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![]() ![]() Note that if you want to turn on and off the bleed guidelines (the red rectangle), you can use the shortcut Command+ or you can go to the main menu -> View -> Guides -> Hide Guides. Your design should include all of the yellow area shown below however, remember that the bleed area will be cut off by the printer so don't put any vital design elements there. Remember that if you want your printer to print your business card design all the way to the edge of your paper, you have to make sure that your design covers both the black and the red rectangles. The red rectangle is the outer edge of your bleed. The black rectangle is the actual size of your business card. Notice how there are two rectangles on the stage, one that is black and one that is red. Here are the settings that you should have:Ĭlick ok and your new document will open. All you need to do is set your top, bottom, left and right bleeds to 0.125in and voila! Remember that if you are going to be printing your business cards, make sure that your colour mode is set to ‘CMYK’ and your raster effects are set to ‘High (300ppi)’ in the advanced settings. A dialogue box will pop up where you can input the name for your file, its width, its height, its colour mode and even its bleed. To do this, go to the main menu and select File -> New. Once the program is opened, I want you to create a new file. You need to add bleed to any design where you want colour, an image or a design to be printed all the way to the edge of the paper.įirst, you need to launch Adobe Illustrator. Remember that bleed is an area that extends beyond the actual area of your design. Adobe Illustrator is set up in such a way that you can set your document’s bleed at the very beginning when you are creating a new file.įor this tutorial, we are going to create a file for a standard business card design (3.5in x 2in) with bleed. Setting bleed in Illustrator is much easier than it is in Photoshop. How do you add bleed to files in Illustrator? ![]() Now that you know what bleed is, I want to show you how to add bleed to your files in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop. To Download this full stationery click hereĮarlier this week, I wrote about bleed, explaining what it is and why it needs to be added to your files before sending them to print (click here to view that post). ![]()
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