Live, Bleed, & Safe Area
When creating art there are 3 main areas to consider: live, bleed, and
safe. Live area is the actual area of the item to be printed. Bleed is
the size you need to create the artwork(bigger than live). Safe area is
the area that will be visible no matter how much shifting. Every
printed item has a margin of error (margin of shifting). When creating art for skateboard decks an extra .25inch of graphic area is required to compensate for the possible shifting. We have labeled the
layers for live area and bleed. Please remember the possible shifting(.25) that can occur when putting important design elements
near the edges of the live area and near truck holes.
Spot & Process Color Reproduction
If you are creating art for spot color printing please use the Pantone
Solid Color swatch library for best color matching. If you are creating
art that will be reproduced by process or digital printing use CMYK
colorspace for closest color approximation.
More Information
We do our best to advise of possible art issues but a thorough understanding of the print process will help you to create the best final
printed product. More info at Pointdistribution.com and as always
contact a rep for detailed info.