Cutline

Cutline for printer

 

Steps:

1. Create your artwork and save as JPEG
   
2. While in Photoshop flatten image and select your graphic using the selection tools available to you.
   
3. While selecting, use the expand option in the selection menu. Expand by 4-8 pixels in order to get a cutline that has a distance from the artwork.
   
4. In the layers pallet select the paths option and load the selection to create a path.
   
5. Export the path to Illustrator.
   
6. Open Illustrator and place the JPEG. Deselect the JPEG.
   
7. Open the path and copy paste it into the JPEG file created in step #6.
   
8. Use the arrow tools to align the path with the JPRG image.
   

Save the file as an EPS file and you are done!