Question I am unable to manipulate or edit a stock Adobe Illustrator image ?

[michaelm101]

NEWBIE here...
I'm assuming this is possible:

I would like to take a stock image (crest with banner & text saved in AI) and keep & enlarge some of it, and add other parts, etc.

When I open the 1st image, it appears the only thing I can do with the selection tool is change the proportion and size.

Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks for your help!

 

[Ralston18]

Did you mean to say when "I first open the image"?

"1st image", to me anyway, indicates that there are additional images; 2nd, 3rd,... and so forth.

And on those images you are able to do additional editing ? Not sure.

What edition and version of Adobe Illustrator (AI) are you using? Source?

Stock image(s) - source?

My overall thought being that you may have encountered some copyright protection.

 

[michaelm101]

Did you mean to say when "I first open the image"?

"1st image", to me anyway, indicates that there are additional images; 2nd, 3rd,... and so forth.

And on those images you are able to do additional editing ? Not sure.

What edition and version of Adobe Illustrator (AI) are you using? Source?

Stock image(s) - source?

My overall thought being that you may have encountered some copyright protection.

Thx. I discovered on the Adobe forum that the AI& EPS files need to be "filtered" to vector and/or Standard Content to be able to manipulate. FYI, Jpegs are useless.

 

[Ralston18]

And your post may be marked as "solved" - correct?