Creating Photorealistic Brand Mockups with Midjourney

The key to compositing logos onto AI-generated mockups is generating blank or neutral versions of the surface first.

1. Open Midjourney (discord or midjourney.com/imagine).
2. Use prompts that describe a product or surface WITH a blank, neutral, or white area where your design will go:

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   /imagine white matte coffee cup on marble counter, morning light, product photography, blank surface for logo placement, studio quality --ar 1:1
   

3. Generate and review four options. Look for: clean background, good lighting, neutral area suitable for logo placement.

What you should see: Product images with plain or simple surfaces where you can composite your design.

1. Click U1–U4 to upscale your preferred image.
2. Right-click → Save Image As — save to your project folder.

1. Open the Midjourney mockup image in Photoshop.
2. Create a New Layer (Layer → New → Layer).
3. Place your logo: File → Place Embedded → select your logo file (SVG or PNG with transparency).
4. Resize and position the logo where it should appear on the product surface.

Smart Object Tip: When you place the logo, Photoshop creates a Smart Object — this means you can resize it without quality loss and swap the logo in future projects.

1. Select the logo layer.
2. Use Edit → Transform → Distort (or Perspective) to match your logo to the angle/perspective of the surface. Grab corner handles to warp it to match the product's surface plane.
3. In the Layers panel, change the logo layer's Blend Mode to Multiply (to let the surface texture show through) or Overlay (for more contrast).
4. Reduce Opacity slightly (80–90%) to make the logo look printed/embossed rather than pasted on.

What you should see: Your logo appearing to sit naturally on the product surface.

1. Add a Layer Mask to the logo layer (click the mask icon at the bottom of Layers panel).
2. Use a soft brush on the mask (black paint = hide, white paint = show) to blend edges where the logo meets curved surfaces.
3. Optionally add a subtle shadow: Layer → Layer Style → Drop Shadow (very subtle — 10–15% opacity, 0 spread, 2–4px size).