AI Cafe Packaging Mockups — Put Your Design on Cups and Boxes Without Printing

One of the most common questions I get: "How do you get those branded cup photos without printing them first?" Mockup sites are expensive, often in English only, and rarely let you get exactly the style you want.

XBRUSH inpainting solves this. You can apply your logo or any seasonal pattern to a plain cup photo and get a realistic result — without touching a single printed cup.

Step 1: Prepare a Plain Cup Photo

Start with a photo of a plain white or solid-colored takeout cup. A slightly angled front view works best so the sleeve area is clearly visible for inpainting.

Step 2: Inpaint the Sleeve with Your Logo

Upload the cup image to XBRUSH, select the sleeve area as the inpainting mask, and describe the design in the prompt:

coffee cup sleeve with minimalist black and white brand logo, clean modern design

You can also add your logo PNG as a reference image so XBRUSH picks up the logo shape and style.

Here's the result. Polished enough to share with a printing vendor as a design brief.

Step 3: Create Seasonal Edition Variants

From the same base cup photo, swap out the pattern description to get Christmas and Halloween versions. Each variant took under 10 minutes.

Christmas Edition

Halloween Edition

Matching the cup and cake box to the same seasonal pattern creates strong visual consistency for SNS posts announcing limited-edition packaging.

Wrap-up

This workflow is useful before physical printing — whether you're showing a preview to customers or staff, or sending a design brief to a packaging vendor. No need for separate mockup tools. XBRUSH inpainting handles branded cups, seasonal editions, and cake boxes all in one place.

Tools Used

• XBRUSH Inpainting — Replace design on specific surfaces of cups and boxes
• XBRUSH Reference Image — Apply logo PNG to guide the design
• XBRUSH Background Replace — Swap mockup background (table / marble / wood)