Adobe Illustrator - Bleed question in AI

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Ivan Yonge

2004-04-21, 2:00 pm

I am creating an Ad. in Illustrator 10, The real size of the Ad. is 4.5" x
3.5", the printer told me I have to include 0.5" on each side.

So, do I create a New Document by having the size 5.5" x 4.5" and then draw
rectangle, align it so that it has 0.5" on each side and Options -> Crop
Mark -> Make? Save the file. Am I on the right track?

If I send the printer the file, they will receive the file with 5.5" x 4.5"
document size, is that correct?

steggy

2004-04-21, 2:00 pm

Ivan Yonge wrote:
>
> I am creating an Ad. in Illustrator 10, The real size of the Ad. is 4.5" x
> 3.5", the printer told me I have to include 0.5" on each side.
>
> So, do I create a New Document by having the size 5.5" x 4.5" and then draw
> rectangle, align it so that it has 0.5" on each side and Options -> Crop
> Mark -> Make? Save the file. Am I on the right track?
>
> If I send the printer the file, they will receive the file with 5.5" x 4.5"
> document size, is that correct?

Just create your art work on a regular lettersize document.

Draw the rectangle as you described and make the Crops. The
printer will send it through his RIP and a film will be
produced with exactly what he wants.
--
steg

Poul Solbjerg

2004-04-21, 2:00 pm

For this, dont use, objects, cropmarks, make. Instead filter, create,
Trim marks....

Poul Solbjerg

steggy wrote:

> Ivan Yonge wrote:
>
>
>
> Just create your art work on a regular lettersize document.
>
> Draw the rectangle as you described and make the Crops. The
> printer will send it through his RIP and a film will be
> produced with exactly what he wants.

steggy

2004-04-21, 2:00 pm

I am sorry, you are right again Poul. Those make the trim
marks exportable and I even believe thinner, as they should be.

steg

Poul Solbjerg wrote:[color=darkred]
>
> For this, dont use, objects, cropmarks, make. Instead filter, create,
> Trim marks....
>
> Poul Solbjerg
>
> steggy wrote:
>

Gray asphalt

2004-04-30, 10:28 pm

"Ivan Yonge" <yongenospanivan235@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Dvdhc.224856$SQE.13539@news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
: I am creating an Ad. in Illustrator 10, The real size of the Ad. is 4.5"
x
: 3.5", the printer told me I have to include 0.5" on each side.
:
: So, do I create a New Document by having the size 5.5" x 4.5" and then
draw
: rectangle, align it so that it has 0.5" on each side and Options -> Crop
: Mark -> Make? Save the file. Am I on the right track?
:
: If I send the printer the file, they will receive the file with 5.5" x
4.5"
: document size, is that correct?
:
:

First. Do not hesitate to call the printer to get
exact details. They will love you for it. A question
takes 15 seconds. Sending the file back with the
messenger or having to adjust it takes a lot longer.
Everyone has questions. Get in answered once
completely and then go on the next question.
You will always need help and the printer is the
best person to ask because he knows what it takes
to get the idea on paper. There will be lots of
times that an idea person, a designer, will have an
idea that just isn't doable, or is so much more
complicated in production than it is in concept
that designers get in the way of the finished
product. I learned this in design school and again
in the real world.

The size of the ad will probably depend on the
size of the column in the publication where you
are publishing. It may be that the gutters are
1/2" or it may be that the graphic needs to have
white space on both sides of the graphic inside
of the column. It's not a dumb question. I would
have to call the printer too.