Create Unique Packaging & Printed Product Mock-ups with Adobe Firefly & Adobe Photoshop
Learn to create exciting packaging & printed product mock-ups which tell a story, convey the desired values and captivate the audience!
Whether you are creating mock-ups to showcase your work on social media, pitch proposals to your clients or present concepts in your portfolio, to capture the viewers imagination your mock-ups must not only visualise the potential applications, but also tell a story. And this is where AI-generated images can make a huge difference by allowing you to easily showcase products or packaging in any unique location or setting—and all you need is your imagination and a few skills for creating mock-ups from scratch in Adobe Photoshop!
I am obsessed with imagining different lifestyle interior settings and outdoor spaces for showcasing various packaging and products, and over the past year, I have spent more time than I would care to admit experimenting with writing prompts and playing around with the effects and settings in Adobe Firefly to generate relatable and inspiring scenes for mock-ups.
In this course, I am excited to share with you how you can take your mock-ups from bland to scroll-stopping by leveraging Adobe Firefly to generate exciting lifestyle images showcasing various packaging (boxes & cylindrical objects) or print-on-demand products (think mugs, thermoses, water bottle & storage containers) and then make them into custom, realistic mock-ups in Adobe Photoshop using a fully non-destructive workflow which will allow you to easily swap designs and further customise the look of your mock-ups at any time!
If you are a packaging designer or create artworks, surface patterns or illustrations for printed products and want to elevate the look of your mock-ups and showcase your work in a more captivating way—this is the course for you!
In this course, you will learn:
- how to write effective prompts for generating unique images for your packaging or product mock-ups in Adobe Firefly;
- how to use Composition References to generate images with specific and precise objects;
- how to customise the style of your images using Adobe Firefly effects, settings and your own Style References;
- how to realistically map your designs onto boxes and cylindrical objects in Adobe Photoshop;
- how to blend your graphics with the existing surfaces in the images (beyond the basic Multiply Blending Mode) and create adjustable shading and highlights;
- how to imitate translucent print effects;
- how to create opaque packaging labels from scratch (in case you have generated objects which aren’t white, don’t have a label already or if you need to create a label of a particular size and shape);
- and how to quickly and easily wrap your design around uneven or not cylindrical parts of otherwise cylindrical objects.
In addition to the 22 video lessons, in this course you will also find a number of additional written technical tips, ideas, prompts and examples.
To make it easier to get started with generating your images, this course comes with a number of resources, including:
- Prompt Structure & Templates (including 12 ready-to-use example prompts);
- A selection of images of various objects for creating your own Composition Reference Images.
To get the most out of this course, you will need:
- Adobe Firefly (paid or free trial version);
- the latest version of Adobe Photoshop CC;
- a solid understanding of Adobe Photoshop’s core tools and functionality, including working with Layers, Smart Objects, Adjustments, Blending Modes and Layer Masks.
I cannot wait to see all of the different scenes you imagine and generate and how you’ll bring your work to life in your mock-ups!
—Evgeniya / Attitude Creative