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- Safe Zone: All critical elements (text, images, graphic elements, logos) must be kept inside the blue box.
- Trimming Zone: Please allow 0.125 in cutting tolerance around your work.
- Bleed Zone: Make sure to extend the background images or colors all the way to the edge of the black outline (0.125 in).
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When the artwork extends all the way past the trim line to the edge of the card, that's called bleed.
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The space within the blue line is called the safety space and that's where all the important information and elements should be to keep them from being cut off.
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- Incorrect: The background colors do not extend to the bleed zone. This could result in white edges after trimming.
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- Incorrect: The text and logo are outside the safe zone. This could result in them being cut off.
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- Correct: The background colors are extended to the bleed zone and all the important information is within the safe zone.
What is Bleed? from PrintDirtCheap.com on Vimeo.