Mockups in Xara Titles

[gratitude2013]

I am writing to ask if anyone knows if Xara Designer Pro or other Xara products have the ability to do mockups similar to how photoshop does mockups. Thank you. Harry

[gwpriester]

My guess is yes. Can you show us an example or two?

[gratitude2013]

Attached are a few examples of the type of the type of mockups I have been referring to. I hope this will provide you with a few good examples of mockups used today in the industry of graphic designs.

[Acorn]

Harry

At the level of providing images with text that has been added to reflect the client's brand text - yes.
Ditto, to include the client's logo, brand colours, presentation size, different (social) media formats - yes.

Xara Cloud+ & Xara Designer Pro+ and the other Xara Desktop applications (XDA) all have the concept of Thematic content - change a colour base and its shades and tints follow.
Provide a representative client image and the Xara prodcuts can produce a Colour Palette.
Provide a number and create an associated colour scheme for each and your mockups can be adjusted to that theme by dropping the file onto the design.

The same products and recent versions of XDAs have SmartFields so designing a mockup that covers all client wording could be down to a colour change and a brand name altered, the work of seconds.

At the next level you can mockup an entire website to provide interaction.

At the next level you could add the Client as a Guest in Xara Cloud /Xara Cloud+ and allow them to change and tweak colours and download their efforts.

Run a Zoom/Teams/Skype/WhatsApp session and Cloud+ and you could alter, augment and annotate a client engagement session and evidence off your design brief.

What are you needs?

Acorn

[gratitude2013]

Hello Acorn, Thanks for your interest in my question regarding mockups. I was encouraged by your email. Let me say first of all, I am not learning to do mockups for clients just yet, I want to learn the techniques first. I know Photoshop has this ability and was writing to ask if Xara also had that ability. To give you a better idea of what I would like to do, I've taken the liberty of enclosing a link to a photoshop tutorial showing exactly what I would like to do. I have enclosed the image of a coffee cup and the logo I would like to mock up on that cup. If you are inclined to give try to place the logo on the cup such that the logo wraps to the contours of the cup that would fine. However, without you having to do any work, if you could direct me to a video tutorial available illlustrating that technique, that would be a wonderful assistance. I am however, open to any guidance you could provide.
Here is the link to the utube video of the technique in Photoshop [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5FRcbfHKck&feature=youtu.be"]
Logo and cup also attached.
Eventually I would like to learn how to do mockups for tshirts, pillows, and many other items.
Your assistance is appreciated.
Harry

[Acorn]

Nope. I doubt I can help you much.

Xara is a vector package first off and so Photoshop techniques won't go far.

What you are asking for is basic. Adding moulded text to a shape.
There are tutorials abound out there.



You need to choose your product then learn the techniques it offers.

Mocking-up anything that a client would be encouraged by requires a lot of practice.

Does your video demonstrate changing the text, the shadow, the colours to the whim of a client all in real-time?
If not, it is the wrong product.

Acorn