Photoshop Hack: Turn a 3D Box Into a Flat Front (Super Easy!)

Flatten a 3D Box Mockup in Photoshop Using Perspective Crop

Published: 9/2/2025

In this quick Photoshop tutorial, Glen shows how to turn a 3D box mockup into a flat front-facing image using the Perspective Crop tool. It is a simple trick that makes it easy to extract the front cover from a product box so it looks straight, clean, and ready to use in other designs, presentations, or marketing materials. This is a handy tip for anyone working with packaging mockups, product visuals, or edited screenshots in Photoshop. Instead of trying to manually fix angles and proportions, this method gives you a faster way to flatten the front of a box and create a polished result with much less effort.