So recently, a new graphic design that i hire out for freelance design work
and myself were collaborating on some work for a client.
When i got the .Ai file that she was working on, i get this prompt, everything
was in clipping masks, all gradients were in the clipping mask and the text
was, if in a paragraph, was all on individual lines and if something was in
a different color within the line of text, then it would be in its own line of text
as if it were a stray point.
So i click OK and then i get the options to open a PDF page as the .Ai
file has multiple art boards
I even asked her to downgrade the file to CS5 just to see if there was a problem
and i get the same group of problems if not that more.
In fact, there was one time that she sent me a file and even though she
saved it in CS5 and CS6, both files did not open as the file was "not recognizeable".
I use windows, she uses mac; however, I have used cross platform files
before as i work with people that only use apple products like several
of the AD agencies that i do freelance work for.
can anyone please help me out with what is going on or have an explanation
for this? I really want to not have to switch platforms, purchase a computer,
or purchase adobe CC just yet.
Holding out for a super computer.
Thank you