Notes
Short pieces on photographed mockups, the tool, and how we make them.
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Real photography versus 3D renders
Many device mockups are 3D renders, and the best are almost indistinguishable from photographs. Almost. Ours are photographs, on purpose. Here is the difference and why we chose the harder one.
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E-ink display mockups that look like e-ink
Most mockups treat every screen as a glowing rectangle. E-ink is paper under glass, and we photograph it and tune it as such, checked against the devices we use every day.
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What the mockup tool does with your screenshot
Nothing leaves your browser. Here is exactly what happens between dropping a file and downloading the render, for people who want to check.
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Photoshop mockups or a web tool? The honest difference
A layered PSD is still the best quality you can get from a mockup. Here is what a browser tool can and cannot match, and how close ours gets.
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Why make another mockup tool?
There are plenty of mockup generators. We built one anyway, for our own studio work first, because none of them did the simple thing well: a real photo, your screen, no upload, no fuss.
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reMarkable Paper Pure mockups, photographed
A free, photographed reMarkable mockup for planner and template sellers. Drop your page export in, download the render, use it in your listing.
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Why not just use AI-generated mockups?
Image models can put a screen on a desk in seconds. They still cannot give you a real device, real glass, and a result you can trust in a listing.