Mockups or mock-ups generally refer to presentation, display and demonstration models. Imagine, for example, that a company is developing a new product. Before it goes into production, it may need to be presented to potential customers at a trade fair. To do this, the company first produces a mockup. This in turn can be fully functional or present a design. Mockups are visualization aids to support the presentation, which makes presentations much clearer.

These mockups are available on TutKit.com

Mockups are also used in the field of visual design and the creation of print layouts to visualize design concepts or finished designs. You will find the largest selection of German-language mockups on TutKit.com. Mockups can be roughly divided into three subject areas:

• Mockups for visualizing designs for print products, for example for business cards, posters and brochures.
• Mockups to visualize print designs on printed objects, such as thermos bottles and fabric bags.
• Mockups for illustrating web and app designs, whereby these are shown on digital devices such as smartphones and monitors.

The basic principle of design mockups

Our mockups are high-resolution photographs in which you will find placeholders for your designs. For example, a mockup could contain a photo of a desk with a monitor on it. The display of the monitor now offers you a placeholder into which you can insert your design, for example a website.

The basic principle of using mockups is very simple: you open the mockup and drag your design into the placeholder. The image editing program used makes all other adjustments. For example, it changes the perspective of your design to fit it perfectly into the placeholder. Find out more about how to use our mockups in practice.

More beautiful presentation, more clarity: the advantages of mockups

The main function of our mockups is to insert your designs into photorealistic scenes to show how the designs will ultimately look in their "real" application. So instead of, for example, having a business card produced first, then placing it in a scene and photographing it, you create this scene purely digitally - your business card design looks like a real business card even before it is printed.

You can now use this principle of visualization for different purposes: On the one hand, mockups help you compare design concepts, and on the other, they are a wonderful way to present your designs more beautifully and vividly.

• Mockups as a decision-making aid in the design process: Use mockups to compare different design drafts in order to assess which design will work better in the final application.
• Mockups for presentations to customers: Mockups increase clarity and are more convincing than a flat, two-dimensional design. Take advantage of this effect by showing your customers how their designs will actually look in the end.
• Mockups to enhance your portfolio: Use mockups to showcase your designs on your website, in your portfolio or on social media.
• Mockups to illustrate websites and blogs: You can also insert your company's logo into the mockups, for example, to create images for your website. Mockups are also ideal for illustrating blog posts.

Take a look at our category for mockups and create photorealistic scenes.