How can I create realistic mockups for my designs?

Written by

Sabrina Barnes

In the mockup preview, the colors of your design may appear different from those in edit mode, depending on the settings you choose. This discrepancy can happen because mockups are adjusted to reflect how the design might appear once printed.

When in preview mode, you can view mockups in two color modes:

RGB offers brighter and more vibrant colors and is the default in the Product Creator.
CMYK provides more realistic colors, closer to what the design might look like when printed.

You can easily switch between both color modes in the Product Creator by selecting your preferred option in the Mockup color mode section.

Note

In most cases, the differences between both color modes might not be very significant. They become more noticeable when the design features very vibrant colors that Print Providers might not be able to reproduce.

When you choose a setting in the Mockup color mode section, you will also be selecting the color mode in which the mockups will be uploaded to your sales channel. Please keep in mind that if you decide to upload a mockup in RGB to your sales channel, the actual printed design might not look as vibrant.

We still recommend that you upload your designs to Printify in RGB color mode to provide our Print Providers with the widest range of colors to work with. To learn more about which color profiles to use for your design files, click here.

Note

The uploaded design file will not be changed at this stage. Your originally uploaded design file will be sent to the Print Provider and from there it will be converted according to the Print Provider’s printing requirements.