From the course: Print Production: Embossing, Foil Stamping, and Die Cutting
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Handling a complex bleed
From the course: Print Production: Embossing, Foil Stamping, and Die Cutting
Handling a complex bleed
I'm almost finished with this job. I've completed my design. I've created my die line. But I have to remember to add bleed before I send my job to the printer. Now if it were just a rectangular card, that would be really easy. I would just add an eighth of an inch all the way around. But what makes it a little bit tricky is the intersection of this yellow petal shape and this purple background. Well, let's do the easy part first. So over here in the Layers panel. I'm going to pull this loose and I'm just going to hide everything but my purple background. Select that. And my favorite way to do this is with the Transform panel. Window > Transform. And, of course, you can also use this little link up here. You want to make sure that it's centered, with that reference point in the middle selected. Now I could do math in my head or I could make it easy on myself and let Illustrator do the math. I know I'm going to add an eighth of an inch left and right and top and bottom. To add left and…
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