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    Bleed Guidelines

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    Adit Sharda
    Bleed refers to printing that extends beyond the edge of the sheet before trimming. To incorporate bleed, make the file 1/8 inch larger on all sides and keep all important text and images at least 1/8 inch inside the trim edge. Most design programs have bleed options that allow specifying this additional printed area to be trimmed off later.

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    Bleed Guidelines

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    Adit Sharda
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    Bleed refers to printing that extends beyond the edge of the sheet before trimming. To incorporate bleed, make the file 1/8 inch larger on all sides and keep all important text and images at least 1/8 inch inside the trim edge. Most design programs have bleed options that allow specifying this additional printed area to be trimmed off later.

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    Bleed refers to printing that extends beyond the edge of the sheet before trimming. To incorporate bleed, make the file 1/8 inch larger on all sides and keep all important text and images at least 1/8 inch inside the trim edge. Most design programs have bleed options that allow specifying this additional printed area to be trimmed off later.

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    Bleed Guidelines

    Uploaded by

    Adit Sharda
    Bleed refers to printing that extends beyond the edge of the sheet before trimming. To incorporate bleed, make the file 1/8 inch larger on all sides and keep all important text and images at least 1/8 inch inside the trim edge. Most design programs have bleed options that allow specifying this additional printed area to be trimmed off later.

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    WHAT IS

    BLEED ?

    Bleed refers to printing


    that goes beyond the
    Bleed
    edge of the sheet
    before trimming.
    In other words,
    the bleed is the area
    to be trimmed off.

    No Bleed
    HOW DO I
    INCORPORATE
    BLEED?

    1. Make the file 1/8” (0.125”) larger on all four sides.


    E.G.: Business card size with no bleed is 3.5”x2”. With bleed it is
    3.75” x 2.25”. NOTE: Background images/colour/text must be
    extended as well.

    2. Keep all important text and images 1/8” (0.125”)


    inside the trim edge not the bleed edge.
    Copiers shift up to 1/16” (0.0625”) and keeping text 1/8” (0.125”)
    away from the trimming edge, ensures nothing gets cut off.

    Bleed edge
    3.75” x 2.25”
    Trim edge
    3.5” x 2”
    (Final Size)
    Text and Image
    safe area
    3.25” x 1.75”
    Most design programs will give you bleed options (see below)
    with the exception of Photoshop. For this reason we do not
    WHERE DO I FIND MY encourage using Photoshop to create layouts.
    When using software with no bleed options make the page size

    BLEED OPTIONS? 1/8” (0.125”) larger on all for sides.


    NOTE: All important text and images must be kept at least
    1/8” (0.125”) away from the TRIM EDGE, not the bleed edge.
    Background images/colour/text must be extended to the
    BLEED EDGE.

    For Example:
    3.5”x2” with bleed is 3.75”x2.25”
    5”x7” with bleed is 5.25”x7.25”
    4”x6” with bleed is 4.25”x6.25”
    8.5”x5.5” with bleed is 8.75”x5.75”

    INDESIGN: ILLUSTRATOR:
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