Problem saving back to CS6

When I save a file from Illustrator CC to CS6 and then open in CS6, there is an outline of a black rectangle on every document. Why?

no it's not a view>hide artboard issue. This is a 3/8" x 4 3/4" rectangle that shows up on all documents that I saved back to CS6. It is just a black outline rectangle, but the outline has a shadow effect around it. It shows up at the same position in each document. You can't select it, it's just there. It doesn't seem to effect anything and if I export the image/file as a .png it doesn't show up on the .png when opened. Weird.

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I can start a new document...but not save it.
When I try and click op the documents folder, the window closes.
Only when I hold; command, control, s and quickly choose dropbox, it works.
Has anybody the same problem?
I restarted already a few times.
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Thank you for your reply. I checked that and there was no problem.
In the end I unplugged my computer and all connected devices and restarted after a cup of coffee. And that helped.
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http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/whats-new-17-0.html#Images%20in%20brushes
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package com.project.CSSE4;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.image.ImageFilter;
import java.awt.image.CropImageFilter;
import java.awt.image.FilteredImageSource;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.net.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.sql.*;
public class CanvasOnly extends JPanel
       implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener
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   public static final int freehand = 2;
   public static final int text = 3;
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   public static final int mode_xor = 1;
   public Color drawColor;
   public int drawThickness = 1;
   public int drawType = 0;
   public boolean fill = false;
   private boolean dragging = false;
   public int oldx = 0;
   public int oldy = 0;
   private int rectangleWidth;
   private int rectangleHeight;
   private tempLine draftLine;
   private tempText draftText;
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     new Font("Helvetica", Font.BOLD, 14);
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   boolean showingPicture;
   protected Image offScreen;
   public JTextArea coor;
   public JButton writeIn;
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   String codeLine;
   int x = 0;
   int y = 0;
   public CanvasOnly()
       try
          Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
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             System.err.println("Unable to find and load driver");
             System.exit(1);
        pad = new Canvas();
        pad.setBackground(Color.white);
        pad.setVisible(true);
        pad.setSize(400, 400);
       coor = new JTextArea(15, 15);
       writeIn = new JButton("load TExt");
       writeIn.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
               public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event1)
                 try
             Statement statement = connection.createStatement();
             ResultSet rs = statement.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM submit WHERE file_name = 'cmd.java'");
             rs.next();
             String one1 = rs.getString("student_id");
             //System.out.println("one1 :" + one1);
             String two1 = rs.getString("file_name");
             //System.out.println("two1 : " + two1);
                InputStream textStream = rs.getAsciiStream("file");
                BufferedReader textReader = new BufferedReader(
                                 new InputStreamReader(textStream));
                codeLine = textReader.readLine();
                x = 0;
                y = -12;
                while(codeLine != null)
                    y = y + 12;
                    //fileText.append( line + "\n");
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                pad.setSize(400, y);
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                //System.out.println(three1);
                textReader.close();
                rs.close();
          }catch (SQLException e)
            System.err.println(e);
          catch(IOException ioX)
            System.err.println(ioX);
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        drawColor = Color.black;
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                              filter));
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     int height = 0;
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              //intislise the widt and heigth depending on if showingpicture is true
          if (!showingPicture)
                   width = offScreen.getWidth(this);
                   height = offScreen.getHeight(this);
               //width = getWidth(this);
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               //height = getSize().height;
               width = pad.getWidth();
               //width = getSize().width;
               height = pad.getHeight();
               //height = getSize().height;
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                //notifications about Image information as the Image is constructed
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    synchronized public void clear()
     // The maximum size of the usable drawing canvas, for now, will be
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     showingPicture = false;
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                          int endx, int endy, int thickness,
                          int mode)
     int dx, dy;
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     Graphics g2;
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     //the getGraphics is used for freehand drawing
     //Image.getGraphics() is often used for double buffering by rendering
        //into an offscreen buffer.
     if (offScreen != null)
         g2 = offScreen.getGraphics();
     else
         g2 = g1;
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     if (mode == this.mode_xor)
              //calls the setXOR mode for g1 and g2
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                //between this graphics context's current color and the
                //new specified color.
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          g2.setXORMode(Color.white);
     else
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          g2.setColor(color);
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         dx = (endx - startx);
     else
         dx = (startx - endx);
     if (endy > starty)
         dy = (endy - starty);
     else
         dy = (starty - endy);
     if (dx >= dy)
          starty -= (thickness / 2);
          endy -= (thickness / 2);
     else
          startx -= (thickness / 2);
          endx -= (thickness / 2);
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              { starty++; endy++; }
          else
              { startx++; endx++; }
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        //resources that it is using.
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     g2.dispose();
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            String text, int mode)
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     Graphics g2;
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         g2 = offScreen.getGraphics();
     else
         g2 = g1;
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          g1.setXORMode(Color.white);
          g2.setXORMode(Color.white);
     else
          g1.setColor(color);
          g2.setColor(color);
     g1.setFont(new Font("Times Roman", Font.PLAIN, 10));
     g2.setFont(new Font("Times Roman", Font.PLAIN, 10));
     g1.drawString(text, x, y);
     g2.drawString(text, x, y);
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public void connectToDB()
    try
       connection = DriverManager.getConnection(
       "jdbc:mysql://localhost/submissions?user=root&password=football");
                 //may have to load in a username and password
                                                 //code "?user=spider&password=spider"
    }catch(SQLException connectException)
       System.out.println("Unable to connect to db");
       System.exit(1);
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     draftText = new tempText(this.drawColor,
                        this.oldx,
                        this.oldy,
                                    text);
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     oldy = e.getY();
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        draftLine = new tempLine(drawColor, oldx, oldy, oldx,
                             oldy, drawThickness);
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        drawLine(draftLine.color, draftLine.startx,
        draftLine.starty, draftLine.endx,
        draftLine.endy, drawThickness, this.mode_xor);
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    public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)
         if (drawType == this.line)
          // Erase the draft line
          drawLine(draftLine.color, draftLine.startx, draftLine.starty,
                draftLine.endx, draftLine.endy, drawThickness,
                this.mode_xor);
          // Add the real line to the canvas
          //When the imput changes to "mode_paint" it is drawen
          //on the canvas
          drawLine(drawColor, oldx, oldy, e.getX(), e.getY(),
                drawThickness, this.mode_paint);
          dragging = false;
     else if (drawType == this.text)
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               // The user wants to place the text (s)he created.
               // Erase the old draft text
               drawText(drawColor, draftText.x, draftText.y,
                                        draftText.text, this.mode_xor);
                   String str = Integer.toString(e.getX());
                   String str1 = Integer.toString(e.getY());
                   coor.append(str + " " + str1 + "\n");
               // Set the new coordinates
               draftText.x = e.getX();
               draftText.y = e.getY();
               // Draw the permanent text
               drawText(drawColor, draftText.x, draftText.y,
                     draftText.text, this.mode_paint);
               floatingText = false;
     public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e)
        if (drawType == this.freehand)
          drawLine(drawColor, oldx, oldy, e.getX(), e.getY(),
                drawThickness, this.mode_paint);
          oldx = e.getX();
          oldy = e.getY();
     else
         dragging = true;
     if (drawType == this.line)
        // Erase the old draft line
        drawLine(draftLine.color, draftLine.startx, draftLine.starty,
          draftLine.endx, draftLine.endy, drawThickness,
          this.mode_xor);
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        draftLine.endx = e.getX();
        draftLine.endy = e.getY();
        drawLine(draftLine.color, draftLine.startx, draftLine.starty,
          draftLine.endx, draftLine.endy, drawThickness,
          this.mode_xor);
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                            draftText.text, this.mode_xor);
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          draftText.x = e.getX();
          draftText.y = e.getY();
          // Draw the new floating text
          drawText(drawColor, draftText.x, draftText.y,
                    draftText.text, this.mode_xor);
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     public Color color;
     public int startx;
     public int starty;
     public int endx;
     public int endy;
     public int thickness;
     public tempLine(Color mycolor, int mystartx, int mystarty,
                  int myendx, int myendy, int mythickness)
         color = mycolor;
         startx = mystartx;
         starty = mystarty;
         endx = myendx;
         endy = myendy;
         thickness = mythickness;
    class tempText
     public Color color;
     public int x;
     public int y;
     public String text;
     public tempText(Color mycolor, int myx, int myy, String mytext)
         color = mycolor;
         x = myx;
         y = myy;
         text = mytext;
}

