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Adobe Creative Suite

How to create Press Ready PDFs for Still Creek Press using any of the Adobe® Creative Suite of applications (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop):

  1. Save As… (Illustrator/Photoshop) or Export… (InDesign).
  2. Select PDF as the format.
  3. Set Adobe® PDF Preset to PDF/X-4:2008 or PDF/X-3 (or Press Quality if using CS3 or older).
  4. In the Marks and Bleeds section (InDesign and Illustrator only), set Bleeds to 0.125 inch on all sides.
  5. Click Save PDF
  6. Review the PDF in Acrobat 7.0 Professional or later.