Client wants it in PDF format.

[joshier]

Hello

I've finished a DVD cover design for my client.

He's mentioned for me to send the same design which I sent him previously (which was in CMYK, 8bit color, with 1-pixel thick bleed outline-which was default layer off, 300dpi) in PDF format.

Now, how do I go about showing the bleed-edge, and how do I properly export it to PDF format (using the correct dimensions etc)?

I'm using Adobe Photoshop CS.


Thanks a lot.

[budafist]

DVD cover in Photoshop? You mean to say you are using Photoshop as a layout program? The fact that Photoshop doesn't allow you to save pdfs with bleed, registration and trim marks should be a good indication that it's not a layout program.

Do your images in Photoshop sure, but your text should be done in Indesign or Illustrator.

[joshier]

DVD cover in Photoshop? You mean to say you are using Photoshop as a layout program? The fact that Photoshop doesn't allow you to save pdfs with bleed, registration and trim marks should be a good indication that it's not a layout program.

Do your images in Photoshop sure, but your text should be done in Indesign or Illustrator.

Which do you recommend? Illustrator or InDesign?

[budafist]

Both should do the trick since it's only a 1 page document :)

[rickself]

Use what you're comfortable with. But like buda said, use Photoshop for what its' name implies.. Photo type work. If you know vector art, use Illy. If you're just adding type elements to the photoshop, use Indy.

[joshier]

Use what you're comfortable with. But like buda said, use Photoshop for what its' name implies.. Photo type work. If you know vector art, use Illy. If you're just adding type elements to the photoshop, use Indy.

ok, well, my DVD cover isn't a pure vector image, and the text is quite plain so I shall import the bitmap into illustrator and try my best to give the same text (shadow) using illustrators own text shadow effect (if it has one) and then export it to PDF with bleed.

[budafist]

That's the ticket Josh :)

[PrintDriver]

You can specify up to an 1/8" bleed with crop marks in Photoshop and it does save to file as Photoshop PDF. You have to do it through the Print menu and you have to have an Adobe pdf printer ppd (if you have Acrobat or Distiller, you will). I don't think you can, save to PDF without flattening your text layer but if you can keep your text vector and send the fonts if printing from this file.

[Broacher]

You can save to Photoshop PDF without destroying text layers-- or any layers (including adjustment layers), as a matter of fact. And embed vector shapes, spot channels, and fonts. Even the transparency of the document.

In fact, because type retains it's vector edging, it's for this reason that many have adopted using Pshop PDF as their first choice for Pshop-InDesign placement--and even archiving, for at least hand-offs. Remember to use ZIP over JPG compression if you're using it to archive for your own purposes. The biggest problem for handoffs is getting others to understand that the PDF is to be opened directly in Pshop and is equivalent to a full-blown PSD.

[PrintDriver]

Broacher, does the Photoshop pdf format specify bleed? (Assuming the bleed is in the file to begin with.) I only assumed he needed crop marks in the pdf too to delineate the trim. I've not been able to get the Photoshop PDF 'save as' to do it that way.

[Alan G]

In the Print with Preview dialog, select "Output" in the pop-up that normally says "Color Management". There you'll find all the settings for bleed, crop and registration marks, etc. You have to go to Page Setup and specify the PDF printer and a paper size large enough to show all the marks.

A Photoshop PDF (from "Save As") preserves all the layers and vectors. For placement in InDesign, I find it useful to use the PDP suffix, which tells the OS that when I select "Edit Original" from inside a layout in Indy, it should load the file in Photoshop rather than in Acrobat. For reasons that don't entirely make sense to me, it's not possible to tell InDesign which program to use to open the file (as one can in Bridge) independently of the OS definition.