Plastic Pouch Mockup

A coffee bag label looks better on a plastic pouch mockup than on a white artboard, and this mockup is set up for exactly that. The plastic surface is the main character here, so designs with some contrast stand out best.

Good pick for packaging designers, food brands or anyone putting together a portfolio. A small tip: check barcodes, weights and small legal text at 100% zoom. Packaging clients always look for those.

A realistic render saves a round of physical samples, which for packaging can take weeks.

This is a free file from Sellfy. When you click download you’ll land on their page to grab it.

What’s inside the Plastic Pouch Mockup PSD

Main things you can change in Photoshop:

• Label or box artwork, placed through the smart object
• Shadows
• Base colour of the pack

Editing the Plastic Pouch Mockup, step by step

1. Build the label or box art flat, panel by panel.
2. In the Layers panel, find the layer with the small smart object icon and double-click it.
3. Place your design, hide the sample artwork, save, and go back to the main file.
4. Check each visible side so the panels line up.
5. Export with File › Export › Export As: JPG for sharing, PNG for the web.

Build the label or dieline flat first, then place it; bending text inside the mockup is harder to fix later.

Where the Plastic Pouch Mockup works best

• Show a snack pouch to a client before it goes to print or production.
• Show a coffee bag label on your online shop or product page.
• Make two or three colour versions of a pet food design and let the client pick.

Quick notes on this mockup

• Made by Sellfy. The download size and format are listed on their page.
• Check the smart object size before you design, so your artwork fits without stretching.
• Check the licence on the author’s page. Personal and commercial terms differ from file to file.

More free pouch mockups are listed below, each linking to the original author.