How to turn a photo into a Polaroid with Photoshop (Photojojo Contest !!) by fatrickuk
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Ever wondered how you could turn a digital photo into a Polaroid? Here is an easy way to do it with Photoshop.Please vote if you like this entry.
 
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Step 1: Adjust the picture size

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Open your photo with Photoshop and then use the crop function on the tool bar or go to Image > Image Size to resize your picture in order to fit it into a Polaroid
mattccc says: Oct 11, 2009. 11:09 AM
=NICE=
moomooman says: Jun 6, 2009. 11:31 PM
shes hot
Icarryacameraandaglock45 says: Jun 27, 2009. 8:49 PM
its j - lo , me thinks
GorillazMiko says: Apr 7, 2008. 4:14 PM

;)

duck-lemon says: Apr 7, 2008. 9:45 PM
how you do big?
Arbitror says: May 26, 2009. 6:32 PM
They disabled tbig text, b/c people were spamming...
GorillazMiko says: Apr 7, 2008. 10:05 PM
Put a "=" sign around the words.
Example:
  • Eggs

That should come out as:

Eggs


If you want any other codes, ask me.

Eggs: superscript

Eggs: superscript

Eggs: monospace
the.mk95 says: Aug 12, 2009. 11:15 PM
==i== would love to know some more tricks
n8man says: Jun 16, 2008. 9:32 PM
The more = the smaller it gets

See

See

See

See

See

Stops after five on each side and it does go 12345.
duck-lemon says: Apr 7, 2008. 10:19 PM
what is small =?= and what is that tiny
Grey writing with instructables scribble?
thanks
GorillazMiko says: Apr 8, 2008. 9:01 AM
Just check out NachoMahma's orangeboard.

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  • Eggs.
csmiler says: Mar 17, 2009. 8:42 AM
How do you get that little gray circle thing before "eggs"?
csmiler says: Mar 17, 2009. 8:48 AM
  • never mind got it figured...any code for up-side down text?
onlyonebowman says: Apr 8, 2008. 7:58 PM

Oh Rly

csmiler says: Mar 17, 2009. 8:40 AM
Fergie?
iloveyoubabe123 says: Feb 22, 2009. 8:26 AM
it well good i dunno how 2 do it myself tho someone come roung to ma house and help me thanks ...x
CAbeachguy says: Dec 16, 2008. 2:48 PM
This is a nice Instructable, but there are a number of steps to accomplish the goal. Or... If you are driving a Mac you could just download Poladroid UK for free and accomplish much of the same in about 5 seconds (without owning Photoshop) with any digitized photo you've got.
fatrickuk (author) says: Dec 17, 2008. 2:40 PM
yeah, I get your point of taking shortcuts but then it's always better to know how to do it on your own, isn't it?
beyondimagination says: Jul 31, 2008. 9:15 PM

Cool

Yerboogieman says: Jul 23, 2008. 10:51 PM

eggs

coreyjune12 says: Apr 30, 2008. 3:36 PM
I have a setting on my camera that does this. It was an $89 camera.
trialex says: Apr 17, 2008. 1:44 AM
Aren't Polaroid images traditionally square?
fatrickuk (author) says: Apr 17, 2008. 11:43 AM
You can make it square but I just want to show how roughly it can be done with Photoshop. There are some polaroid images that are in rectangle shape, don't know if you have seen it.
pooandwee says: Apr 15, 2008. 11:13 AM
this result is actually not as good as i had expected, ive seen better polaroid tuts. it would be easier to print it out and cut it out with a polaroid border
gmjhowe says: Apr 8, 2008. 1:04 AM
Im a professional, and i love photoshop, and use it daily, but this is one of those things, where the final result would look best made by hand.
Patrik says: Apr 7, 2008. 1:51 PM
It would help a lot if you actually used the polaroid print format as well. I.e. 3.25x4.25" prints, with an approximately 3x3" image.
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