Set up bleeds

MAKE SURE ALL YOUR OPTIONS ARE SHOWING BY CLICKING “BLEED AND SLUG” AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MENU.

IF STARTING A NEW DOCUMENT

IN THE BLEED SECTION TYPE IN 2mm IN THE TOP, BOTTOM, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE SELECTIONS.

IT IS EASY TO GO BACK TO YOUR DOCUMENT SETTINGS AND ADD THE BLEED. JUST GO TO FILE / DOCUMENT SETUP AND LOOK FOR THE BLEED AND SLUG OPTIONS. IF THEY ARE NOT SHOWING, JUST CLICK ON “BLEED AND SLUG”.

IF YOU ALREADY CREATED YOUR DOCUMENT

EXTEND YOUR ARTWORK TO THE EDGE OF THE BLEED AREA.

ONCE YOU HAVE FINISHED YOUR MASTERPIECE AND SAVED, THEN CHOOSE THE HIGH QUALITY PRINT OPTION FROM THE .PDF PRESETS.• SETUP – PAGE SIZE SHOULD BE SET TO CUSTOM, PAGE POSITION SHOULD BE SET TO CENTRED. • MARKS AND BLEEDS – THE ONLY THINGS THAT SHOULD BE SELECTED HERE IS “USE DOCUMENT BLEED SETTINGS” • OUTPUT – USE COMPOSITE CMYK. ALL SPOT COLOURS AND PMS COLOURS SHOULD BE CONVERTED TO PROCESS CMYK.