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Custom Scene Plus: The Complete Guide to What It Is, How It Works, and Who It’s For (2026 Update)

Custom Scene Plus What is it?

When I launched Custom Scene Plus, it wasn’t because the world needed yet another subscription. Honestly, I built it out of necessity.

Over the years, working as both a creator and listening to Custom Scene customers, I noticed a recurring challenge: buying assets one at a time worked for some people, but not for everyone. As the library grew, it became clear – there had to be a better way for folks who needed quality assets more regularly, but didn’t want to pay full price each time or commit to giant bundles they might not use.

So I built Custom Scene+ to solve that.

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Digital Planners: 4 Easy Ways to Create Your Own Using a Planner Creator

Digital planners being created on an iPad using a digital planner creator

Digital planners don’t have to be pre‑made. This guide shows how to create your own planner using a simple, realistic design system.

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Photoshop Mockup Tutorial: Create Stunning Product Scenes in 5 Easy Steps

Before and after of a wedding invitation mockup in Photoshop, showing how a blank card is transformed into a styled scene using Custom Scene mockups.

Mockups from Custom Scene aren’t your typical mockups, they’re a game changer. Crafted from real photographs with crisp detail and fully customizable layers, each scene gives you complete control: move objects, change colors, adjust lighting, and tailor everything to fit your design.

Just one PSD can produce countless variations, making your work not only stand out but feel truly professional.

Does that mean Custom Scene mockups are complicated to use? Not at all! They’re intuitive and thoughtfully structured, but this Photoshop mockup tutorial will walk you through exactly how it works, step by step.

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Affinity Mockups: 5 Easy Ways to Use Custom Scene in Affinity Designer

Affinity mockups tutorial showing how to customize a mockup in Affinity Designer

Affinity mockups make it easy to showcase your artwork, calligraphy, or design projects in a polished and professional way, without needing Adobe software. Whether you’re preparing a client presentation or curating your portfolio, mockups help bring your designs to life.

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Procreate Mockups: 4 Easy Steps to Create Stunning Designs on Your iPad

procreate mockups ipad hero

Want to know how to use Procreate mockups to elevate your design presentations, right from your iPad? Whether you’re working on a wedding invitation, a product label, or a printable card, mockups made for Procreate make it easy to create stunning visuals without opening Photoshop.

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Wedding Invitation Mockup: 11 Brilliant Ways to Display Your Work

Elegant wedding invitation mockup featuring acrylic and handmade paper cards

If you’re a calligrapher or stationery designer, you already know: how you showcase your work is just as important as the design itself. Whether you’re working with handmade paper, wax seals, or modern acrylic, the right wedding invitation mockup can make your portfolio shine—and help clients visualize the final result.

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Best Book Mockups and Scene Creators: Elevate Your Book Presentation

Best Book Mockups

In a digital era where content is king, appealingly presenting your book is paramount. Whether you are an author, a designer, or a publisher, showcasing your book with a professional and aesthetic mockup can significantly elevate its perceived value. Here at Custom Scene, I’ve curated a selection of the best book mockups that cater to various design needs, ensuring your book is portrayed in the best light possible. Similar to the allure that the Instax mockups brought in a previous blog post, these book scene creators and mockups serve as a powerful tool for presenting your work.

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5 Must-Have Instax Mockups: Turn Your Designs from Dull to Dazzling

There’s something exciting about starting a new month, especially when it brings along fresh avenues of creativity. This month, I’m thrilled to introduce my brand new collection of Instax Mockups, something I’ve been passionately working on for a while. Crafted meticulously, these mockups aim to blend the essence of nostalgia with the touch of modern design, creating a canvas where memories can be painted with a touch of realism.
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Custom Scene’s Traveler’s Notebook Newest Release: 400+ Beautiful Travel-Inspired Assets to Elevate Your Creativity

Traveler's Notebook Scene Creator

Hello, creative souls! In the vibrant world of graphic design and traveler’s notebooks, finding the right elements to bring your visions to life is an endless quest. As the creator behind Custom Scene, I understand the significance of having distinctive and adaptable elements that add depth and charm to our designs. Custom Scene has been my labor of love, a space where I’ve been curating and crafting scene creators, mockups, and PNG images with utmost attention to detail.

