How to add bleed and crop marks in photoshop?

March 19, 2022

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This article will guide you to bleed and crop marks system in photoshop with example.

Table of contents

What is a bleed
Add a bleed in Photoshop
Canvas size
Add bleed marks and crop marks in Photoshop

What is a bleed ?

A bleed is the area on the outside of a document that is cut off after printing. Now that you know what a bleed is, let’s take a look at how you can add a bleed area in Photoshop.

Let’s start with the first step.

Step 1: Add a bleed in Photoshop

To get started, let’s add some guides around the edges of your image. Go to the Rulers (Control-R) and then go to View -> Snap To -> Document Bounds to make sure that new guides will snap to the image edges.

On click the top ruler and drag down a guide to the top edge of your image.

The left ruler and drag a second guide to the left edge of your image.

Using the same techniques, add another two sides.

Step 2: Canvas size

To add a bleed in Photoshop, go to Image -> Canvas Size and set the units to millimeters. Open canvas size box, you can choose Width and Height values according to your image.

Canvas size effect and bleed

Step 3: Add bleed marks and crop marks in Photoshop

Crop masks has started from here :-

Bleed marks or crop marks are the thin lines placed on the corners of a document to indicate where your document should be trimmed after printing.

Go to File -> Print and start by selecting Microsoft Print to PDF from the Printer drop-down menu. Move to the Printing Marks section and check the Corner Crop Marks box, and then click the Bleed button from the Functions section and set the Width to 4 millimeters. Click OK and then the Print button to save your document as a PDF file.