Billboard Mockup Generator
A billboard is the only thing here designed to be read at fifty metres from a moving car. That single fact decides everything: roughly six words is the working limit, the type has to be enormous relative to the artwork, and detail that looks rich on your screen turns to noise at distance. Showing it in situ is not styling, it is the only way to judge whether it works.
How to make a billboard mockup
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Upload your design
Work at the final ratio. Billboards are wide, and a design built square will either letterbox or lose its edges when it is stretched across the frame.
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Choose the scene
Street level is the honest test, because it shows the board at the angle and size a driver actually sees. A straight-on shot flatters the artwork and tells you much less.
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Generate and download
Export wide for a portfolio or a pitch deck, square if it is going into a social post.
Stop rebuilding the same images
Signed in, you describe your listing set once — your scenes, your title, your size chart, your logo — and every new design runs through it and comes back finished. The tenth product costs what the first did.
Add a design to continue.
Required. Everything else has a sensible default.
Examples
Watermarked until you sign up free
Your logo on every mockup
Add your logo once and it is placed on every image the flow generates, same position, same size, across the whole set. No bulk mockup generator does this, and it is the reason most sellers still finish their listing images by hand.
Design specifications
| Common formats | 48-sheet is 6.1 × 3.05 m, 96-sheet is 12.2 × 3.05 m |
|---|---|
| Working ratio | 2:1 for a 48-sheet, 4:1 for a 96-sheet |
| Design resolution | Built at 1:10 scale, 300 DPI, then scaled by the printer |
| Word limit | Around six words; more than that is not read at speed |
| Minimum type size | Roughly 1 in of letter height per 10 ft of viewing distance |
| Colour profile | CMYK for print, sRGB for the mockup |
What sellers say
Before Custom Mockup Generator, every new design meant rebuilding the same five listing images from scratch. Now I drop in the design and get the whole set back ready to upload. It turned mockups from a production task into a checkbox.
Maya PatelEtsy seller, 40+ designsI tried template libraries, but the problem was never finding another mockup. It was making the same front, back, flat lay, size chart and lifestyle images over and over. Custom Mockup Generator finally solves that repetition.
Daniel BrooksPrint-on-demand sellerWe were considering building a rendering API because we had so many designs to process. Custom Mockup Generator gave us the result we actually needed without turning our shop into a software project.
Chris MorganPOD store ownerThe biggest difference is that I don't have to think about individual images anymore. I define the listing set once, add a new design, and the title, logo and size chart are already where they need to be.
Sofia RamirezIndependent apparel sellerMost mockup tools help you choose a scene. Custom Mockup Generator helps you finish a listing. That distinction sounds small until you're creating images for dozens or hundreds of products.
Alex TurnerE-commerce sellerI used to dread adding a new design because the artwork took five minutes and the mockups took forever. Now the artwork is basically the only part I have to do.
Jordan LeePrint-on-demand designer
Frequently asked questions
What size is a billboard design?
It depends on the format, and they are not close. A UK 48-sheet is 6.1 × 3.05 m, roughly 2:1, while a 96-sheet is twice as wide at about 4:1. Artwork is normally built at a tenth of the final size at 300 DPI and scaled up by the printer, since nobody works at full dimensions.
How much text can a billboard carry?
About six words. It is read in a few seconds by someone travelling, often at speed, so anything beyond a short line and a brand mark is decoration rather than communication. This is the constraint most designs break, and a street-level mockup makes it obvious immediately.
Why does my design look weaker in situ?
Because context competes. On screen the artwork fills your view; on a street it sits against sky, traffic and buildings, at an angle, often partly obscured. That is the real test, and a design that survives it is genuinely strong rather than just well made.
Can I use this for a client pitch?
Yes, and it is one of the better uses. Clients struggle to judge outdoor work from a flat artboard, and an in-situ render answers the scale question before it gets asked. Export wide for slides and square for social.
Is this mockup generator free?
Yes. You get 4 free images without an account, and they carry a watermark. Pro is $7 a month and gives you 100 images, without the watermark.
Can I use these mockups commercially?
Yes, once the watermark is gone, which the Pro plan handles. Clean exports can be used on Etsy, Shopify, Amazon and print-on-demand listings, and in client work. Watermarked exports are for comps and internal review only.
Do I need Photoshop or a smart-object template?
No. This runs in the browser. Upload your artwork, choose the options, download the result. There is no PSD to open, no smart object to replace and nothing to install.
Which file formats can I upload?
PNG, JPG and WebP. PNG with a transparent background gives the cleanest result on every product, because a JPG carries a white rectangle that shows up against anything the artwork does not fully cover.