Crop Marks and Bleeds…Help please

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Sparks
Nov 22, 2003
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I’ve created an image I want to use as a business card (standard size is
3.5"x2"). The printer asked me to create the image at 3.75×2.25 and insert
crop marks at 3.5×2. Whenever I try to move the crop marks all it does is scale the image. Can someone tell me how to do this?
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tacitr
Nov 22, 2003
I’ve created an image I want to use as a business card (standard size is
3.5"x2"). The printer asked me to create the image at 3.75×2.25 and insert
crop marks at 3.5×2. Whenever I try to move the crop marks all it does is scale the image. Can someone tell me how to do this?

You are using the wrong tool. You make your image, then place the image in a page layout program like QuarkXPress, then place your text in the page layout program. The page layout program creates the crop marks automatically.

If you must use Photoshop, you will have to draw crop and register marks by hand. Have fun! 🙂

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Peter Reid
Nov 23, 2003
I’ve created an image I want to use as a business card (standard size is
3.5"x2"). The printer asked me to create the image at 3.75×2.25 and
insert
crop marks at 3.5×2. Whenever I try to move the crop marks all it does is scale the image. Can someone tell me how to do this?

You are using the wrong tool. You make your image, then place the image in
a
page layout program like QuarkXPress, then place your text in the page
layout
program. The page layout program creates the crop marks automatically.

Illustrator also lets you specify exact crop marks, using a bounding rectangle (just centre a 3.5×2 rectangle on your image, and convert it into crop marks), and will also handle any additional text.
Cheers, Peter
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Mr3
Nov 25, 2003
Discount version…
Create 1/8" black squares at the corners.

Drag guide lines onto the image to create the 3.5 x 2 boundaries on the oversize canvas.

Turn snaps on,
Zoom in on one corner
Use rectangular marquee tool,
starting at an outside corner, pull to the guideline intersections. The marquee will snap to the guides.
Fill the resulting 1/8" square with black
Repeat at the other corners.

HTH

Mr3

"Sparks" wrote in message
I’ve created an image I want to use as a business card (standard size is
3.5"x2"). The printer asked me to create the image at 3.75×2.25 and
insert
crop marks at 3.5×2. Whenever I try to move the crop marks all it does is scale the image. Can someone tell me how to do this?

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