In the Hard Cover you have taken the bleed area slightly bigger, is the bleed area considered to be the wrapper/ foldover area there? Or the wrapper area is given differently?
I find that making a spread of the back cover, spine and front cover the way to go. As long as the spine size is correct, then the software places it correctly and removes the front cover, back cover and spine from the required pages. The 3D preview however never shows the spine artwork, which would be.a nice touch.
Hi tigershoot, thank you for your comment. We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback, and we hope to offer Previews with the spine artwork displayed sometime in the future! 🙂
What would be a quick way to set up the pages to accommodate for the hinge? Part of the pages will disappear into the hinge. I know we can just set margins to include the hinge measurement. However, this would make the content on the pages look off centered. I would have to set the margin of each recto and verso page individually to make it not look off centered. Any ideas?
Hi, thank you for your comment. We advise you to set your document as 'Facing pages' and set your margins to 5mm (UK & AUS) or 0.2" (US & CAN) on the top, bottom and outer edge. You can then set 12mm (UK & AUS) or 0.5" (US & CAN) on the binding edge. This may make your content appear off-centre, but when PUR bound, the spine/gutter area will ensure your content is centred. Hope this helps!
We are sorry to hear about the website troubles. We do have a wonderful team of print experts that are always more than willing to help with any print/formatting issues you are having. Please feel free to reach out to them using the chat bubble on our site or by emailing team@mixam.com with any questions. Thanks!
So helpful! I refer to it almost every time I get to the cover design on books. :)
Thanks Mixam. Clear concise video.
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thank you so much for this video! it was really helpful
Thanks for this, have a great day! :)
In the Hard Cover you have taken the bleed area slightly bigger, is the bleed area considered to be the wrapper/ foldover area there? Or the wrapper area is given differently?
I find that making a spread of the back cover, spine and front cover the way to go. As long as the spine size is correct, then the software places it correctly and removes the front cover, back cover and spine from the required pages. The 3D preview however never shows the spine artwork, which would be.a nice touch.
Hi tigershoot, thank you for your comment. We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback, and we hope to offer Previews with the spine artwork displayed sometime in the future! 🙂
thank you soo much, ur a lifesaver
Thank you! 🙂
What would be a quick way to set up the pages to accommodate for the hinge? Part of the pages will disappear into the hinge. I know we can just set margins to include the hinge measurement. However, this would make the content on the pages look off centered. I would have to set the margin of each recto and verso page individually to make it not look off centered. Any ideas?
Hi, thank you for your comment. We advise you to set your document as 'Facing pages' and set your margins to 5mm (UK & AUS) or 0.2" (US & CAN) on the top, bottom and outer edge. You can then set 12mm (UK & AUS) or 0.5" (US & CAN) on the binding edge. This may make your content appear off-centre, but when PUR bound, the spine/gutter area will ensure your content is centred. Hope this helps!
No matter how I've gone about this, the website still is giving me an error message on sizing... despite following your instructions.
We are sorry to hear about the website troubles. We do have a wonderful team of print experts that are always more than willing to help with any print/formatting issues you are having. Please feel free to reach out to them using the chat bubble on our site or by emailing team@mixam.com with any questions. Thanks!