Adding bleed in Photoshop is a simple process that can add a touch of realism to your images. Here are five tips to help you get the most out of this important feature:
- Choose the right bleed type There are three types of bleed: line, stroke, and fill. LineBleed is the simplest and most common type, and it simply creates a line of white space between each pixel in an image. strokeBleed creates a stroked effect, while fillBleed fills in any black or white pixels within an image with whatever color they are set to.
- Use the right blend mode If you want your bleed to be continuous or interrupted by areas of black or white, use one of the blend modes available in Photoshop. The default is Blur, but you can also use Curl, Gaussian Blur, or Noise Reduction to create more realistic results.
- Use opacity to control how much bleed you want You can control how much bleed appears by using opacity levels (0%, 50%, 100%, etc). However, if you want all your pixels to be bleeds (or just some), it’s best to use something like Overlay instead. This will create a single layer that contains all your bleed data and will be easier to work with than individual layers when trying to add more Bleed later on.
