How to add bleed in Microsoft Publisher. Click File > Print. Make sure "Print to PDF" or "Save to PDF" is selected. Click the menu to select a printer, and then click Advanced Output Settings. On the Marks and Bleeds tab, under Printer's marks, select the Crop marks check box. Under Bleeds, select both Allow bleeds and Bleed marks. When ready to output, use Photoshop's File> Print with Preview command. In the Print with Preview dialog box, check the box "Show More Options.". In the Output area, check the "Corner Crop Marks" box, then click the Bleed button. You can specify a bleed from 0.0 to 0.125 inches. When the page is printed, the crop marks will be moved In the Print with Preview dialog box, check the box "Show More Options." In the Output area, check the "Corner Crop Marks" box, then click the Bleed button. You can specify a bleed from 0.0 to 0.125 inches. When the page is printed, the crop marks will be moved inward the specified distance. The steps basically involve increasing the size of the canvas and using marquee tools and stroked selections. The only thing that needs stating, to avoid making an easy mistake, is that bleed is applied around the outside of the whole image. This means that if you are adding 3mm bleed, you need to increase your canvas size by 6mm on both width Create a new layer and name it "crop marks". Using the Marquee selection tool (M), select the top left corner of your document like so, from the furthest corner to the "green" bleed corner. With the selection active, go to Edit>Stroke and add 2px width. Choose black in the color box. This will be your crop mark. Click and drag from the ruler bars to place guidelines, which snap to the edges of your canvas if you have this feature turned on. Uncheck the 'relative' box, anchor the corner you won't be trimming, then extend your canvas to the full sheet size (A2 in this case). How to create trim marks Choose Image > Canvas Size and enable the relative button. Enter 1″ in the Width and Height dimensions and click OK. This will expand the canvas by an additional 1″ in both dimensions. Create a new layer for your marks and create a selection in the corner areas of the image using the Rectangular Marquee tool. Photoshop doesn't have the ability to create crop marks by default. This quick video will show you how to make your own crop marks in Photoshop. Please note, that it's preferable to create the bleed area and crop marks BEFORE you begin your design. However, this video shows you a work-around if you have already created your design. To do this open InDesign and then click on "View > Automation > Scripts" to open the Scripts palette. Step 2: Click on the palette for "Crop Marks" script which is usually installed. Step 3: If it is not installed, insert the InDesign or Creative Suite CD and drag the script into the script folder. Step 4: With the scripts installed, select the Click File > Print. Under Settings, click the arrow next to paper size and choose a paper size larger than your final product. Under Printer, click the arrow next to the printer, and click Advanced Output Settings. On the Marks and Bleeds tab, under Printer's marks, select the Crop marks box, and click OK. Make sure the crop marks are where In Illustrator, you can create editable trim/crop marks or create crop marks as live effects. To use crop marks, do the following: Select the object. To create editable trim mark