Photoshop layers in AI uneditable

In Ill.CS3, I opened a psd w/ 2 layers one line, one fill and transparent background. Both layers come in w/ transparent bg's correctly but the lines aren't editable, just floating in a big square bounding box with no mask, that can't be ungrouped and the swatch in the tool box has a question mark.
Need to know how to make this vector so I can change the colors. Been reading and reading and haven't found the answer...thanks.

So none of the Photoshop document layers are vector, right? Now it sounds like you just want to auto-trace a posterized image. But you wnat to trace the PS layers separately.
1. File>Place the PSD file.
2. ControlPalette: Embed. In the resulting dialog, select Convert Photoshop Layers to Objects.
3. Ungroup.
4. Put the resulting several raster objects on individual layers if you want.
5. Autotrace them with settings appropriate for what you want.
> Experimenting with LiveTrace, just the box gets traced, not the line art in it.
You're using the wrong settings.
> I want to be able to see the shapes of all the lines on layers 1 and 2 in Outline mode.
While the autotrace is still live, it will appear in Outline view as a single rectangle. Expand the autotrace results, and you'll see the resulting vector paths in Outline view.
> Compound path under Options menu is greyed out.
Forget that. You're confusing Compound Path with Compound SHAPE, which I mentioned in Post 3.
> Want a vector logo from a posterized/thresholded eagle pic
Do a search in both the AI forums for advice regarding autotracing in "logos". Generally speaking, it's a much misunderstood and amateurish practice.
JET

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I did a clean install on a blank HDD of OSX Lion. Installed CS6. The command worked without fail for about a month.
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A restart of Photoshop may fix the problem for the next batch of images, only to fail again soon after, or fail on the first attempt after a relaunch of Photoshop.
A reboot of my computer will allow my to load one or two sets of files before again failing to complete the command.
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disabling the "Use graphics Processor"
Increasing or decreasing the amount of RAM available to Photoshop
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Sometimes this will seem to then allow Photoshop to load a full set of images, only to abort again after a few sets.
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Now the fact that it worked fine for several weeks without presenting a problem would indicate that it is not a bug.
The fact that is slowly started happening then became more frequent would indicate something changing slowly over time - a larger cache folder perhaps, although purging known Bridge cache folders has not filed the problem.
Really at the end of my tether here. Even considering downgrading to CS5 - but don't want to have to use the older Adobe Camera Raw.
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I have seen a couple of others have posted having a the same problem, both with CS5 and CS6.
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Hi JJMack - I just re-read your post. For some reason I thought you were suggesting to make sure "Open documents in Tabs" was selected, it was. Now I realize you were suggesting to turn it off! As another attemp to solve this problem I did de-select it today. Seemed to work for a good while. I was getting very excited, then, on the last set of images I had to do it displayed the same problem. But, it did go for quite a while without failing, and when it did I was thrashing about trying to make another app active. When loading documents like this - with "Open documents in Tabs" de-selected, Photoshop wants to put the loading images as the front-most window, no matter what other apps (Bridge, email, web etc) I click on in the dock. I think it is related to the bug you described effecting the "load files to stack" command.
Hopefully Adobe is looking at this - mind you, I have read reports of people having this problem in CS5! Looks like that was never resolved sadly.
I'll keep testing and post back.
I am looking to upgrade my video card to see if it's a video memory thing.
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