Photograph your blanks so mockups look right

Every mockup you ever make on a blank inherits that blank's photo, so two careful minutes with the camera pay off for months.

1. 1Lay the garment flat and smooth the wrinkles. A lumpy chest makes every design look lumpy.
2. 2Shoot from straight above, not at an angle. An angled photo makes straight lettering look tilted.
3. 3Use daylight or bright even light, and avoid strong shadows across the chest.
4. 4Fill the frame with the garment, and leave a little background visible around the edges so the studio can find the garment's center on its own.
5. 5Measure the garment across where a design would sit and write that number down. You will type it in as the width in inches when you add the blank, and it is how every design gets its true size.