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Thomasjcolbert
Thomasjcolbert
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February 28, 2023
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Saving as a photo with printing marks to hard drive

  • February 28, 2023
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Hi Guys,

 

I would like to know if it is possible to save my file to my hard drive with the printing marks to then emial to a magazine companny? I know I go to print under file, I can print with the prinitng marks on a paper. But, I want to save to my hard drive instead. There is no way to selec that.

 

Now, If I go to the save or save a copy, I don't have options to include the printing marks on them. I'm saving these as a Photoshop PDF with Press quailty setting. Nothing for adding printing markers or bleed marks.

 

Can this be done in Photochop? I have the newest version PS on a  M2 Pro macbook pro.  

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Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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February 28, 2023

There should be no need to do so for images, this is intended for pages.

Kevin Stohlmeyer
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Kevin StohlmeyerCommunity Expert
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February 28, 2023

@Stephen Marsh either way, Photoshop does allow you to add color bars, crop marks, etc.

Stephen Marsh
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February 28, 2023
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@Stephen Marsh either way, Photoshop does allow you to add color bars, crop marks, etc.


By @Kevin Stohlmeyer

 

100% Kevin, no debate on the feature to add such marks, I'm just noting that for image submission for a magazine, this shouldn't be necessary.

D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity Expert
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February 28, 2023

You need to use InDesign for that. Photoshop doesn't have this function.

Kevin Stohlmeyer
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Kevin StohlmeyerCommunity Expert
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February 28, 2023

@D Fosse you can on a Mac here's how @Thomasjcolbert 

Go to print menu and choose all the features you want to show: Scale, crop marks, etc.

The key (for Mac) is to then go to Print. A secondary window will appear on Mac OS allowing you to save as a PDF.

This includes all your crop marks, etc.

After choosing PDF it will ask where you want to save your PDF - choose your HD.

Click Save when ready

 

 

 

    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity Expert
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    February 28, 2023

    Got it. As it turns out, you can in fact do that on Windows too.

     

    I knew about print to PDF, but I hadn't noticed you could set printer's marks from the print dialog. Learn something new every day.

     

    Mind you, I'd still do that from InDesign - but if you don't have that, this is a possibility.

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