How to create a two frame mockup for your Etsy artwork | Molly Margaret Photography Education

As you may have seen, I regularly post my Etsy artwork and to share it I use what are called Mockups - you can purchase these but they’re also fairly easy to make on your own. Here is a tutorial video and some written instruction on how to make a two frame dual image mockup for your Etsy shop. Let me know if you have any questions in the comments!

The video tutorial:

The written steps:

Step One: Prepare the Image.

Edit out any distractions, set a background to the picture frames.

Step Two: Select the areas for art to sit in the frame using the Marquee Tool.

Select a rectangle or square within the existing frames, as close to the actual frame interior as possible but it does not need to be perfect.

Step Three: Right click to create a new layer via copy

Step Four: Right click the new layer and convert it to a Smart Object.

Step Five: Repeat for the other frame, the final of the two new layers correctly converted will look like this -

Step Six: Select the smart object thumbnail to open the smart object.

You’ll see whatever was copied when the new layer was created with the marquee tool, go ahead and create a new layer then delete that layer with the copied content.

Your updated smart object should look like this -

Step Seven: To place in your artwork go to File > Place Embedded > Select the file you’d like to place + Press Enter once it’s placed.

Here’s what it looks like with the design in place, press control S to save the smart object (or File > Save)

Step Eight: Confirm the smart object has pulled over the piece of art/design and that Transform Controls are ON.(Show Transform Controls in the upper left on the top control panel)

Step Nine: Adjust the file to fit into the frame Edit > Transform > Distort then drag the corner of the art to be flush with the frame. Press enter when it fits to your liking.

Step Ten: Repeat for the second image.

Step Eleven: Change the Mode of the layers to Multiply or Darken (sometimes Darken or Multiply will make parts of the design disappear so check which one works best for your artwork).

Step Twelve: Done! Save as a JPG for your Etsy listing and as a PSD file to keep the smart layers and use again for other projects.

Hope this all helps! Comment if you have questions! Thanks :-)