Tips about how to create the right format for your postcards

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Create 1 design with only with typography

Create 1 design incorporating photography or illustration

Read the details in the PROJECTS page

POSTCARD FORMAT = 5 X 7 VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL

When you create a digital file with Photoshop or InDesign or illustrator you need to create a BLEED.

ENTIRE DOCUMENT WITH BLEED = 5.125 X 7.125

Bleed is a printing term that is used to describe a document which has images or elements that touch the edge of the page, extending beyond the trim edge and leaving no white margin. When a document has bleed, it must be printed on a larger sheet of paper and then trimmed down.

Here is a video that explain it well.

 

This video below shows how the printer cuts the paper at its final size in a cutting machine. You can see the little strips that come out of the machine. That’s is the bleed!

And here is again a template that shows how to build your file.

postcard template