Managing non-native artWhen you import artwork from a PDF file, it's possible to introduce data that you can't create within Illustrator. This is called non-native art and includes monotone, duotone, and tritone images. You can also generate non-native art within Illustrator by attempting to preserve spot colors when applying the Flatten Transparency command.
By default, non-native art is labeled <Non-Native Art> in the Layers and Appearance palettes. You can select, move, save, and perform basic transformations (such as scaling, rotating, or skewing) on non-native art. However, you cannot select and edit its individual components. In addition, you must rasterize non-native art before editing it with the liquify tools. To convert non-native art to an Illustrator object:
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