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Embossed and debossed mockups

  • Last updated on December 29, 2023
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Customer's Canvas allows you to create mockups with the engraving effect on a surface. For example, it may be text or graphics on a product.

Let's see an example. This is the medal product, and this mockup displays embossed text.

Engraving text on a surface.

The following mockup represents text and graphics.

Engraving graphics on a surface.

In this article, you will learn how to create such mockups in Photoshop and how to set them in BackOffice.

Creating mockups

The PIM module supports only PSD mockups created in Photoshop. The mockups for the PIM module may consist of overlays, substrates, and a smart object. Read more about the mockup anatomy of the PIM Module in the Concepts article.

In this example, the mockup is a medal. The image size is 1000 x 1000 pixels. The file contains the following layers.

Layer Size Blending mode Opacity
Background 1000 x 1000 Normal 100%
Shadow 730 x 730 Normal 50%
Medal 731 x 731 Normal 100%
Design 730 x 730 Hard Light 100%

This is how these layers look in Photoshop.

embossed-mockup-creation

It's necessary to apply the Hard Light blending mode to the Design layer, which is a smart object. This blending mode creates the embossed and debossed effects. You can add more smart object layers with different blending modes to reach the effect you need.

Mockups in BackOffice

In BackOffice, you need to define mockup properties for the embossed and debossed effects.

To define them, right-click a mockup file and select Properties. In a new dialog box, select the Fields tab. To add new fields, click Add > Custom field. New text boxes appear. The following keys and values provide these effects.

Important

Keys must be defined exactly as in the table below.

Key Value Description
Effect Emboss or Deboss The name of the effect to be applied
Affect angle From 0 to 360. If the value is incorrect or missing, the default value 135 will be applied The angle defining the direction of embossing or debossing, in degrees
Effect Depth 0 and higher. If the value is missing, the default value 5 will be applied This effect shows the embossing and debossing depth, in points
Effect Strength From 0 to 100. If the value is incorrect or missing, the default value 35 will be applied This effect displays the embossing or debossing strength, in percent

In this example, the following keys and values are used for creating the debossed mockup for a medal.

embossed-properties

Design file

Let's consider what design you need to create an engraving effect.

A design file for embossed mockups requires only shapes, texts, or vector graphics in black color to work correctly. The simpler an item is, the more precise embossed or debossed effects are.

In the following example, the physical design size is 2.95 x 2.95 inches. It consists of transparent layers with graphics and text.

A design for the embossed effect.

Connecting mockups to a product

Embossed and debossed mockups can be thumbnail or preview mockups in a product. This is how the connection for an embossed mockup looks like.

Connection an embossed mockup to a product.

To learn more about the connection, read the Connecting assets to products article.

Result

To check the results, you can go through all the personalization steps as a customer and see how the mockup and design look at different stages.

Let's see how these mockups look as a thumbnail at the Variant Selector step. Here, you can see the mockups and select the product variant you need.

Embossed mockups at the Variant selector step.

This is how the Medal product looks at the Approval step.

The medal product with graphics at the Approval step.

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