How To Insert Video into an Image or Screen Mockup in Photoshop

An easy Photoshop tutorial on how to add videos into a static image or a mockup. Typically using scrolling screen recordings and placing it into a website or iphone mockup! - See my instagram for examples : saffronavenue

[@nickpage9138]

I wish i saw this hours ago... thank you, this would of saved me hours of time wasted. Good job thankyou for making this, no more heartache!

[@magnoliarabbit]

I googled this SO many times and didn't find what I was looking for. This is exactly what I was trying to find. Thank you so much for sharing this!

[@SaffronAvenue]

Awww, I'm glad it was helpful!!

[@sarahb9697]

Best tutorial for video mockups, thank you!

[@jordanmeek6610]

Thanks so much. This is awesome. Thought I was going to have to break my brain in after effects trying to do this.

[@MC_MIKE]

This was MASSIVELY helpful. Thanks Saffron!

[@NilsDecker]

Amazing, thanks for making this! I had the hardest time googling even the right thing but finally found your video and created my own little "video pretending to play on laptop photoshop animation tutotrial KZbin" 😂🤣

[@kvl182]

Thank you so much, I was looking and looking how to do it and didn´t find the way until I stopped here. You saved me!!

[@tashawalkerco]

You are amazing. Thank you for sharing your knowledge so freely. Seriously just wow.

[@whyRamachandran]

Thank you for this support, Angela. I was struggling to try this method for my Interface upload.

[@Simranngulati]

Most helpful video, thank you posting♥️

[@sarahsaggiante145]

Thank you so much!! This saved my life.

[@sararey9378]

GIRL TYSM FOR THIS BEEN LOOKIN AL DAY AND YOURS IS SO CLEAR THANKYOUUUU

[@nniikunz]

I was looking exactly for this. Thank you so much for keeping it straight to the point!

[@boblin7174]

thanks for sharing, this is the content I been looking for!!!!

[@jannashaw1490]

Absolutely the best tutorial I have found online for this!! Thank you so much! It was perfect and easy to follow!!!!

[@SaffronAvenue]

Aww, thank you!!

[@deborahkomatsu5446]

So grateful for your help! Thanks!

[@deaconindustrialsupplycomp8540]

Excellent Tutorial! Thank you for posting.

[@tracylavorini8389]

You're a saint for real my studio project THANKS you

[@charbellichaa715]

Thanks a lot I was searching for few weeks till I found you Very helpful and simple Love it

[@SaffronAvenue]

Yay!

[@laurenzmignolet4615]

Very helpful! Worked like a charm. Thank you!

[@SaffronAvenue]

Yay! I'm glad you found it!

[@ken98103]

Omg, thank you so much!!! This video has been a great help

[@TylerDigital]

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks so much!

[@jamaalmay4888]

I needed this. Thank you!

[@misterellystudio]

Thanks a lot Saffron. great tutorial

[@ceepeek]

That was so helpful! I was about to dive into a rabbit hole. Thanks!

[@breannapairrett8675]

This is so easy to follow! Thank you for this! 🙌🏼

[@KaiWenFranklin]

Thank you so very mush for this demo!! WOW!

[@ET-kj7rf]

THANK YOU!!! Perfect, straightforward and just what I needed! This saved me too. You are awesome!!

[@SaffronAvenue]

Yay, thanks!!

[@abinamusic4087]

Thankyouuu for sharing this!!d did'nt even know you could do that with photoshop :)

[@mycall_eyeYouTube]

Holy shit this is so awesome! Thank you! Aloha from Hawaii

[@graceoutlaw7215]

Thank you! This was so quick and easy and I didn't have to Google additional steps or info or anything ha ha. Great tutorial thanks again!

[@SaffronAvenue]

Yay!

[@veelvetta]

very clear and useful video, thank you so much!

[@SaffronAvenue]

You're very welcome!

[@ronaldogonzalez6715]

Excellent video , Thank you so much 👏👏👏

[@TALTULI1]

Thank you for this great tutorial. The only problem I have is that in the smart object I can see the whole video (both time lines same length) and when I go back to the actual photo it plays a very small part of the video. Do you know perhaps why?

[@EdenRaphaelGil34]

great video! very informative. really helped me with a video mockup, cheers!

[@lizco7187]

How do you do this without the background? I want to place only the device and the scrolling image in my site and do not want the background scene to show.

[@ianschneider3969]

This is great! Thank you! How do I get rid of the search bar and bookmarks bar for the recording though?

[@baay81]

thanks for sharing! this helped me a lot

[@SaffronAvenue]

I'm so glad!

[@oldspicy4419]

Great help, thanks! 🙏🏼

[@amaliap.4430]

Thanks so much! Great tutorial. Can't wait to try

[@Macafotografa]

It does help! Thanks so much!

[@saadkhalidqazi9933]

that was exactly what I was going to do thanks for the video!

[@csaa8381]

thank you so much!! I was about to dl some complicated software but you saved me a great lot of time !

