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    Default PDF/X Auto bleed

    So using auto bleed, I get these horrid lines around the image. See pic.
    What is happening?

    For sake of privacy I pixelated the text.
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    Default Re: PDF/X Auto bleed

    Xara extends the edges of the photo, and not all that well. For my money I would just post a slightly larger image to compensate for the bleed and remember to keep all live matter (text, etc) in from the edge.

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    Default Re: PDF/X Auto bleed

    those lines are the crop-marks that have been extended out well beyond the bleed, which is the extended area gary mentioned; no fan of auto [surprised they don't call it 'smart'] myself either
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    Default Re: PDF/X Auto bleed

    @behzad

    You ca deaciviate it by changing the registry-entry:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Xara\XtremePro x64\17\Options\Filters\PDFXAutoBleed

    from 1 to 0.

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    Default Re: PDF/X Auto bleed

    Thank you. So another useless feature put in by Xara!

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    Default Re: PDF/X Auto bleed

    it is possibly useful for those who cannot be bothered to do it for themselves
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    Default Re: PDF/X Auto bleed

    In theory if you have an image that needs to stretch to accommodate the bleed then maybe OK. But it's basically not a solution I would use.

    Steve - I think the question was not the crop marks but the obvious banded section of the photo in the bleed area.

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    Default Re: PDF/X Auto bleed

    fair enough gary.... but why would anyone want their image manipulated in such a way beats me
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    Default Re: PDF/X Auto bleed

    Speaking from experience of 30 years as a professional graphic designer, who has published numerous print materials and always doing bleed myself, I wanted to try this feature. If a novice uses it, they will get a print that has a dark band where they are being cropped. I am not going to use this half ass feature. Just worried about novices who will suffer the consequences. I always say, if you put in a feature do a good job. Recent example is the new handles.

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    Default Re: PDF/X Auto bleed

    Those are crop marks, and printers need to know where to cut the page. As far as I can see, what you produced is what the printer wants to see - so you did it right.

 

 

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