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8.25” x 10.75” | Standard | Perfect Binding



Instructions for

Adobe Photoshop

Learn More:

www.adobe.com/photoshop



8.25” x 10.75” | Standard | Perfect Binding

Page Count: 20 pages min, 384 pages max, multiple of 2 | PDF Size: 300MB max

• The trim can vary slightly in either direction, so full page images should ll the bleed area, whiletext should be kept in the safe zone (0.25” inside the trim line). See examples on the followingpages for more information.

• For the best output, we recommend using images that are 300 dpi. Text should be CMYK withthe fonts embedded. There shouldn’t be any spot colors used in the le.

• Don’t include printer marks in your PDF, and don’t lock it with a password.

• The rst page in your PDF will be your front cover and the last page will be the back cover. Youwill have the option to upload a spine le separately after your initial PDF upload.

• A 6mm 2D barcode will be added to the lower righthand corner of your back cover (the lastpage of the PDF). You can see a preview of this after you upload your PDF to the MagCloud site.

• Check out the “Designing for Perfect Binding” post on the MagCloud Blog for more design tips.



Tis is some text in a MagClou

publication that isn’t kept insidthe safe zone. As a result, someof the text might be cut off inthe print copy.

BAD: text placed outside the safe zone may be trimmed off

Tis is some text in a MagCloud

publication that isn’t kept insidethe safe zone. As a result, someof the text might be cut off inthe print copy.

Trimmed print copy

with text cut off

PDF fle with text

outside the safe zone

PDF edge

trim line

safe zone



Tis is some text that is kept

inside the safe zone. Even ifthe trim is off, none of thetext will be cut off.

Tis is some text that is kept

inside the safe zone. Even ifthe trim is off, none of thetext will be cut off.

GOOD: text kept inside the safe zone will never get trimmed off

Trimmed print copy

with no text cut off

PDF fle with text

inside the safe zone

PDF edge

trim line

safe zone



BAD: images that don’t fll the bleed might have a white edge

Trimmed print copy with a

white edge around the image

PDF fle with an image

that stops at the trim line

PDF edge

trim line

safe zone



GOOD: images that ll the bleed will go to the edge of the page

Trimmed print copy with the

image to the edge of the page

PDF fle with an image that

goes to the edge of the PDF

PDF edge

trim line

safe zone



Option 1: Create Pages Using the MagCloud Template

1. If you haven’t already, go to the Create tab on the MagCloud website, download the PDFinstruction packet for Photoshop from the Getting Started page, and unzip the folder

2. Open Adobe Photoshop CS4 or newer, and go to File > Open

3. If you are creating a righthand page (including the cover, which will be page 1 in your PDF),select the “MagCloudTemplate_8.25x10.75_Right.psd” le in the unzipped folder. If you arecreating a lefthand page select the “MagCloudTemplate_8.25x10.75_Left.psd” le in theunzipped folder.

4. Click Open5. Add the content you want to appear on the page, keeping in mind the bleed and safe zone as

shown on the next page.



Get to Know the Layout of Your Document*:

The black line is the edge ofthe 8.5” x 11” PDF you willupload to MagCloud.

Where the blue and redshaded areas meet is the

8.25” x 10.75” trim linethat will be the edge of yourprint and digital versions.

The blue shaded area iscalled the bleed.

The white, non-shadedarea is the safe zone, 0.25”inside the trim line.

IMPORTANT: The trim linecan vary slightly in eitherdirection, so all text contentshould be kept out of theshaded areas (ie, inside thesafe zone) to avoid gettingtrimmed off, while allimages you want to extendto the edge of the pageshould ll the blue shadedarea (the bleed).

This is what a righthandpage will look like. If youare designing a lefthandpage, the bleed and trim

lines will be reversed.

