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# Overview

> This is an overview of the mockups in the PIM module, general concepts, functionality, and creating.

When customers personalize your design, you can visualize your designs at different personalization steps by using *mockups*.

A mockup is a PDF image that is a realistic representation of a product. For example, this could be an image of a cup, a book, business cards, and so on. You can present your designs on such a mockup to your customers.

In the PIM module, three mockup types are available:

* *Thumbnail* mockups.

![The preview mockup is used as the thumbnail.](images/thumbnails.png)

* An *editor* mockup.

![The Editor mockup](images/editor-mockup.png)

* A *preview* mockup.

![The Preview mockup](images/preview-mockup.png)

Each type shows a design at different personalization steps. To learn more mockup types and steps, read the [Concepts](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/hub/designers-manual/mockups/pim-mockups/concept.md) article.

Here you can find articles about creating mockups in Adobe Photoshop. In the following guidelines, you will learn how to create mockups from scratch. 

Let's take a look at the *editor* mockups. This mockup represents a design when customers personalize a design in Design Editor. To read more about editor mockups, see the [Creating editor mockups ](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/hub/designers-manual/mockups/pim-mockups/editor-mockup.md) article.

In Customer's Canvas, you can create thumbnail and preview mockups using the same guidelines. Read more about these mockup types in the [Creating thumbnail and preview mockups](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/hub/designers-manual/mockups/pim-mockups/preview-thumbnail.md) section.

Thumbnail and preview mockups can be *flat*. 

This mockup represents a design on a flat surface, for example, a T-shirt mockup. You can learn more about flat mockups in the [Simple Mockup](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/hub/designers-manual/mockups/pim-mockups/preview-thumbnail/simple-mockup.md) article.

![A simple mockup without distortions.](images/01-preview-mockup.png)

The PIM module supports mockups with the embossed or debossed effect. This is the effect of engraving some shapes, text, or graphics on a product surface. For example, these features are used on medals, some plastic or metal products, and so on. 

![Engraving text on a surface.](images/embossed-example.png)

You can learn more about the embossed mockups in the [Embossed and debossed mockups](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/hub/designers-manual/mockups/pim-mockups/embossed-mockups.md) article.

In [Troubleshooting](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/hub/designers-manual/mockups/pim-mockups/troubleshooting.md), you can read recommendations about using the mockups and their features and limitations.