Bleed and crop marks

[photodrawken]

... I am just wondering if there is a place that it will do it automatically, like it did for the crop marks. Also, the crop marks automatically set in the print window is flush to the edge of the image, so it is not exactly what it should be, unless a printshop does NOT need a bleed, which i doubt.

I think i see a script in my near future!

You're not going to like this suggestion, but...

If you will need to provide this type of output on a regular basis, PhotoLine should be one of the tools in your arsenal.

For example, this is an A5 document as seen in the PhotoLine main editing window:

The outer set of guide lines is my 4mm bleed. The viewable image area itself is the A5 "trim" dimensions. The inner set of guide lines is my 1cm "live matter" safety zone. You can see (by the positions of the green layer handles) that I made sure all the images extended out at least as far as the bleed dimensions, and I cropped off any excess. Editing the document is a piece of cake, being able to see precisely what dimensions are in play.

Using PhotoLine's "Export to PDF" feature yields this result:

You can see that PhotoLine automatically output the bleed area and added the crop marks for the A5 trim size, keeping the crop marks well away from the trim size. It also automatically provided the nice white surround.

[Jean-Luc]

I think i see a script in my near future!

I'm sure you do ! ...

[Cassel]

Ken, thanks for the suggestion, but no, that is not something i would use often. After using PSP for over 10 years, it is the first time i was looking for this function.