Free Poster Frame Mockup Generator

Match your print to the frame

Most of the openings are portrait. The walnut frame over the sofa is landscape, close to a 3 by 2 poster turned on its side, and the black frame in the blush hallway is square. The gallery wall holds three prints, one design per frame, chosen with the Left, Centre and Right buttons in the editor. The frames in the brick interior, on the kitchen shelf and leaning on concrete are close to the shape of A-series paper (A4, A3, A2), the gold frame is close to 3 by 4, and the rest are close to a 2 by 3 poster, the two original wooden ones a touch taller. Your design fills the opening when you add it, the way a framed print does, so a design of a different shape is trimmed at the edges. Make it smaller with Design Size to show all of it.

• A-series sizes (A4, A3, A2) are 1 to 1.41
• 12 by 18 and 24 by 36 inch posters are 2 to 3
• 8 by 10 and 16 by 20 inch prints are 4 to 5, squarer than these frames, so expect some trimming at the sides

Three of the frames have a white mat around the print, which gives a small or minimal design room to breathe. The black frame in the brick interior has none, so the print runs to the frame.

Light and dark walls

Pick the setting that suits the artwork as well as the frame. Pale and white-background prints stand out most against the charcoal and the dark green walls. Bold, dark or saturated designs read well in the light rooms: the cream wall over the sideboard and the linen.

Showing one print in two settings answers the buyer's real question, which is how it will look in a room like theirs.

Resolution for the print itself

A mockup only needs to look sharp on a screen, but the file you sell needs 300 pixels per inch at its printed size: 2480 by 3508 pixels for A4, 3508 by 4961 for A3, and 7200 by 10800 for a 24 by 36 inch poster. Design at that size, then use a copy in the mockup. If you are making the poster itself, the poster maker exports a print-ready file.