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pgo · 20-06-2005, 04:39

Gotcha. What software should you use - Illustrator, InDesign, or even Photoshop?

I mean, if I've got vector work on a business card, it's obviously going to be done in Illustrator or possibly InDesign.

Question about bleed marks - how far from the "edge" of the business card should they be? Say I make a business card at 83mm x 54mm - should I make it 93x64 or something - adding 10mm (5mm/side) for bleed and drawing a mark around the outer edge?

Like so...(the red rectangle is the card design, the white "padding" (hehe, box model) is the bleed area and the red line is bleed marks)?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/brau/bcard.gif

A crude example, yes, but MSPaint is what I have to work with at the job.

20-06-2005, 04:39	#15 (permalink)
pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	Gotcha. What software should you use - Illustrator, InDesign, or even Photoshop? I mean, if I've got vector work on a business card, it's obviously going to be done in Illustrator or possibly InDesign. Question about bleed marks - how far from the "edge" of the business card should they be? Say I make a business card at 83mm x 54mm - should I make it 93x64 or something - adding 10mm (5mm/side) for bleed and drawing a mark around the outer edge? Like so...(the red rectangle is the card design, the white "padding" (hehe, box model) is the bleed area and the red line is bleed marks)? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/brau/bcard.gif A crude example, yes, but MSPaint is what I have to work with at the job.