Soft Touch Magazines
Soft touch magazines feature a speciality lamination on the cover that creates a velvety, suede-like texture under the fingertips. This premium finish transforms a standard printed cover into a tactile luxury experience — the moment someone picks up your magazine, they feel the quality before they even read a word. Soft touch lamination is the finishing choice of premium brands worldwide.
At Perklets Print, we apply soft touch lamination using advanced film technology that bonds seamlessly to the printed surface, creating a smooth, warm, non-reflective finish that reduces glare and enhances colour depth. Colours appear richer and more saturated under soft touch lamination, with blacks becoming especially deep and luxurious.
Soft touch lamination is particularly stunning when combined with spot UV or foil stamping — the contrast between the velvety matte surface and high-gloss or metallic elements creates a multi-sensory cover that people instinctively want to touch and hold. This finish is ideal for fashion magazines, luxury brand catalogues, corporate annual reports, high-end property brochures, and any publication where tactile quality matters.
Product Specifications
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Design Guidelines
Provide a multi-page PDF or individual page files. Cover file should be separate if combining soft touch with spot UV or foil.
- Bleed area: 3mm bleed on all sides. Soft touch lamination covers the entire surface — no mask file needed for lamination alone.
- Crop area: A4 magazine trim size: 210 x 297 mm. For perfect bound, include spine width in cover dimensions.
- Safe area: Keep critical text at least 5mm from trim edges. If combining with spot UV, provide a separate UV mask file.
Accepted formats: AI, EPS, PSD, PDF (preferred — multi-page), INDD (packaged)
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FAQs: Soft Touch Magazines
What is soft touch lamination?
Soft touch lamination is a speciality film applied to the magazine cover that creates a velvety, suede-like texture. It feels smooth and warm to the touch, reduces glare, and enhances colour depth — especially on dark backgrounds.
Does soft touch lamination affect colour?
Soft touch lamination enhances colours by adding depth and saturation. Blacks become deeper and richer, and the non-reflective surface makes colours appear more vibrant than under standard gloss lamination.
Can soft touch be combined with spot UV or foil?
Yes, and we highly recommend it. Soft touch + spot UV creates a stunning matte/gloss contrast. Soft touch + foil stamping creates a luxurious texture/metallic contrast. These combinations are our most requested premium finishes.
Is soft touch lamination durable?
Soft touch lamination is more scratch-resistant and fingerprint-resistant than standard matt lamination. It provides excellent protection for the cover while maintaining its luxurious tactile quality.
Does soft touch cost more than standard lamination?
Soft touch lamination is a premium finish that costs more than standard matt or gloss lamination. The price difference is modest, but the perceived value increase is significant — it is one of the most cost-effective ways to elevate a magazine.