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n00bie - Indesgin Business Cards are Small

Forum|Forum|8 years ago
March 15, 2018
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I used to design business cards in Photoshop, since switching from Photoshop into Indesign when I export the physical size is really small compared to when I designed in Photoshop. Im using a business card template in adobe stock. Any pointers?

This image is what I get in indesgin. Not scaled. Is it supposed to be this small?

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openskies2009Author

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So, is this the correct size? In my original post I uploaded what I exported from inDesign, which is .5" x 2". It seems really small

Steve Werner

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2 by 3.5 inches is the standard size for North American business cards.

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openskies2009Author

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When I go to Indesgin->Document Setup , the width is 21p0 and Height 12p0

Is this right?

rob day

Community Expert

That's the same as 3.5" x 2". Right or control click your rulers to set the units to inches.

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

What file type did you create for print from InDesign?

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openskies2009Author

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Just a regular indesign file, the document is at 2'' x 3.5

rob day

Community Expert

when I export the physical size is really small compared to when I designed in Photoshop

What format are you exporting to? If you are exporting an image (PNG or JPEG), open the exported file and check its output size in Photoshop under Image>Image Size. If you export to PDF check its output size in Document Properties>Description.

Mike Witherell

Community Expert

What physical size did you set the document to in InDesign? Business cards (traditionally) are 2" x 3.5"

Mike Witherell

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