Filling an Artboard doesn't spill over to bleed

[Ezbaze]

Recreating:

Fill artboard -> Export

 

Considering everything is supposed to bleed over, I feel like the fill of the Artboard should spill over too.

 

In the meantime...

How to Force the "fill" to spill over to Bleed:

Go to Af Photo -> Create Fill Layer -> Copy Fill Layer -> Paste in Af Designer ( In each artboard if artboards are being used ) -> Move to bottom.

[Dan C]

Hi Ezbaze,

Could you explain in a bit more detail what you are doing and expecting?  The recipe you have given does not provide enough information.

Lee

[Old Bruce]

On 4/1/2023 at 8:53 AM, Ezbaze said:

Considering everything is supposed to bleed over, I feel like the fill of the Artboard should spill over too.

I will assume an 8 x 10 inch artboard with an 1/8th of an inch bleed. Why should something that is 8 x 10 (our Artboard size) be extended to 8 1/4 by 10 1/4 inch?

[Ezbaze]

@LeeThorpe

Artboard filled with red:

 

Exported Artboard ( bleed included ) as PDF:

Fill only covers the inside bit and does't go outside of bleed

 

Same Scenario but artboard has a "Fill Layer" in it ( Expected behaviour )

Fill goes outside to cover the bleed area

 

 

[Old Bruce]

1 hour ago, Ezbaze said:

Fill only covers the inside bit and does't go outside of bleed

If by "outside of bleed" you mean the actual Artboard's boundary then that is exactly what I would expect. And want. The artboard, and its fill, is x by y, not x + bleed by y + bleed.

[Ezbaze]

@Old Bruce

The hearts bleed over the art board into the bleed, the fill on the artboard doesn't........

[Old Bruce]

16 minutes ago, Ezbaze said:

The hearts bleed over the art board into the bleed, the fill on the artboard doesn't........

Yes. Because it shouldn't. The fill does not exist outside of the Artboard. The Artboard is smaller than the Artboard + Bleed.

[Old Bruce]

I think you may be conflating the Fill Layer from Photo and a fill for an Artboard.

[Ezbaze]

@Old Bruce

Yes, but the whole point of bleed is to avoid white lines after printing / cuting out the artwork, which is why the hearts show up in the export, and so should the Fill of the Artbaord

[Old Bruce]

6 minutes ago, Ezbaze said:

@Old Bruce

Yes, but the whole point of bleed is to avoid white lines after printing / cuting out the artwork, which is why the hearts show up in the export, and so should the Fill of the Artbaord

No. The fill of the Artboard should not show up outside of the Artboard's boundary.

[Ezbaze]

@Old Bruce

This will result in white edges after printing -> cutting to desired shape? considering that it does not have the bleed? the only reason that bleed exists is to prevent that from happening?

[Old Bruce]

Use Bleed Properly.

Make a rectangle and fill it with the colour you want, extend that rectangle out past the bleed area.

[Ezbaze]

@Old Bruce
I could, but resizing said rectangle when i change the size of my artboard is a waste of time. That's what Fill is for...