[Scribus] book cover

[charles brooks]

How do you add bleed?
Chuck


--- James Doepp <jdoepp at gmail.com> wrote:

> It also depends whether the book will be paperback
> or hardcover. For
> paperback take the internal page width, multiply by
> two, add the estimated
> spine size, and, if needed add a bleed (3-5 mm on
> each side). I usually add
> another 6 mm on each side for placing registration
> marks (showing where the
> edges are, but also the spine). Add these together
> and get the document
> width. Take the page height, add the bleeds, and
> space for registration
> marks, and you have the document height.
> 
> The printing press will tell you about what bleeds
> you need, and whether you
> need registration marks. They might also want cmyk
> boxes on the edges. I
> reuse the boxes from previous book covers that I
> have made. I also have the
> words "Cyan", "Magenta", etc. written in those
> colours on the edge. This is
> for separating colours (an option when printing to
> postscript.
> Unfortunately, you will probably have to edit the
> postscript file manually
> to adjust the frequency and angle...)
> 
> Hardcovers need more space (generally 2cm) for
> folding and because the size
> is larger than the inner page.
> 
> Jim
> 
> On 10/13/07, charles brooks <broocg at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Louis,
> >   Thanks! I'll work on it.
> > Chuck
> >
> >
> > --- Louis Desjardins <louis.desjardins at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > 2007/10/12, charles brooks <broocg at yahoo.com
> > > >
> > > > Can anybody tell me how to lay out a front and
> > > back
> > > > book cover, with spine, using Scribus?
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Charles,
> > >
> > > Take all the measures of your cover. Create a
> new
> > > document to that size. You
> > > might eventually want to add bleed so you can
> make
> > > your document larger by 1
> > > inch more, and put your crop marks manually,
> which
> > > will allow you to add the
> > > bleed. Using the Page > Guide Manager create the
> > > guides for the spine and
> > > off you go. Within 5 minutes you'll be in front
> of
> > > your blank cover.
> > >
> > > For the spine you'll probably want to rotate
> your
> > > elements to 90 degrees.
> > >
> > > HTH
> > >
> > > Louis
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help,
> > > > Charles Brooks
> > > >
> > > >
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