Darkroom pushes Photoshop to breaking point with its premium mockups

When Kody Deretic and Kai Higham first met in a Melbourne co-working space back in 2017, neither could have predicted they’d end up building a successful mockup business together. Now based in their first official studio in Fitzroy, the duo behind Darkroom has carved out a distinctive niche creating premium Photoshop mockups that push the software to its absolute limits. Driven by a philosophy of giving back – they donate 10% of every sale to education projects in developing nations and offer free mockups to students – Darkroom represents a thoughtful approach to product visualisation. With Deretic’s graphic design expertise and Higham’s 3D animation prowess, they’re creating tools that simulate the complexity of real 3D rendering within Photoshop’s constraints, serving both designers presenting work to clients and brands promoting products online. TBI: Hey Kody and Kai, how are things? KD: Things are good, thanks! Darkroom has just moved into its first office in Fitzroy (Melbourne), so we’ve been busy getting that set up.