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Here, I googled it for you:
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How to Create a Brochure Mockup in Photoshop | Envato Tuts+
Looking to present your latest design project? A good brochure mockup is a fantastic start. Learn how to create a brochure mockup from scratch in Photoshop!
Are you looking for a graphic template? Setting this up is easy for the page itself. Also, unless Photoshop is all you have I would not be doing this type of work in Photoshop. Indesign is ideal and what it is made for. Or if you are using Affinity then look at Affinity Publisher (not Microsoft Publisher).
All you need is the size, and you make sure your length is the size you are binding at. So for a normal newsletter, they are 8.5 x 11 when folded up, laying flat they are 17 x 11. If you were to bind this the opposite way, and less economical to print way, then it would be 22 x 8.5 flat folded to 11 x 8.5. If you are looking to print this, know that you will have a much higher print cost as this is not a good way to print.
@wonderings I believe @zoran is interested in learning how the mockup itself (the presentation of a brochure, flyer, etc) is made, rather than creating the physical publication itself.
and most of all, how to make one using a photo realistic impression... make it look like its photoshooted and not created with the computer.
The Envato examples look like real hard-copy; but--truly--it's almost impossible to tell anymore 🤷♂️
Personally, I'm seeing these as real photos of actual prints on real tables with staged lighting
One can definitely print such products, and they can definitely look picture-perfect in one's own hands.
As perfect a print product as anything that you have ever seen printed . . . as long as you send it to the right printer <s>
Nobody does manual typesetting, anymore.
typespec.co.uk
I can't say it's easy, but you can "naturalise" your digital artwork so that it looks more, er, natural, and less perfect before you print it.
Of course, illustrating/printing such a thing--yourself--with pen, ink, acrylic, &c. is the only way to have it *not* look like it's from digital output.
Personally, I'm seeing these as real photos of actual prints on real tables with staged lighting
One can definitely print such products, and they can definitely look picture-perfect in one's own hands.
As perfect a print product as anything that you have ever seen printed . . . as long as you send it to the right printer <s>
Nobody does manual typesetting, anymore.
Recovering The Doves Type® – Typespec
typespec.co.uk
I can't say it's easy, but you can "naturalise" your digital artwork so that it looks more, er, natural, and less perfect before you print it.
Of course, illustrating/printing such a thing--yourself--with pen, ink, acrylic, &c. is the only way to have it *not* look like it's from digital output.
You could simply buy a vector file of something you like the looks of, then take it apart to see how it was done and use that to replicate in whatever shape you need. I did a quick search through adobe stock which I have a subcription for and found one vector:
It is a fully working and editable vector file, so you can see how everything is made. Then when you have that down, you look at applying your artwork to the 3D designs.
It is a fully working and editable vector file, so you can see how everything is made. Then when you have that down, you look at applying your artwork to the 3D designs.
I wouldn't bother myself with using a vector file unless I am looking for a more stylized mockup look, because the camera angle would be static and if the client asks for a different point of view all the work would have to be redone. And what if the client requires multiple renders done from various angles?
Yeah, right. WAAAY too much work.
Instead I would set up a simple 3d scene, light it, and render it. That will give the client far more flexibility, including replacing the background. And the lighting is adjustable in seconds.
Here is a quick example that I did in Blender:
And even if the client needs a more stylized look, I can do that in Blender with non-photorealistic rendering.
Yeah, right. WAAAY too much work.
Instead I would set up a simple 3d scene, light it, and render it. That will give the client far more flexibility, including replacing the background. And the lighting is adjustable in seconds.
Here is a quick example that I did in Blender:
And even if the client needs a more stylized look, I can do that in Blender with non-photorealistic rendering.