Does the Applewhite image have the material that was hidden by the clipping mask?
“Does the Applewhite image have the material that was hidden by the clipping mask?”
YES, and NBC claims to have explained why in great detail in posts on his blog.
http://nativeborncitizen.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/xerox-7655-clipping-path-and-objects/
“The following three images show the ‘raw’ Xerox file, which has no clipping path at the top level and the Preview saved version which shows that Preview added a clipping path.”
The Applewhite image was not processed through Preview so it doesn’t have the clipping mask. NBC claims to have demonstrated that it is Preview that added the clipping mask.