Step 3: Design Your Business Cardĭesign up your awesome card. This added extra space is what’s called “the bleed”. If you do not add this extra 1/8″ (or more) space on all sides of your cards there will be a tiny white border around the business cards after cutting. You may be asking yourself “why not just setup the cards at 2″x3.5″ to make things easier?”.
This is where after your business cards are printed they will be cut. So to recap, the first set of margins/guides setup are the cut lines. Creating this space helps when you are designing the business card, making sure any text or images placed within this area will not be cutoff. I also recommend adding 4 more guidelines to create what is called the “safe area”. Repeat the last step for the other 3 sides of the rectangle. Go to the top ruler bar, hold down the mouse button and drag down a guide line to 1/8″ (0.125). Now that you have your blank untitled document open on the screen, head up to the top menu again. For the Background Color choose White, or any color you’d like to start off the card with. In the Resolution field enter 300 (pixels/inch).
If you want to design a vertical business card you would switch these, 3.75 for height and 2.25 for width. In the Width field enter 3.75 (inches) and for the Height put 2.25. I often get files from clients that are setup at the wrong DPI (Dots Per Inch), incorrect color mode (RGB instead of CMYK), and or no bleeds (art extended over cut line). This tutorial will cover the proper way to setup business cards for printing in Adobe Photoshop, but can also be applied to other similar software. How To Setup A Business Card In Adobe Photoshop Become a Jedi Master at creating business cards.
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