in today's satori graphics InDesign tutorial I'm going to make sure that
bleeds and crop marks are explained for you guys today
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now let's get into this InDesign tutorial on bleeds and crop marks explained
see it's a business card it's designed a while ago for our clients in
InDesign and I've changed some of the details this small border here where my
cursor is is known as a bleed A bleed is a printing term that refers to graphics
or design elements which extend beyond the print edge of your design pieces
bleed ensures that no imprinted edges are fair in the final trim document an
industry standard is three millimeters of read the next line which is purple
shows the margin also known as the safe area this will be printed and not cut
away and it will run up to the edge of the document after printing for content
such as logos and text should not go into the safe area here in InDesign we
can change the view mode to show different aspects the pre marks so I'll quickly
show you now bleed will show the page up until the edge of the bleed like so if
you then select preview you will show how the design will look after the bleed
has been cut away by the printer it helps to see how the design will finally
look after the printing and cutting if you hover your cursor over the bleed
mark you can still see any design however I'm
working on projects I prefer to use the normal view option next in this InDesign tutorial
I will quickly show you the crop marks and how to export your design
of the PDF in InDesign you go to file and export choose a PDF print option and
then use the most recent version of Acrobat we want to be the PDF after
exporting I'll use these compression settings here I'll learn to use the
printer marks I'm selecting now and in the documents bleed and slug settings
no color Commission is needed and if there any warnings they're going to be
flagged at the end here and as you can see I have none
it should be noted that any tanks should be outlined at this stage and then it
should pop up an interview aqualad's you can notice these two marks here in
the top corner the answer most marks offer the printer to a London document
aka the pot marks and in the marks are close to inside the design of the bleed
marks the prints were cut along these plane marks here and anything outside we
described is you can see it more clearly here in a darker design layer finally in
this InDesign tutorial budget or graphics today I will show you how to
set up your document in InDesign with bleed and cottonmouths explains go to
file and then new document in InDesign if you do not see millimeters or inches
here and maybe you might be saying thicker or P and zero you need to come
out of the window here go to InDesign preferences and then unit and increments
there you can change your settings to millimeters or inches I'm English so I
will use millimeters so back in the new document window select two sides for a
business card and then the standard size is 85 millimeters by 55 millimeters we
obviously want a landscape orientation but some people do use portray margin is
our safe area an industry standard is three millimeters you can click the link
icon to put it all the way around your document and then for the bleed and
InDesign we also want to use three millimeters around the entire document
you can then preview if you like and then click OK to generate and there you
go I was my InDesign tutorial on bleeds and pockmarks explains you can use this
across all print projects not just business cards if you have any questions
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