How to Create a Bleed in Illustrator 

Printing your Illustrator document? You need a bleed! Khara Plicinic shows how to set one up.

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In this short Illustrator video, Khara Plicanic sets up a bleed for an Illustrator document that’s headed to print. She demonstrates how to set your bleed dimensions, adjust your artwork, and export your file.

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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025

This article was first published on August 28, 2025

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