*If your screen doesn’t look like this, make sure the folder called “DELETE BEFORE SAVING” is visible



Option 2: Create Pages From Scratch

1. Open Adobe Photoshop and go to File > New

2. Set the width to 2550 pixels and set the height to 3300 pixels

3. Set the resolution to 300 pixels/inch

4. For the Color Mode, select “RGB Color” and “8 bit” 5. Under Advanced, make sure that sRGB is selected as the Color Prole

6. Click OK

7. Drag from the rulers to add guides to your document. If you are creating a righthand page(including the cover, which will be page 1 in your PDF), add horizontal guides at 0.125” and10.875” and a vertical guide at 8.25”. If you are creating a lefthand page, add horizontalguides at 0.125” and 10.875” and a vertical guide at 0.25”.

8. Add the content you want to appear on the page, keeping in mind the bleed and safe zone asshown on the next page.



Get to Know the Layout of Your Document*:

The black line is the edge ofthe 8.5” x 11” PDF you willupload to MagCloud.

The blue guide lines arethe 8.25” x 10.75” trim linethat will be the edge of yourprint and digital versions.

The area between the blueand black lines is called the

bleed.

IMPORTANT: The trim linecan vary slightly in eitherdirection, so all text contentshould be kept 0.25” insidethe trim line to avoidgetting trimmed off, while

all images you want toextend to the edge of thepage should ll the bleed.

This is what a righthandpage will look like. If youare designing a lefthand

page, the bleed and trimlines will be reversed.

*If your screen doesn’t look like this, go to View > Show and make sure there is a check next to Guides



Save Your Pages as JPEG Files:

1. If you are using the MagCloud template, make sure you hide or delete the folder called “DELETE BEFORE SAVING” in the Layers panel. If you don’t do this, your nal les will includethe red and blue shading used to show the bleed and safe zone.

2. Go to File > Save As and select “JPEG” from the Format dropdown menu

3. Make sure the box is checked next to “Embed Color Prole...”

4. Choose a folder to save all your page les in, and name them with the page number for listingin alphabetical order. For example, Page 1 could be “Page001.jpg”, then Page 2 would be

“Page002.jpg”, Page 10 would be “Page010.jpg”, and page 100 would be “Page100.jpg”.

5. Click Save to open the JPEG Options window

6. Select “Maximum” from the Quality dropdown menu

7. Select “Baseline (Standard)” under Format Options8. Click OK to save the le



Combine JPEGs Using Adobe Acrobat Pro*:

1. When you’ve created all your page les in Photoshop, open Adobe Acrobat Pro

2. Go to File > Create PDF > Merge Files into a Single PDF...

3. Click the “Add Files” button, navigate to your folder of JPEGs, and select them all

4. Click Add Files

5. Sort alphabetically by name to put the pages in numerical order, or select individual le namesand use the Move Up/Move Down buttons to manually reorder the pages.

6. When the les are in the correct order, select the largest paper icon next to File Size (the onefurthest to the right) and click Combine Files

7. When prompted, select a name for your PDF and choose where you want it to be saved onyour computer, then click Save

*If you have Adobe Reader instead of Adobe Acrobat Pro, you can use Adobe’s subscription-based CreatePDF serviceto convert your JPEG les to PDFs and combine them into a single multipage PDF, or see the steps on the next page



Note: If You Don’t Have Adobe Acrobat Pro

If you don’t have Adobe Acrobat Pro, you can save your pages as single-page PDFs instead, andthen combine into one multipage PDF using a PDF software like Apple Preview. This method mayresult in a larger nal le size though, so keep in mind that the MagCloud le size limit is 300MB.

To save your page les from Photoshop as single-page PDFs:

1. Go to File > Save As and select “Photoshop PDF” from the Format dropdown menu

2. Make sure the box is checked next to “Embed Color Prole...”

3. It’s still helpful to choose a folder to save all your page les in, and name them with the pagenumber for listing in alphabetical order as was suggested with the JPEG les.

4. Click Save to open the PDF Options window

5. Select “Press Quality” from the Adobe PDF Preset dropdown menu

6. Uncheck the box next to “Preserve Photohop Editing Capabilities” under Options

7. Click Save PDF



Your PDF is now ready

to upload to MagCloud!



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