Bleed is the amount of printed information which extends beyond the finished size of your piece.
The safe design zone is the 1/8 inch (.125") area surrounding the inside trim edge of your piece.
The best way to understand panel dimensions is to make a quick mock-up of your folded piece. The panel dimensions are listed from narrowest to widest. Once you have a folded mock-up, write the dimensions on the appropriate panels, both front and back. Then translate your page and panel information into your design layout.
Visit our
Graphic Design Center for tips and articles on design, digital photography, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Publisher, and QuarkXPress.
Other Resources:
Creativepro.com is a comprehensive online resource for creative professionals working in print and on the Web. The site provides news, reviews, how-to features, and analysis from experts in the fields of publishing, digital imaging, and creative workflow. Creativepro.com also includes essential resources and services to help creative pros get the job done—from one-click stock photography and font searches to book and software purchases to on-line print ordering. Creativepro.com is also the publisher of
InDesign Magazine, the only publication devoted entirely to Adobe InDesign.
Create great-looking marketing materials affordably and quickly with agency-quality graphic design templates from
StockLayouts. The royalty-free templates include customizable layout files, high resolution stock photos and illustrations, and are produced to exacting technical standards suitable for commercial printing.
Everything you need to visually promote your business in the marketplace.
Affiliated Design offers a broad range of graphic design services—logos, stationery, brochures, catalogs, postcards, CD covers, posters, presentation folders, advertising—in short, any design that would be produced with commercial printing. Also provides web design, large format posters for trade booth display, promotional items (i.e. t-shirts, cups, etc.), and mailing services for direct mailing.
