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Make your first 3D mockup video

Pick a mockup and a preset in ls.graphics 3d Studio, open it and press Play to watch a ready-made 3D animation of your device.

By Ruslan Latypov · Updated Nov 7, 2026

In ls.graphics 3d Studio, click a device under Select mockup, hover a tile in Presets, click its Open icon and press Play to watch a ready-made 3D animation of that device on the canvas, with its keyframes laid out on the timeline below. In our test, the iPad Pro on Stones preset opened as an 8.89-second animation with five keyframes. Result: an 8.89-second animation of an iPad Pro on rocks, played from the timeline.

Choose a mockup

Open 3d Studio. In the left panel, under Select mockup, click iPad Pro on Stones. The Presets grid below lists the ready animations for that device. Hover a tile: a folder icon (Open) and a plus (Add to the timeline) appear on it.

Select mockup list with iPad Pro on Stones highlighted and a hovered preset tile showing the folder and plus icons — Hover a preset tile to see its icons.

Open a preset

Click the folder icon on the tile. The timeline fills with the preset: one shot, 8.89 seconds, with keyframes marked as diamonds. The tile gets a white outline and the canvas shows the first frame.

The opened preset with a white outline on its tile, a dark iPad on the canvas and the keyframes on the timeline — The first frame of this preset is dark.

Play the animation

Click Play at the left end of the timeline. The button turns into a pause icon, the playhead runs along the ruler and the iPad turns on the canvas. The loop button next to it is on when the editor opens; its label reads Looping — click to play once.

The preset playing with the iPad turned toward the camera, a pause icon and the playhead at about 2.5 seconds — The playhead moves while the animation plays.

Next, learn how the timeline works in Live Mockups with Control the animation, or get a file with Export an MP4 video. To keep the background clear, see Make a transparent WebM.

Questions

How long is the iPad Pro on Stones preset animation?

In our test, the third preset tile for iPad Pro on Stones in ls.graphics 3d Studio opened as one shot of 8.89 seconds. The length shows beside the Play button, and five keyframe diamonds sit along the timeline.

Why is the first frame of a preset dark?

In our test, the iPad Pro on Stones preset opened on its first frame with the iPad dark among the stones. The blue screen came into view as soon as Play moved the playhead.

Does opening a preset change the picture on the screen?

No. In our test, the Media section of 3d Studio still listed Screen 1 at 2752 × 2064 after the preset was opened. The preset moves the device and the camera, and the screen keeps the picture the mockup opens with.

How do I make the animation play only once?

Use the loop button next to Play in 3d Studio. Its label reads Looping — click to play once, so clicking it switches the timeline from repeating to a single run. The button is on when the editor opens.