Fastest way to add bleeds to a supplied PDF file.

[Mike the Print Man]

Late to this thread, but here is a video I did on how to do it direct through Adobe Acrobat DC:

Create Bleed for Any PDF Using Acrobat Pro DC

Hope it helps.

 

[BigSi]

thanks Mike. I'll have a look. ta Simon

 

[Glenn McDowall]

Would be nice to think that Adobe could lever some AI Generative Bleed button into Acrobat Pro, but guessing if they didn't do it with content aware fill in the last ten years they're not going to bother.

You can do it manually and gives really good results but its not quick.
Acrobat Edit Image
Photoshop Enlarge Canvas 3mm where required.
Select and Fill (I'd try first with Content Aware (because its not limited to a certain number of pixels and if not good enough use Generative Fill)
Save and return to Acrobat
Pitstop Select Image and Clipping Mask change Width and/or Height by 3mm.

Think this should be a chargeable fix.

 

[PricelineNegotiator]

Would be nice to think that Adobe could lever some AI Generative Bleed button into Acrobat Pro, but guessing if they didn't do it with content aware fill in the last ten years they're not going to bother.

This is honestly so laughably stupid that it's needed. The CORRECT way PDF's should be generated is the bleed data should be incorporated into the file. But that will never happen! You should be able to traverse through states of (most) files.