Design "Safe" and “Bleed" Guidelines
Safe Area
Many of Zazzle’s products provide Safe and Bleed guidelines to help make sure the product you buy looks the way you want it to look. On many products, there are 3 guidelines visible when they are turned on. These are turned off by default but will become visible when you click & drag an element on the artboard. You can also turn them on by default.
Guidelines Toggle Button
Green - Safe Line
The Safe line appears as a green dotted line when you’re designing your product. If there are important parts of your design, like text or photos, that MUST appear on your product, keep those inside the Safe line.
Here is an example of what not to do:
Grey Solid Line- Print Line
"Bleed" is a printing term used to indicate the area that will be trimmed off after printing. The Bleed line appears as a red line when you’re designing your product.
Grey Broken Line- Bleed Line
So what about that Grey broken line? That’s the Print line and is where we will try to cut or print your design on the product. However, there might be slight variations when it is made, which is why the Safe and Bleed lines are so useful.
If you keep the important parts of your design inside the Safe line and make sure your background images reach the Bleed line, you’ll end up with beautiful, professional-looking products.