Aluminum Beverage Can Mockup
What's inside
- Applications Photoshop
- File Types PSD
- License Free (see author's terms)
- Author Pixelbuddha
Need to show an energy drink wrap to a client? This aluminum beverage can mockup does the job in a few minutes.
Useful for packaging designers as much as for breweries. A small tip: transparent or glass items show the background through. Test your label on the actual background colour you’ll use.
Labels behave differently once they wrap around a shape, and this is where you find out if yours still reads.
Pixelbuddha created this one and hosts the download on their own site, so you always get the latest version straight from the source.
Aluminum Beverage Can Mockup: editable parts
The PSD is layered, so you can change:
- Label artwork, placed through the smart object
- Shadows
- Container colour
- Highlights and reflections
How to edit this Aluminum Beverage Can Mockup in Photoshop
- Prepare the label with a little space around the edges for the highlights.
- In the Layers panel, find the layer with the small smart object icon and double-click it.
- Paste your design, resize it to fill the area, then save (Ctrl/Cmd + S) and close that tab.
- Change the background to your brand colour.
- Export with File › Export › Export As: JPG for sharing, PNG for the web.
Leave a little breathing room around the label edge so the highlight strip does not cut through your logo.
Best uses for this Aluminum Beverage Can Mockup
- Use it as the cover image for a soda design in your portfolio.
- Show an energy drink wrap on your online shop or product page.
- Make two or three colour versions of a craft beer label and let the client pick.
Quick notes on this mockup
- Made by Pixelbuddha. The download size and format are listed on their page.
- Built for Adobe Photoshop. A recent CC version handles the smart objects best.
- Check the smart object size before you design, so your artwork fits without stretching.
Need a different angle? The can mockups category has plenty more free PSD files.
Questions about this mockup
What licence does it come with?
That depends on the author's terms. The download page lists what is allowed; when in doubt, ask the author directly.
How do I put my artwork on the can?
Find the smart object layer (it has a small icon on its thumbnail), double-click it, place your design, then save and close that tab.
Do I need Photoshop?
Yes. This is a PSD mockup built with smart objects, so you edit it in Adobe Photoshop. Any recent CC version works.
Will the label bend with the shape?
Good curved-product mockups use a warp so the label wraps around. The preview shows it: if the edges of the label curve away, it does.
