I've been asked how people create mockups of things using their patterns. There are several commercial ways available to do this. You can purchase software that creates realistic mockups. You can also upload your designs to any of several online manufacturers who provide simulated views of your final products featuring your designs. However, these product previews are often subject to copyright restrictions. So what can you do if you don't have money for templating software and don't want to violate the copyrights of the online manufacturers that you work with? You can draw a layered template!
The only tricky part of this is deciding which area(s) you want to put your design on and creating "punchouts" for them. Then you place a layer behind everything that you can edit at will to add your designs and manipulate them (rescale, twist, etc.) to make them look more realistic. You can also add transparent layers over your design areas to add shadows, pleats, wrinkles and other effects to make something appear more real. Lock any elements that you don't want to be able to edit. The shoe template below is a .PNG file that can be opened and edited. For this design, the trim around the opening and the outer heel can be edited together to change colors, the lining of the shoe can be edited, and the background design can be edited. You can also edit any of the text. I have added a tiny "template downloaded from www.glimmericks.com" on the left. I would appreciate it if you left it on the template if you reuse it but do not require attribution.
The only tricky part of this is deciding which area(s) you want to put your design on and creating "punchouts" for them. Then you place a layer behind everything that you can edit at will to add your designs and manipulate them (rescale, twist, etc.) to make them look more realistic. You can also add transparent layers over your design areas to add shadows, pleats, wrinkles and other effects to make something appear more real. Lock any elements that you don't want to be able to edit. The shoe template below is a .PNG file that can be opened and edited. For this design, the trim around the opening and the outer heel can be edited together to change colors, the lining of the shoe can be edited, and the background design can be edited. You can also edit any of the text. I have added a tiny "template downloaded from www.glimmericks.com" on the left. I would appreciate it if you left it on the template if you reuse it but do not require attribution.
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