

[johnd59898678]

I received a PDF Ad from a client yesteday that includes a filetype I have never seen before? When I open the PDF in Illustrator, their logo just appears as a. rectangle with an "X" thhrough it  in outline mode (like it is maybe a placed raster image). However there are no placed images or links in the file. If I select the rectangle and do a copy/paste into Photoshop, it pastes it as a Smart Object and I can scale it like a vector graphic. If I double-click the Smart Object, it launches and opens in Illustrator, but again no outlines in outline view?

I have never seen a scaleable vector graphic where you could not access the oulines to modify the artwork? What kind of file could this be?

See attached .AI file.

[kglad]

is the file type pdf?

[jane-e]

When I open the PDF in Illustrator...

By @johnd59898678

Since you are opening the PDF in Illustrator, I've moved your post from Creative Cloud desktop to the Illustrator forum.

Your attachment did not come through. Can you send a link from a shared drive such as WeTransfer or Dropbox?

Does the same thing happen when you open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat?

Jane

[johnd59898678]

Here is a Dropbox link to the file:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7pc0fpvq5akfapl3h57uc/CenturyCruises-Logo-Color.ai?rlkey=2pg08daxhst9...

[Doug A Roberts]

What does it say it is in the layers panel?

You can't attach AI files in the forum. Add the PDF instead.

[johnd59898678]

<Non-Native Art>

[Ton Frederiks]

I guess it is <Non-Native Art>

Can be caused by the 3d effect or by the freeform gradient.

[johnd59898678]

No 3D or other obvious effects?

[Ton Frederiks]

This is not the PDF, where was this created?

[johnd59898678]

Here is the PDF that I copied the Logo file from - no idea where it was created?

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/iqk80u1g2r10oefrtahyj/century_cruises_intro.-2024.8-_393a1bb8.pdf?rlk...

[Doug A Roberts]

Non-native art means it is an object that Illustrator cannot process, so it replaces it with a raster.

[Ton Frederiks]

Thanks, it was created by WPS 演示 but that does not mean the logo was created  with that app.