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Make Apparel Mockups Quickly with Photific

December 17, 2017 by Eric Granata in Graphic Design, Company Stores

We all know that mockups, virtuals, etc. are a fantastic tool for helping your customers picture the products you intend to deliver.For a number of years, I've purchased Photoshop documents, collected blank images and created my own tools for quickly generating mockups. Today I stumbled across Photific. 

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December 17, 2017 /Eric Granata
Photoshop, Product Photos, Virtuals, Mockups, Graphic Design
Graphic Design, Company Stores

Beyond Swag Part 1: Variable-Data X

October 13, 2017 by Eric Granata in Company Stores, Technology, Beyond Swag

On October 5th, 2017, I had the privilege of sharing my thoughts on how new technology can help us build better branded experiences with the fine folks at PSDA's P2P Technology Summit. Over the coming days I will be posting a series of three posts that sums up my presentation. This is the first. 

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October 13, 2017 /Eric Granata
Company Stores, Beyond Swag, Technology
Company Stores, Technology, Beyond Swag

Create Super Sweet Product Virtuals with CoverAction Pro

January 22, 2017 by Eric Granata in Technology, Company Stores, Automation, Graphic Design

You guys. I need to tell you about a Photoshop tool that I have used for about 10 years to create incredible virtuals and product mockups for my clients. CoverAction Pro (CAP from here on out) is a tool that you use with Photoshop. With it you can create sharp, client impressing, 3D mockups of books, magazines, DVD discs and packaging and bunches more. Before I show you how it works, I want to tell you how I, personally, have used this tool over the past 10 years.

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January 22, 2017 /Eric Granata
Photoshop, Product Photos, Virtuals, Mockups
Technology, Company Stores, Automation, Graphic Design

Automate Product Photos with JavaScript and Photoshop

April 19, 2014 by Eric Granata in Automation, Graphic Design, Company Stores

I spend a lot of time in Photoshop preparing images for e-commerce stores. The bulk of the work done involves cropping and saving images at different sizes. That might not sound so bad, but consider your typical t-shirt product which might include the following images: Front Back Profile Model Lifestyle Five images.

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April 19, 2014 /Eric Granata
Automation, Photoshop, Product Photos
Automation, Graphic Design, Company Stores

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