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cut lines and bleeds in photoshop

Tatu100 · 2012-11-22 16:00:51

I have set up my cut lines and bleed and safety lines in photoshop, using canvas size the guide lines etc but how can I highlight these lines for the benefit of the printer when I save the file as a PDF?. either it be with dashed lines or marquee tool. Hope someone understands cheers

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22-11-2012 5:00pm

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Tatu100

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I have set up my cut lines and bleed and safety lines in photoshop, using canvas size the guide lines etc but how can I highlight these lines for the benefit of the printer when I save the file as a PDF?. either it be with dashed lines or marquee tool.

Hope someone understands

cheers

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#2 23-11-2012 1:36am
flanree

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If you have acrobat pro or indesign or illustrator, placing the photoshop file in there is the way to go.

If you only have photoshop you can't save a PDF file with a trim box but you can save it with crop marks. Here's a Word Doc guide to do this...

barnard.edu/sites/default/files/inline/quick_guide_photoshop.doc

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