Blasted clipping mask!

[Gilligan]

We've been lucky to never really deal with them.

Now here comes this seemingly simple thing.

No understanding of what is going on here.  I get down to the "bitmap" level and can change the color of the texture but can't seem to break it out into anything else.  Did a few searches and tried what they were suggesting for others but either I'm not understanding or it's one of those things where everyone is unique.

Please take a look and let me know what you think is the best way to handle this.

[kingscreen]

I'm confused. Are you just trying to sep this or remove the distress mask to make it solid?
I opened the PDF in Photoshop, flat, then did a simple Background Erase.  What's the trouble?

[Gilligan]

Yea, separate it to print.

We work 99% of the time in Illustrator.

I had my guy drop it in PS to start with but I thought it was raster.  Then when his DCS file wasn't working for him I sat down and saw it was an embedded smart object and thought... wait it's vector?  And then he told me it was PDF... so I went back to vector and started working it that way.

Should I just stick with standard PS seps?

[kingscreen]

I would throw it in PS and sep it quick and easy. Here it is, ready to roll.
https://www.sendspace.com/file/33g7fm

[Gilligan]

Similar to what I came up with.

I think I see what my guy had done wrong.

So this is the best way to handle something with a clipping mask like this?

[kingscreen]

So this is the best way to handle something with a clipping mask like this?

I can't say it's the best way, but it's definitely the fastest way (for me at least).

[ZooCity]

I hate hate hate the clipping masks. If there are too many I will sep in PS as well. If there is crisp vector elements in the art you may need to do it at a high ppi.

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[JBLUE]

Go to Object.......Flatten Transparency. Then use the pathfinder tool and divide. You can then sep it like normal.