Back in the day when I needed mockups, I’d either trawl through stock sites or buy a bunch of PSD templates—expensive and a huge time sink. Now I just use MJ to generate laptop screens, clothing flat lays, packaging, phones, and other mockups in seconds. The prompt structure I’ve figured out is actually pretty simple: first, clearly state the subject, then specify high-quality lighting, control the camera angle, add keywords for a clean background, and finally throw in some realistic style descriptions to prevent it from over-stylizing and messing up the details.
The key is to not let it run wild—lock down every step.
Flat lays and packaging especially depend on lighting; once you nail the lighting, the success rate shoots up. Of course, for complex commercial deliveries, you still need to wrap up manually, but for sketching and pitching, it’s already more than enough.