DSF

...only me again.... I'm trying to find the best way to show a picture of a mug online, ideally I wanted to show the actual product, but it does'nt seem to work out too come ot too good.... therefore....what have been your best results - real photo, or imposed image or mock up of a mug, showing both sides...?

best is to show actual mug. but you need some efort and little bit of skils to create nice photo. also you can do something like this:
http://frames4photoshop.info/shop/kubek.swf

which reminds me Paul i want some of your templates at some point when i have some money :~ (might not be a while yet at this rate lol )

pretty impressive paul looks really good mustve taken some time to create do you have to create a new flash sequance for every design or have you made a template of some sort for it ?
Brett

That is an impressive way to show the design off. We've discussed this recently in otehr threads but I think this has to be one of the better solutions. Now if we could get it so that the customer chooses a template....uploads their photo.....sees it on a mug/coaster/mousemat etc. that'd be great! LOL.

This really is fantastic! But for a novice...I was thinking of a nice photo / image etc....!! Justin mentioned another thread, I'll take a look around!

If its just for ebay then all you need is a basic digital camera. Use a bright room with natural light from a window and a neutral or white background. Set camera to macro, flash off, get in close and have a steady hand or mini tripod.

The beauty of a white background is you'll get more control in photoshop if you want to adjust.

Paul will be best to advise as he takes a lot of photos/studio work so will have different ideas.

John

Thanks again, I have to admit there wasnt a lot of sunlight around when I took the photo...but I wondered if a photoshop picture would be as attractive or not...but I think I'd prefer to do the real photo...
Cheers
Lee

did you see in hints about the idea of using your white bath as a backdrop - seems to have been a winner judging by the responses.

As long as you have plenty of light a basic camera will be fine - lack of light and you'll get noise in the image which makes it look grainy. Some people have lighting set ups but if done with plenty of natural light, for ebay, it'll be fine.

Yes I read the thread about the bath - great idea for a mini photo booth.