How to set up artwork bleed
Why Bleed Matters in Printing? Bleed ensures your design extends 3mm beyond the trim to prevent white edges after cutting. Printing and trimming can have slight shifts, and without bleed, edges may appear uneven. Setting up bleed ensures a clean, professional finish with no unwanted gaps.
If setting up a new document
- Select File/New
- Change Units to Millimetres
- Change Bleed to 3mm
- Change Colour Mode to CMYK Colour
- Set Raster Effects to High (300ppi)
If you already have a document,
- Click off the artboard
- Select Document Setup
- Set Bleed to 3mm, and click OK
- A red bleed line will appear around the Artboard
- Extend background colour to the bleed line
- Extend the background colour to the bleed line
- Save with the appropriate PDF Preset
(See how to set up a PDF Preset)
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