Can't place or open pdf in Illustrator

I edited a couple images in Photoshop for postcards to be printed, I converted them to CMYK and then saved as PDFs. I then tried to open them in Illustrator to finish up the project, but when I tried to place the images a box pops up that says "unknown error has occured" and when I try and open the images, all you can see is a blank artboard.
Help!
Charlotte
ps. I'm using Creative Cloud

Instead of placing the PDFs in Illustrator, try placing the Photoshop files instead (Photoshop and Illustrator usually play nice together.) Also, if the images were saved as Photoshop PDFs, I have found that some Photoshop PDFs have little quirks in them. When this happens to me, I usually go directly to my Acrobat Pro app and open the Photoshop PDF there. Then while the file is open in Actobat, I choose "Save As" and give it a different name. For some strange reason this seems to cure the problem (Photoshop PDFs and Acrobat PDFs just don't seem to be the same.) I hope this helps.

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