Rather than flatten the file, you have converted the Lilypads.psd Photoshop layers to layers that
you can show and hide in Illustrator. When placing a Photoshop file in particular, if you had
left the Link option selected (to link to the original PSD file), the only option in the Options
section of the Photoshop Import Options dialog box would have been to flatten the content.
Note
When the pointer snaps to the upper-left corner of the artboard, the word “intersect”
may appear. It may also be hidden by the top edge of the Document window.
- In the Layers panel, click the Locate Object button ( ) to reveal the image content in the
Layers panel.
Notice the sublayers of Lilypads.psd. These sublayers were layers in Photoshop and appear in
the Layers panel in Illustrator because you chose not to flatten the image when you placed it.
Also notice that, with the image still selected on the page, the Properties panel shows the word
“Group” at the top.