Today, I am delighted to share with you the inauguration of the ‘New Product Releases’ blog series. This series is an invitation for you to accompany me as I reveal my newest Midori Traveler’s Notebook-inspired creations, divulge the inspirations that fueled them, and share insights on how they can be seamlessly integrated into your work. In this inaugural post, we will explore a captivating assortment of traveler’s planner scene creators, journal mockups, and an extensive collection of PNG images. These creations are an ode to wanderlust, adventure, and the understated elegance of Japanese Traveler’s Company stationery.

So, let’s set forth on this creative expedition together. I am eager to share the digital traveler’s notebook fruits of my endeavors with you, and I cherish your presence on this artistic journey. Embrace the spirit of adventure with Travel Mockup designs, and add a traveler’s notebook brass clip to your collection for that extra touch of elegance.

Let’s create some magic together in the world of Traveler’s Company Notebook designs!

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2022 Recap of Unlimited Access

Custom Scene 2022 Recap

It’s been a year since the launch of the Unlimited Access subscription and I wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who has subscribed and made it possible for me to keep creating content.

What is the Unlimited Access subscription?

As I have never really made an official post about the Subscription, I’ll use this space to explain why I came up with the idea of the subscription. When I started with this project, not only did I want to make Custom Scene easy and fun to use but also affordable and available for everyone. As I created more and more content, I realised it was no longer affordable for those that wanted all of my content. So here came the idea of the Unlimited Access subscription, an affordable and easy way to digest my content.

It’s in the word: Unlimited. Get access to everything, no download limits, no monthly allowance, instant access to updates and future content for the entire length of your subscription.

With different plans to fit your creative needs, you’ll get instant access to the library of your choice.

2022 Recap: The Year at a Glance!

It’s been a busy year with 66 new mockups, 57 new scene creator items and from April with the release of the new PNG category, 896 new PNGs. These have all been added to the already large custom scene library making it even easier to find exactly what you’re looking for. In this blog post I wanted to mention some of the highlights of the last year and some of the plans for the coming year including a chance for you to send me your suggestions of things you would like included!

66
Mockups
57
Items
896
PNG
$2555
Added Value

Digital Planner Creator

In February, our bestseller the Digital Planner Creator was launched. This has been a huge success and many of the new mockups and items have been released with that in mind. Lots of new planner and stationery mockups have made it even easier to make creative planner scenes.

Digital Planner Creator Custom Scene Cover
Digital Planner Creator
Guimauve Planner Mockup 01 Thumbnail1
Guimauve Planner Mockup 01 Thumbnail1
Azulejo Cover Planner Mockup 01 Thumbnail
Azulejo Cover Planner Mockup 01 Thumbnail
Guimauve Items Vol 1 02 High Resolution
Guimauve Items Vol 1 02 High Resolution
Azulejo Items Vol 1 01 Thumbnail
Azulejo Items Vol 1 01 Thumbnail
Azulejo Planner Mockup 01 Thumbnail2
Azulejo Planner Mockup 01 Thumbnail2

New Mockups and Items

66 new mockups and 57 new items have been added this year including Polaroids, Macbook Pro, iPad, Notebooks, Moodboards and Autumn-themed mockups along with our very popular planner and stationery items and mockups.

RoundStickersMockup11 01 Thumbnail2
RoundStickersMockup11 01 Thumbnail2
Old Book Opened with Reading Glasses and Hot Drink Mockup 01 Thumbnail2
Old Book Opened with Reading Glasses and Hot Drink Mockup 01 Thumbnail2
Used Mailer Bag Mockup 01 Thumbnail2
Used Mailer Bag Mockup 01 Thumbnail2
RoundStickersMockup13 01 Thumbnail2
RoundStickersMockup13 01 Thumbnail2
Macbook Pro 16inch Woman Hands Typing Mockup 01 Thumbnail2
Hand Holding Fan of Four Instant Photos Mockup 01 Thumbnail2
Hand Holding Fan of Four Instant Photos Mockup 01 Thumbnail2
Clipboard with Notepad Mockup 02 Thumbnail 2
Clipboard with Notepad Mockup 02 Thumbnail 2
Hand Holding Instant Picture on Top of Grid of Photos 01 Thumbnail2
Hand Holding Instant Picture on Top of Grid of Photos 01 Thumbnail2
Hands Displaying iPad Pro 12inch Mockup 01 Thumbnail2
Hands Displaying iPad Pro 12inch Mockup 01 Thumbnail2
Photos Moodboard with Papers and Autumn Leaves Mockup 01 Thumbnail2
Photos Moodboard with Papers and Autumn Leaves Mockup 01 Thumbnail2
Mailer Box Mockup within Used Wrapping Paper 01 Thumbnail2
Mailer Box Mockup within Used Wrapping Paper 01 Thumbnail2
Collage Instant Picture Mockup 01 Thumbnail2
Collage Instant Picture Mockup 01 Thumbnail2

