Lifestyle Magazines requires all advertisements to be submitted to the specifications exactly, in order to ensure the highest quality reproduction to meet client expectations.

Ads by E-mail / Ads on Disk: HIGH RESOLUTION PDF’S ONLY.

CMYK Press-Ready PDF files on CD or via FTP. (MAC base preferable). Any AD requiring design will be contracted out at the clients expense – for a minimum of $75 per hour. Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Publisher files ARE NOT acceptable.

Advertising material delivery:

All art materials must be submitted as a PDF file, sent via e-mail, uploadable to an FTP site, or on CD-ROM. Ensure that ALL fonts are embedded, all colors are converted to CMYK, and overprinting is turned OFF. Ads with bleeds must include .125” minimum bleed on all bleed sides and registration marks embedded in the PDF placed at least .25” outside the trim edge. We recommend saving at 300 DPI.

Full Page - Lifestyle Magazines Specs Breakdown

Indesign
Tutorial Illustrator
Tutorial Photoshop
Tutorial

Trim Size:	Width:	8.5 inches	Height	12 inches
The Trim Size reffers to the actual page size, not including the bleed.
Live Area:	Width:	7.75 inches	Height	11 inches
A document's Live Area is the space within the page where all elements will print without the possibility of being cut-off during the trimming process or being obscured inside the gutter. This term is sometimes also called the Safe Area.
Bleed:	Size:	.125 inches on all four sides
The page's Bleed dimensions refer to printing that goes beyond the edge of the sheet after trimming.

Half Page Horizontal - Lifestyle Magazines Specs Breakdown

Size:	Width:	7.75 inches	Height:	5.5 inches
Half Page ads "float" in our magazine, so there is no need to include Bleed, or worry about a Live Area. However, we do recommend a .25pt border around the art.

Half Page Vertical - Lifestyle Magazines Specs Breakdown

Size:	Width:	4 inches	Height:	11 inches
Half Page ads "float" in our magazine, so there is no need to include Bleed, or worry about a Live Area. However, we do recommend a .25pt border around the art.

Quarter Page - Lifestyle Magazines Specs Breakdown

Size:	Width:	4 inches	Height	5.5 inches
Quarter Page ads "float" in our magazine, so there is no need to include Bleed, or worry about a Live Area. However, we do recommend a .25pt border around the art.

Full Page Ad Tutorials & Templates

Indesign CS4 Tutorial

Indesign is the easiest of all three application to set-up. Simply create a new document using the specifications provided on the screen shot to the left and you're done. Make sure to keep all text and important images inside the pink "margin" lines. Download Template

Illustrator CS4 Tutorial

This application does not provide a visual margin. After creating a new document, set the following four guides:

Vertical	Horizontal
.5 in	.5 in
8 in	11.5 in

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Photoshop CS4 Tutorial

This application does not provide margins or Bleed. Create new document, guides:

Vertical	Horizontal
.125 in	.125
8.625 in	11.875 in
.625 in	.625 in
8.125 in	11.625 in

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