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weronika_w
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April 12, 2013
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How to save pdf in photoshop cs5 with cropmarks / bleed?

  • April 12, 2013
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I have created crop makrs and a 10mm bleed using FILE > PRINT > OUTPUT > PRINTING MARKS / FUNCTIONS

What is the correct way of saving my file as pdf with the crop marks and bleed?

Thanks for your help...

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Silkrooster
Silkrooster
Legend
April 13, 2013

If that works for you, that fine, but remember that printing a pdf does not support some of the features like layers, multimedia, etc.

If you need to save as a pdf, instead of printing, you may be resorted to manually creating the crop marks. Bleed is simple as it is an extended canvas.

Another option if you have them is to use Illustrator or InDesign. as both can export a pdf with crop marks and a bleed.

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iPhone
Participant
January 24, 2014

Hi

I am having a similar issue.

I have started doing some designing that needs to be professionally printed.

The printers want a PDF with bleed lines.

I am proficient in Photoshop but not InDesign which they use.

I have tried using InDesign but it won't even allow me to open files in it as not compatible.

So....is my only option to draw the bleed lines in or is there another way?

If it is the only way....how do I do this??

Thanks heaps in advance.

Cheers

Silkrooster
Silkrooster
Legend
January 25, 2014

What you can do (It may not be properbut should work) Is

Use rectangle shape tool draw it out to the full size of the document. The shape does not need a fill, but it does need a stroke. (You can be creative enough, if you choose to, to add additional shapes to use as a boolean cutter to shorten the lines of the stroked edge)

Make sure it is on the bottom or 1 above the background (so it is visible but behind everything else).

Use the crop tool or Image>Canvas size... to extend your document's canvas out beyond the printer's edge. (ex. if your paper is 8.5"X11" extend the canvas to something like 9x12")

Then any layer that has color to the paper's edge extend that layer out into the bleed area.

If you have InDesign, that will save you a lot of work since it natively supports bleeds. I believe Illustrator now supports bleeds as well.

InDesign can read psd and pdf files, so if they are not importing, it maybe worth your while to figure it out.

But once you have the shape done for photoshop, you could save it giving it a name like bleed template. Then it will be ready for the next time.

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