What does it mean when an image bleeds?

Bleed refers to an extra 1/8” (. 125 in) of image or background color that extends beyond the trim area of your printing piece. The project is printed on an oversized sheet that is then cut down to size with the appearance that the image is “bleeding” off the edge of the paper.

What is a full bleed image?

A full bleed image extends or “bleeds” to the edges of a page so that the image completely covers the entire page and does not show borders or white space around the edges.

What is bleeding in photo editing?

In other words, the bleed is the area to be trimmed off. Images, background images and fills which are intended to extend to the edge of the page must be extended beyond the trim line to give a bleed. Bleeds in the US generally are 1/8 of an inch from where the cut is to be made.

Why do you need a bleed on a photo?

This will make the red background extend 1/8″ on every side of the page. Why is adding a Bleed necessary? Small mechanical variations can end up leaving a hairline white edge where there should be no white edge at all, if the image is not extended beyond the final trim size.

What does bleed mean on a printed page?

Bleed refers to objects that extend beyond the edge of the printed page. This page tells you why bleed is needed, how much is needed and how to fix issues with bleed. For an example of the use of bleed, look at the image below.

Which is an example of the use of bleed?

For an example of the use of bleed, look at the image below. The picture of the monkey and the gray rectangle go beyond the edge of the page. They ‘bleed off’ the edge of the paper. Full bleed means that an image extends beyond the edge of the page on all four sides.

How big does an image have to be in Photoshop to have bleed?

To create an image in Photoshop with the the correct bleed and crop marks, you have to think ahead. Let’s say you are working on a photo that will be printed 7 inches wide by 5 inches tall. In order to have a bleed area, the actual image you send to the printer must be slightly bigger than 5 inches by 7 inches.