Print Guides
Understand every editor guide that helps protect album edges, center lines, bleed, safe zones, and binding areas before print.
Print guides are the quiet lines that keep a beautiful album from becoming a print surprise. They show the parts of the spread that matter more on paper than they do on screen: trimmed edges, safe areas, center alignment, and the binding area.
Use them while you design, not only at export. A guide is easiest to respect when moving one photo still takes a few seconds.
Toggle guides from the View menu, then use them as a quick print check while you refine the album.
The Guides In The Editor
Print Bleed Guard
Print Bleed Guard warns when a photo reaches the trim edge but does not extend far enough into bleed. That is the classic setup for thin white lines on a finished album edge.
Margins
Margins show the quiet space between your layout and the page edge. They are a design guide, not a print panic line: use them when the spread needs more room to breathe.
Safe Zone
Safe Zone marks the area where faces, text, and important details should stay clear of trimming risk. Photos can overlap it. The details your client cares about should not depend on it.
Spine
Spine marks the exact vertical middle of the spread. It is useful when you want eyes, faces, text, or a strong composition line to avoid the center crease.
Gutter
Gutter marks the center binding area that can hide or distort content in bound albums. Layflat and bound albums do not behave the same at the center, so this guide matters most when the binding can swallow detail.
Center Lines
Center Lines show the horizontal and vertical middle of the spread. Use them for alignment, symmetry, and calm layout checks before the album gets too busy.
The Simple Order
Start with the print risks first: bleed, safe zone, and gutter. Then use margins, spine, and center lines to make the spread feel balanced.
That order keeps the work practical. Protect the album from print mistakes, then polish the composition.