Yen Press Talent Search 300dpi

Hit the "Download" button to the right to obtain the .PSD Template File.

Originally Made For

Resource Type: Manga template for Yen Press Talent Search


Paper Size: Custom Measurements by Yen Press


Resolution: 300 DPI


File Size: 3 MB


Specifications: Taken from the outline at Yen Press Talent Search.

They gave specs for live area and document size, and emailed me clarifying points on trim and bleed when I asked. They also updated their own image afterward, so everything should be squared away now: [link]

- Full Bleed Size / Outer Margin / Bleed:
7 x 10 3/8 in.

- Trimmed Size / Outer Frame / Outside Border:
6 3/4 x 10 1/8 in.

- Safe Zone / Inner frame / Live Area:
4 3/4 x 8 1/8 in.

Personal Notes: Quickly done. See above for issues relating to measurements.


Use: You may use these to overlay them over a digital file if you'd like. I usually just use theses types of templates to check myself. I overlay it and the lessen the opacity of the template to see where everything lies with respect to printing.


General Regions:

Line frames, known as borders, tell you how much of the paper space you can use for your manga images. Artists rely on these boundary lines to contain their drawings and avoid having their work cropped out when it’s published. Both American comic book artist and Japanese manga artists incorporate their own standard measurement sizes. You need to be aware of several border measurements, and you should indicate them on your paper even before you pick up your pencil to draw. --Manga for Dummies by Kensuke Okabayashi

Bleed: The outer edges. They're necessary to protect you against printing errors. The full bleed size is generally what you are going to turn in to your publisher or company for printing, whether you're doing business cards, brochures, magazines, or comics. It's the total size of your document.


Trimmed Size: The relative size of the final product. The trim size denotes the size of the product after it has undergone print processing (trimming). It roughly corresponds to what your comic page will look like in print. (There is some margin for printing error though, which is why the bleed exists to protect you.)


Safe Area: This is the bull's eye zone. It's super safe. It's where you keep the most important content, like important texts and dialogue. It's like an inner protective shell protecting the readable content from being accidentally cropped off during printing. NOTE: You can draw outside of this area; it's utilized mostly for keeping speech towards the middle of the page.

Other Templates:

- B4 Manga Template 600 DPI
- B4 Manga Template 300 DPI
- A4 Manga Template 600 DPI
- A4 Manga Template 300 DPI
- Yen Press Talent Search Template 600 DPI
- Yen Press Talent Search Template 300 DPI
- Ka-Blam Manga Specs

Quickly Done, so please point out mistakes so I may fix them.

Download files should be fixed now with full size versions. --Thanks!