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John G;36753 wrote:print out on paper, stick to mug and take photo.

I do that. I just photograph it on all three sides (using white paper as the background), and cut&paste them into the same image and email off to the customer with a little note that the printed mug "may look a little different".

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yeah thats fine but not same effect as it only shows part of the cup
no good if image has text and it goes round the cup as you wont be able to get your message across.
I knocked this one together using the PSD of the actual cup from the link i posted in gfx section.

here's 1 i just knocked up as my 1st test piece using the software i have
i can't upload it here so it's on my site

if i can do this this quick it must be easy rofl

http://www.christianhosting.org.uk/test ... estmug.png

i have mock-ups for various items including white T' , door hangers, coke can, button badges , bottles, gift certificates, and of course this mug plus i can get lots more like books, cd's folders etc

got a couple more done quickly
it's so easy once you know how

http://www.christianhosting.org.uk/test ... xt_mug.png
and 1 in appreciation of our beloved paul
http://www.christianhosting.org.uk/testimages/Paul.png

so how u doing them smitch6 ? as i see u managing to warp the image around the cup itself

no as said in my previous post i have the software that you keep going on about

a few more i did in the last 1/2 hour
http://www.christianhosting.org.uk/test ... st_mug.png
http://www.christianhosting.org.uk/test ... hanger.png
http://www.christianhosting.org.uk/test ... button.png
http://www.christianhosting.org.uk/test ... st_can.png (my favourite as i think it's brill)
http://www.christianhosting.org.uk/test ... _shirt.png

pretty kool hey

paperman = cup

cardman = mug

as a certain 4 legged creature would say simples lol

there was a post on here a while ago with a stretched out mug templeate, showing a handle on the left and right so you could put text across

For the benefit of the Cardman:
MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG
MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG
MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG MUG

It's a MUG

Smitch - Is it a free software as I'd like to be able to use this too!

no sorry John it's not free
it's actually really expensive
but i'm willing to have a deal with members only

smitch6;36783 wrote:no as said in my previous post i have the software that you keep going on about

a few more i did in the last 1/2 hour
http://www.christianhosting.org.uk/test ... st_mug.png
http://www.christianhosting.org.uk/test ... hanger.png
http://www.christianhosting.org.uk/test ... button.png
http://www.christianhosting.org.uk/test ... st_can.png (my favourite as i think it's brill)
http://www.christianhosting.org.uk/test ... _shirt.png

pretty kool hey

They are great images and, from a technological standpoint, pretty fantastic that you can do things like that.

From a practical sense, I have two doubts. The first is that they look computer generated. They don't look "real". The second is that, because they look computer-generated, they give your customer the impression that (i) you've never printed that design on a mug before, and (ii) you're too "cheap" to waste just one mug to print it up and show what it will really look like.

I know that, from a real-world standpoint, the software is more expensive than just printing a mug but it's the impression that the customer receives that's important. If he thinks you've never printed that design on a mug before and that you're not prepared to spend a couple of quid printing up the mug to show what it will really look like, then they may go elsewhere. With the best intentions in the world, that's not what you want.

Does anyone else have the same doubts, or is it just me?