06/02/2024
Cairns PrintShop's tips using Canva
WHAT IS CANVA?
Canva is an online design platform used to create designs from pre-made templates. It is a powerful tool that allows you to create artwork for print such as business cards, posters, flyers, etc. It features an intuitive drag and drop interface, a library of customisable templates, and a library of over a million photos, illustrations, and icons. With Canva, anyone can create professional-looking designs in minutes, even without any design experience. Files can then be downloaded as high resolution PDF to your computer and then emailed to Cairns PrintShop to print.
PREPARING FILES IN CANVA FOR CAIRNS PRINTSHOP
As Canva is a global platform, a lot of sizes are setup for a US market. It is advisable when printing with Cairns PrintShop to double check the size of any templates prior to working on them to ensure they match the size required. Business cards are 90mm x 55mm with 3mm bleed on all four sides. Cairns PrintShop offers free technical advice on the preparation of your print-ready PDF artwork.
WHAT ARE CROP LINES AND BLEED?
When designing for Cairns PrintShop you need to export PDF files with crop lines and bleed. Bleed is the area outside of the edge of your artwork. Crop lines are used to indicate where items need to be trimmed with Cairns PrintShop's guillotine. Bleed and crop lines are required for printing to ensure any background colours, images or graphics bleed all the way to the edge after trimming. Important text and graphics should be at least 3mm inside the final trim size.
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