[@sirhenryhu]

So useful and great tutorial! Thank you.

[@jennahlady6722]

This is awesome. My only issue was the video cut off at 5 seconds when the actual screen recording was longer. Is there a way to adjust the time in photoshop?

[@katebollinger7346]

did you ever find a solution to this issue? same thing happened to me

[@djamelkadi5519]

@@katebollinger7346 maybe it's about the timeline length, did you check on that?

[@kiaraoksi]

I have the same problem. Please, tell me how I can solve this problem🙏

[@marizaa9317]

MIND BLOWN. THANK YOU.

[@mansishah7166]

Thank you so much!! This is what I was looking for. You made it easy to go🤩

[@SaffronAvenue]

Oh yay! Thank you :)

[@Dhanushsaji]

Exactly what I'm looking.. thankuuu

[@archrao2103]

Just what I was looking for so well explained.

[@SaffronAvenue]

Oh good!

[@hombuecherkonstantin8592]

Hello and thank you so much for that awesome tutorial. I got it all. The only thing that I can't solve is that after I exported and rendered the video there is a black background even though the mockup is totally isolated. How do I have to change my settings to delete the background of my mockup? I want it to be cut out precisely... 😊

[@SaffronAvenue]

I'm not super sure, but maybe try doing a pen tool mask around it???

[@HarisInspirasimu]

terimakasih, videonya nya bagus, saya jadi tahu bagaimana menggunakan video photoshop, salam kenal dari kami

[@ilkinguliyev5918]

Very helpful. The question is in which format do you save the file?

[@SaffronAvenue]

I think I usually just do .mp4

[@ilkinguliyev5918]

No. İt just save it as video.

[@btcreativestudio9452]

I have needed this forever! thank you so much for making this an easy-to-follow tutorial!

[@sanjanamahajan3144]

Thanks a lot for this, it helped!!

[@SaffronAvenue]

You are so welcome!!

[@VictoriaAshleyDesigns]

Just found this, thank you for posting - you've saved me spending more hours wasted 🙂

[@luvhopefullie727]

Great video. Thank you.

[@helenaaurellia9070]

This is amazing and easy to follow. Thank you so muchh!!

[@jamestill442]

Thanks for such a great tutorial, helped me immeasurably. One problem I've encountered is the background image blurring considerably after being exported. Is there anyway to fix that?

[@SaffronAvenue]

Was your original image high resolution?

[@oswhytecodes1]

LEGEND!!!!!Thank you!!

[@eumm11]

thank you so much, this is amazing, exactly what i was looking for!

[@SaffronAvenue]

So glad!

[@devashibarthwal3424]

thanks a lot for the video saved my life.. :)

[@tonyahesterdesign]

This look great. I am having a problem importing the video into photoshop - it keeps saying that file could not be opened. It is a mp4 file - could someone advise?

[@BloomSparx23]

Thank you so much for this ❤️ I've been searching for this for so long!!! Can I export it as a .gif so it'll automatically play in my behance post?

[@SaffronAvenue]

You could probably export it as MP4 and then just use a converter online? www.google.com/search?q=convert+mp4+to+gif&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS728US728&oq=convert+mp4+to+gif&aqs=chrome.0.0j0i457j0l6.3485j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[@ErinGSA]

Thanks for this tutorial. For some reason when I try to drag and drop my MP4 screencast it tells me that "no parser or file format can oepn the file" and I can only find tutorials on how to fix this if the document is a jpeg, any advice?

[@SaffronAvenue]

Oooh, I have never had that error before.. I just tried it again and worked, so here are my steps again! :: 1. Opened a PNG 2. Created a rectangle - made it into a 'smart object' on the layer panel 3. Opened the smart object, placed an .mov file into it 4. Under WINDOW - choose 'TIMELINE' 5. Hit 'Create Video Timeline' and 'save' - then close the Smart Object tab (window). 6. Back to original PNG I did the same 'Create Video Timeline' under the Timeline frame 7. Adjusted the layer lengths (the video/smart object to match the background image layer. 8. File - Export - 'RENDER VIDEO' - Change the size/quality - then hit 'RENDER'

[@Llliesh]

I have the same! Have you found a fix?

[@pytray]

super helpful! thanks!

[@SaffronAvenue]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ashwinr7]

awesome video. Been quite sometime been thinking about how to do this thing

[@yvonnegougelet1204]

does this work if I just want to put a video on top of a photo? I don't need to have it fit on a screen, I just want a video on a photo

[@lauraeverard1686]

Love this tutorial and how you make it look realistic...however I am unable to drag an mp4 into Photoshop...is there something I am doing wrong?

[@MyCurlyAdventures]

Not sure if you figured it out, but I had to use adobe media encoder to change it to a quicktime mov file to get it to work.

[@WhiteDoberman]

Can WebM format be imported instead of MP4 in Photoshop?

[@sandipannath9588]

you saved my project! hugs..

