![]() Or possibly the "margin" things are cutting into it - I have no idea?Īnyhow - I click to export and I just get a cut off mess that doesn't seem to have any bearing on what I can see on the screen. It just exports whatever it apparently wishes to export. I liked the bit with the black part that was no man's bleed land - I'd have preferred the hint with a dashed line but there was of course none to indicate possibly unsafe areas? But I could at least guesstimate - designing safely within the window, being careful not to get too close to the edges. ai template.īUT - it doesn't obey whichever possibly imaginary rules I was following with the Affinity template? When I export with no bleed, it just cuts into the window of what I can see? And I have no idea why it's doing that - so no clue how to fix it? The guy at the print shop was even kind enough to provide me an. I sadly do not know what that area is called, but it's odd that Affinity doesn't have a dotted line or whatever representing that "unsafe" area?Īgain, I've tried creating the "template" myself - entering all of the information correctly - 3.5 x 2, 1/8" bleed, 3/16" margin. For example - you can download a photo from Unsplash, toss it in there, then resize that photo to snap to those guides - and you're assured that the "bleed" is then covered? Part of it's hidden by the black - but it's obviously still there - 'cuz you see it when you export the version with the bleed.Īnd you're then left with a window, where you can design your card - with the understanding that anything close to the edge is possible to get lost in the cutting process. I wasn't even aware of the various countries daring to differ, much less that the US wouldn't be the defaultīut whatever it is provides a window of what might actually be printed, surrounded by black - but with invisible guides that Affinity snaps to for the "bleed". I was definitely just exploring, and whatever Affinity provided - I would have obviously used. ![]() Whatever that thing might be? I would be SO VERY GRATEFUL to have that? Because I can design within it, and it makes sense to me? Just REALLY hoping that - instead - someone can point me to where the US Business Card template already exists - or, if one doesn't exist, possibly create one that behaves in the same manner as the one provided by Affinity - where the outer edges are covered in black, but Affinity knows where those boundaries are and properly snaps to them - and then there's the part I can see, where I know there's the area near the edge that might not print, depending on the "cut" or whatever at the print shop? I understand that I should likely take a design course, or an introduction to Affinity Designer tools course? again with the United States and our stupid, hateful backwards inches? That someone MIGHT be kind enough to provide a standard US Business Card template? That annoying country over where India was supposed to be?Īgain, I am SO GRATEFUL for the templates that do exist - I understand them and I can work with them. So I was just very much hoping that one of the gurus here or at Affinity - where the world apparently only exists in millimeters, not the backwards US inches. There is likely just no way I'm going to understand anything anyone attempts to explain to me, as to creating the proper template myself? But I then attempted to export that, and it apparently isn't obeying the same rules as the template I was using - it's cutting off the parts I can actually see - as opposed to what I imagine to be the "bleed box" - the part covered in black that Affinity snaps to as the outer "bleed" area? I tried setting it up for myself - using the 3/16" margin and 1/8" bleed for the 3.5 x 2 US Business Card. So, being an idiot, I have the wrong country's template. Apparently every country has their own dimensions and margins and bleeds for business cards. Where I've obviously screwed up is using Affinity's included template for business cards. I just wish to open the proper template, with the guides all set up for the bleed and whatnot - then live happily ever after in my ignorance? ![]() I'm not a designer - which is why templates are SO incredibly awesome in Affinity Designer.Īnd, when there is no template - I'm basically screwed.
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