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trim marks and bleed for multiple objects in illustrator on a single artboard

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Nov 14, 2023 Nov 14, 2023

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Hi everyone,

Is there a way to make trim marks and add bleed to multiple objects on a single artboard in illustrator

 

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Nov 15, 2023 Nov 15, 2023

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Do you have a particular specification for the trim & bleed? You can add trim marks to objects as an appearance effect, and for bleed it may be possible to use an offset path effect depending on your needs.

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Nov 15, 2023 Nov 15, 2023

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Hi Doug,

Thanks for your help, I wanted to place a 10mm bleed all around with trim marks. All the obejects are of the same size. Is there a universal setting or I have add bleed and trim marks individually? There are around 23 of the objects

 

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Nov 15, 2023 Nov 15, 2023

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As I said, trim marks can be applied to individual objects with Effect > Crop Marks. Bleed depends on the makeup of the objects. It could be as simple as an offset path effect for an object with a uniform fill.

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I had to add the crop marks to the stroke here as they seem to apply to the offset path appearance. You could get around it by applying it to a 'dummy' fill of none too.

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Nov 22, 2023 Nov 22, 2023

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Thanks Doug,

I have understood what you have tried to explain. Appreciate all your efforts for this.

Kindest regards,

 

Oscar

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Nov 15, 2023 Nov 15, 2023

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The advantage of the Crop Marks effect is that it automatically adapts to the dimensions of the objects. That is, if you increase or decrease their size the crop marks change simultaneously.

 

Apart from that, the Crop Marks effect is rather inflexible with no additional settings.

 

Therefore, I'd also recommend to check the Make Crop Marks script, provided by Sergey Anosov. It has some very useful settings, including bleed.

 

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Nov 22, 2023 Nov 22, 2023

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Hi Kurt,

This sounds interesting, where can I get details of this script. I am new to this forum. 

Thanks for your support

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Thanks Doug,

Much appreciated. Will have a look at this and update you on my experience. 

Best wishes,

Oscar

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