sla453 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Hi Damien - I'm trying a new print service who states that they require the canvas to be extended by 3mm on each side to allow for trimming due to bleed.. So I intend for a 36x24 inch (91.44cm x 60.96cm) print.. Can you just confirm for me, when I go to Image/Canvas Size and change the width to 36.236in x 24.236in (92.04cm x 91.56cm), all its doing is extending the physical canvas and not the size of the image, leaving the final product 36x24in?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Oh gee. There could be a few ways of interpreting this, and it would be messy to get it wrong. Can you link me to their instructions, or screenshot them for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sla453 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 http://www.nushots.com.au/help/file-and-computer-requirements scroll to the bottom question "Will my pictures and pages be cropped?"... and if this is the case, how could I add a white border around my image if I needed to?? Thanks mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 DO NOT USE CANVAS SIZE. When you're cropping your photo for print, crop it 6mm bigger. Literally set your crop tool to 92.04cm x 91.56cm in the options bar, and crop. That is all. And as they say, don't have anything important in that final 3mm around each edge, knowing you will lose it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sla453 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 Thanks mate I appreciate your help.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 The thing is, every lab does this, but they don't usually tell us. I mean, we send them our sized print file, they print it at about 102% in size, to allow for exactly this cropping error margin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sla453 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 That's worth knowing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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