Subscription Options

In August I released different types of subscriptions for those that didn’t need access to the whole library. You can now subscribe to a PNG, Mockup or Item category. Find out more about Custom Scene Subscriptions.

Custom Scene Category PNG Images
PNG Subscription
Custom Scene Category Items
Items Subscription
Custom Scene Category Mockups
Mockups Subscription

*billed yearly

PNG Images

In April 2022 I released a new category of PNG images. Since then 896 new images have been added in this category including Autumn themed and stationery themed PNGs

Magnolias with Branches 1 01 PNG Thumbnail
Maple Autumn Leaves Pile 01 PNG Image Thumbnail
Bulldog Clip Large Metallic 3 01 PNG Image Thumbnail
Notepad Right Page 01 PNG Image Thumbnail
Pen Liner Opened W Lid 1 01 PNG Image Thumbnail
Yellow Ruled Sticky Note with Washi Tape 01 PNG Image Thumbnail
Maple Autumn Leaf 17 with Tape 01 PNG Image Thumbnail
Teardrop Metallic Paper Clip 1 01 PNG Image Thumbnail
Metallic Circular Paper Clip Stacked 2 01 PNG Image Thumbnail
Washi Tape 6 01 PNG Image Thumbnail
Pile of Pumpkins 1 01 PNG Image Thumbnail
PaperCard Torn 6 01 PNG Image Thumbnail
PaperCard Torn 6 01 PNG Image Thumbnail

What’s coming up this year?

Firstly for those who would like to renew, the price is staying the same this year! This year in total $2555 worth of images have been added to the library, making it a massive saving to be subscribed for the year. Not to mention the added value of all the new images that will be added in the coming year.

I have already started including files for Affinity Designer and Procreate in any new items and my goal for this year is to add a lot more, making it available to even more people.

Desktop elements several planners and spring/floral-themed images in the pipeline.

What are people saying?

When I started the subscription, as a designer I included things that I would find useful. But you don’t have to take just my word for it. Here are a couple of things that people are saying about a Custom Scene subscription:

Elissa Spicer - Unlimited Access Member

What an amazing value! I’m so glad I came across this when I did!

Each element is absolutely perfect, and my friends are always commenting on how crazy realistic everything ends up looking. There are so many options to choose from, and editing into the perfect scene is so easy (even if you’re not tech savvy, like me)! There’s plenty to choose from, and the quality makes the subscription worth at least twice what you’ll pay.

If you’re on the fence, just do it!! You won’t be disappointed.

laurenceboulanger - Unlimited Access Member

Honestly, I’m in love with this concept. I appreciate not having to buy everything separately. It only takes a few minutes to grab what I need for a project and everything fits perfectly. The product is definitely a great fit for my online business! As a result, my image appears professional and coherent.
Thanks for all your hard work!

One more thing

This post is more of a milestone, an achievement and a celebration for me. But it wouldn’t be a celebration without a giveaway, right? You can win a one-year Unlimited Access subscription by sharing this post using the box below. The person with the most shared links (entries) will win the subscription and for those that have already purchased the subscription I would refund your money if you win! The competition will end the 20th Febuary 2023. Winner will be announced 21th Febuary 2023.

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Have you got any ideas?

I would love to hear from you if you have any requests for the upcoming year. I’m open to ideas and where possible would love to make Custom Scene just what you need for your projects! Drop me a note in the comments box below!