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Crafting the Perfect Yearbook Cover [Designing your Yearbook Cover ]

This section explains how to effectively design your yearbook cover by understanding the wrap and crop zones, ensuring important elements are safeguarded, precisely placing artwork, and utilizing the back cover and pre-designed cover options to avoid design errors and maximize your cover’s potential.




1. Understand the Wrap and Crop Zones

When designing your cover, ensure your image extends beyond the red line to avoid white borders. Redesign if necessary to preserve important content.

Important: Reprints for design errors will not be offered. Contact customer support if unsure.




2. Safeguard Important Elements

Keep text and faces at least 1/8” away from the crop/wrap zones to prevent loss.




3. Precise Placement

Center artwork carefully, as adding/deleting pages can cause shifts. Use center guides and size text boxes accurately.




Hardcover Legend:

• Bleed Line (Purple): Backgrounds must extend to this line.
• Wrap Zone (Red): Artwork may be visible and wrapped around the cover.
• Safety Zone (Green): Keep text and artwork within this zone.
• Spine Zone: Dashed line represents the spine’s confines.



4. Utilize the Back Cover

Maximize this valuable space with creative design elements.




5. Explore Pre-Designed Cover Options

Access templates and backgrounds through the cover editor’s left panel. Use them alone or in combination with text, photos, and art.




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