: Placed images resize on their own when reopening an Illustrator file I have a problem that I have been struggling with for some time. We deal with Illustrator files all day that have placed

@Rivera951

When you place an image into Illustrator, you can choose to link or embed the image. If you link it then changes to the image outside of illustrator will affect your illustrator file. If you embed the image then it is "baked in" to the illustrator file and the file will not change if the original image changes.

If you are seeing unexplained changes to images within an illustrator file then I'm guessing its because you've linked them rather than embedding. Perhaps the images you have on your computer are different than the ones your client had on theirs, or someone somewhere is editing the files you linked.

When the bounding box is way too large it may be caused by various reasons: small or individual objects are selected with your object. A large clipping mask is being used, a shadow or glow is not easily visible but is expanding the bounding box, etc.

To solve, try ungrouping, expanding, selecting only the desired object with the direct selection tool. If nothing works you can reset bounding box choose: Object > Transform > Reset Bounding Box.

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