[@aneesha5685]

Once you save the video mock-up file, does it have a black background to it?

[@kapa4208]

This is so useful! You're awesome!

[@SaffronAvenue]

Thank yoU!

[@GabeLogan202]

This video is a gold find for me. Thank you. I have a question if you could help... I did the export like you said but the image has two frame black line each side? How is it so. I want the same frame as the original jpeg behind my videos.Much love.

[@SaffronAvenue]

I would try maybe starting over and making the rectangle the exact size of your recording. So if you recorded a screen size of 1220px wide, I would make the rectangle you place it into the same size..??

[@GabeLogan202]

@@SaffronAvenue I try Exporting AS instead of Video Export and it worked! Thank you for your fast feedback. Hope now that my finding will help someone else. :) Much love.

[@SaffronAvenue]

@@GabeLogan202 Oh, good to know!!

[@tenayatibbs2255]

Hi! This worked the first time i tried it but now i'm getting

[@laurentcrottet]

Precise and clear ! Thank's a lot !

[@KingOfCorinth]

You're a godsend!!

[@jpm8288]

Does the rendered video keep the same distortion? Would I be able to put this same mockup into a website?

[@SaffronAvenue]

Hi there, when you export it should maintain! And then be able to upload it as a complete video

[@bodza8218]

my video is 1:12 but the video is only 5 sec, how is that? i followed everything as said, but this, I dont understand. any idea? thank you!

[@aneesha5685]

Great tutorial. I followed all the steps exactly but the final video has a black background to it. How do i remove it?

[@silviapinazo483]

Thank you for the video!!

[@SaffronAvenue]

Of course! Thanks for watching :)

[@ianteh.ianteh]

May I know why the duration of the video was shortened to 5seconds? I clearly saw that the video was 19 seconds when you placed in onto the smart object.... I am confused! But nevertheless, this is a pretty good guide! Thanks a lot! (:

[@SaffronAvenue]

Hi there, I'm trying to remember..but with the image itself and the 'rectangle' you can set the 'time' by dragging the image to your desired 'frame'. Although the video itself is 19 seconds in the smart object window, I choose to set the actual image 'frame' to be only 5 seconds, thus cropping down the video time. I hope that makes sense!

[@l13rodrigues]

I have tried it and it went fine, but when I embed the image in a website, the animation does not work. How can I make it work?

[@ShilohEsther]

Hey Lady - how would I use it in Showit since I can't upload a video on Showit . . . HELP lol

[@tatumwilson4655]

Hello! I LOVE your videos, but I need help ): I don't have the option to do create a video timeline on my photoshop it only says create frame animation. DO you know how to fix this? I tried googling it but nothing has worked

[@SaffronAvenue]

I just noticed this same thing on my new M1 mac! - If you right click on photoshop from the finder and choose 'get info' - check the 'open in rosetta' box!

[@abiaka222]

hey im getting this error what have I done wrong Could not place “Screen Recording 2022-08-29 at 17.04.55.mp4” because no parser or file format can open the file.

[@SaffronAvenue]

Oooh, I'm not sure if thats an actual Photoshop version error?? If not, maybe try to reduce the size of the video (I use Quicktime or 8mb.video/ )

[@InbarShahak]

cool video, loved it!!!

[@jessicamdo]

amazing, thank you very much for sharing!

[@melissamij3860]

I am not sure why, but i create the rectangle, size it and make it a dynamic object but then I can't do anything of that rectangle... crop or select. ANy idea why ?

[@SaffronAvenue]

Are you creating it as a 'smart object' before you re-size, adjust, transform?

[@TrickWireRecords]

Amazing. Thank you!

[@MrCharlieBananas]

Video files are not dragging over? Theres that circle with a line in it, which means action not possible? Does the video file need to be a specific type/length or something?

[@SaffronAvenue]

I'm not sure on length, but I would think any MP4 would work? Where do you see the circle with a line in it?

[@maria-zm4bo]

@@SaffronAvenue hi! I'm having the same issue here and am using a MP4 file. The circle they are mentioning is the one that appears instead of your cursor, meaning the action you're trying to perfom is not possible.

[@tonicheval1]

thanks, but it seems not working recently as the PS messed the update made importing video always return with errors, I saw many with same experience and I couldn't find a workaround even I reencode it to many different types.

[@SaffronAvenue]

Hmm, I wonder if it's the new PS update causing the error??

[@kawacafe5149]

thak you so much you helped me i needed this thank you

[@briancanbefound]

Thanks so much! x

[@Lyubovstrauss]

How to save the file for the portfolio website? Thank you

[@elisabethp2479]

thank you so much!

[@nascentkempt7007]

Thank you, such a saver.

[@CultureAndLove]

Thank you! Sure helped!

[@Nogemii]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU. I'm about to ask my crush out by making this kind of thing I hope she would like it!

[@liveitz0z]

Very helpful!!

[@sukiyaki_x]

Thank You!

[@jetbob309]

Nice tutorial! New subscriber!