http://www.java2s.com/ExampleCode/2D-Graphics/DemonstratingUseoftheImageIOLibrary.htm

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Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
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Message was edited by: shep222

shep222 wrote:>...even if I do zero Photoshop editing I still get this >3 times increase in file size.
Yup. That is how big such files are when not compressed and image data has not been discarded.
It's an Aperture vs. iPhoto thing: When I did Photoshop External Editing in iPhoto (before I switched to Aperture) the original JPEG stays a JPEG when exported to Photoshop. The file size problem does not occur in iPhoto.
That is correct, and is why few if any pros use iPhoto. iPhoto is by definition +low end,+ dumping image files into lossy JPEG by default. A RAW file imported into iPhoto is saved in JPEG unless the user takes special action to export it as TIFF or PSD.
Aperture won't allow it--it seems to insist on converting to PSD for external editing.
Also correct. Aperture is a professional app, and intentionally and repeatedly discarding image data would not be professional workflow.
My JPEG's are top-notch low-compression ones, using the least compression settings in my Olympus micro-4/3 camera (super fine, large image, with 1/2.7 compression). JPEG artefacts have not been an issue even after extensive Photoshop editing.
Agreed, top quality JPEGs can be very useful even though image information has been discarded. Back when RAW DSLR capture was unusably slow I shot many full-page magazine ads using JPEG Fine. But once the (fast) Nikon D2x came out I have always captured RAW and would no way ever again consider far inferior JPEG-only capture.
Perhaps Aperture is not for me, if we can't overcome this issue.
Perhaps. However IMO a far better approach is to shoot RAW and embrace a professional lossless workflow using Aperture. Mass storage is cheap and the benefits of RAW capture are very significant.
Already my Aperture Library is 70GB and I have barely started with it.
The issue of huge Library is due to using a Managed-Masters Library. Switch to RAW capture and a Referenced-Masters Library with the Library on an internal drive and the Masters referenced on external drives and the Library will no longer grow ridiculously large. IMO discarding image data via JPEG compression just to save hard drive space is inappropriate in 2011.
HTH
-Allen Wicks

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