Photoshop: Designing Package Mockups
1h 29mBeginner2025-04-14
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Course details
When you're designing a package, clients and other stakeholders often want to see how your design will look when it's put on a box, a tube, or other object. That means you need a mockup. In this course, designer Derrick Mitchell presents a step-by-step guide to creating professional package mockups using Adobe Photoshop. Get started by exploring the differences between mockups and press-ready files to ensure you understand when, why, and how to use each. Learn how to find, use, and even create your own templates to jump-start the design process, as well as how to incorporate smart objects, add realistic shadows and highlights, and apply custom backgrounds for unique variations. This course also covers efficient exporting techniques to showcase finished mockups to clients or team members.
Skills covered
Print ProductionImage EditingPhotoshopPhotographyGraphic DesignAdobeDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Make package mockups in Photoshop
- 02 - Using the exercise files
- 03 - Understanding mockups vs. press-ready files
1. Working with Templates
- 04 - Starting with and finding templates
- 05 - Working quickly with templates
- 06 - Create your own template
2. Creating the Mockups
- 07 - Adding smart objects, part one
- 08 - Adding smart objects, part two
- 09 - Finishing the top tab
- 10 - Adding shadows and highlights
- 11 - Adding backgrounds and variations
- 12 - Exporting your final mockup
Conclusion
- 13 - Next steps