Expert: Glen Demers - 9/22/2009

Question
"I should begin by saying I have little to no experience with Adobe Illustrator, and some experience with Photoshop.  I use a MAC OS X version 10.4.11

I have Adobe Illustrator CS2 version 12.0.1 and Photoshop CS2 version 9.0.2

I have a logo file that I would like to use in a different color.  It is an EPS file but when I open it in Illustrator I cannot select any part of the image (when I click on any of the tools, actually, a pencil with a line through it appears and no functions are usable).  The logo is black and white.

I know I can change the color in Photoshop, but the problem I have is in preserving the transparent background.  When I save the new file (even as a Photoshop EPS file) the image box becomes white and affects how I can use it in documents.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated."

Answer
Hi Jimmy,

Go to your Layers palette and just to the right of the eye icon it should be blank. If there is a lock icon, click on it to unlock the drawing. If you have multiple layers make sure they are all unlocked. You may have to click on the triangle to the left of the layers name to reveal all the sub layers, some of these may be locked individually.

Hope this helps,
Glen Demers
Adobe Certified Expert, Photoshop 7
Prepress Technician, Best Printing Online
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