The Portal Door

I will show you how to put portals on your door or wall.

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Step 1: The template

You will need the template somewhere under this text. It is very big (7500 x 500 pixels), because it has to be printed on a very big paper (makes sense, huh?).

What it contains:
- 2 portals in orange and blue. They have a transparent background that has to be replaced with the pictures from step 2.

- 2 Portal logos. One is bigger than the other one, I cut the letters out and glued them under and over the portals, this looks a lot more professional ;)

- A nice picture of my favorite cube, the Companion one! I just don't like the feeling of wasting space, cut it out or throw it away, I don't mind.

The template is available for a white and a (dark) brown background, because the boundary of the portals are blurred. The picture down there shows what it looks like, but please don't use this, because it is way too small.

Here you can get the template in both colors:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/21203905/Papercraft/portaldoor.zip

porkchoppiggy says: Oct 4, 2012. 6:44 PM

What size paper do you recommend?

kamibox.de (author) in reply to porkchoppiggyOct 5, 2012. 7:48 AM

I used A0, but it could be bigger.

porkchoppiggy says: Oct 2, 2012. 1:45 AM

could you also send it to me? My email is 31860@cggs.act.edu.au

kamibox.de (author) in reply to porkchoppiggyOct 3, 2012. 1:20 AM

The link in the description does actually work, it is just linked wrong and I can't change it at the moment.

This one works: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/21203905/Papercraft/portaldoor.zip

porkchoppiggy in reply to kamibox.deOct 4, 2012. 6:42 PM

Thank you!

Xfrim says: Mar 25, 2011. 7:45 AM

HOW U GET THA CAMERA?

porkchoppiggy in reply to XfrimOct 2, 2012. 1:47 AM

Its papercraft. Go to www.papercraftmuseum.com and search portal.

spidymaster says: Jul 18, 2012. 11:54 AM

Could you send me this temptate? My email: spidymistrz@gmail.com.

MrRandomnez says: May 9, 2012. 7:56 PM

Could you please email me the image because none of these links work?

MrRandomnez in reply to MrRandomnezMay 9, 2012. 7:59 PM

My email is mrrandomnez@hotmail.com

stratisfire says: Apr 22, 2012. 10:30 PM

i think it would be cool if you could somehow display video on the "portals" so you could have on upstairs and one downstairs and be able to see what is coming from the other camera.

Atlas Portal 2 says: Apr 3, 2012. 8:35 PM

can you send me the template my Email is: alcatraz2033@yahoo.com

erowe says: Oct 28, 2011. 2:17 PM

This is amazing. Could you upload the template again?

batonas says: Oct 28, 2011. 6:56 AM

great idea but you should cut a hole in the door for more realism :D

jjunod1 says: Aug 6, 2011. 8:57 AM

What I did was sorta a play-off of think geeks portal shirt (here) http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/portal-tshirt.html and i kinda made a frame by printing it twice then i put a screen in them then sealed it

andyxxpanda says: Jul 24, 2011. 2:03 PM

it would be cooler if you hung one on the oposite side of the room

championx5 says: Jul 20, 2011. 2:28 PM

only thing fail about this is if u take the picture during theday then itll look fake at night

freakyqwerty in reply to championx5Jul 22, 2011. 12:47 PM

Need to have part of the door as glass...

UpgradeTech says: Feb 25, 2011. 11:38 PM

I'm sorry, but I've tried all the links in the comments and I cannot find the template anywhere. Could you repost it?

kamibox.de (author) in reply to UpgradeTechMar 2, 2011. 8:48 AM

I hope this one works http://www.fileshost.com/download.php?id=5C2E8C9F1

JohnRulz in reply to kamibox.deJul 11, 2011. 7:20 PM

Not working either. Try a different file sharing site, or set up a torrent. Torrents are more reliable than file sharing sites, if you can get enough seeders. You could also set up something on an image sharing site. I am not sure how large the file is, but Flickr has the larges limit (to my knowledge) of 10 mb

tinker234 says: Jun 29, 2011. 11:30 AM

hey could i add a projecter and 2 cameras to make a projected image of each side if they change also be cool to have a hole so you could walk thourgh

tinker234 says: Jun 27, 2011. 6:01 PM

wow hey could cut a hole in the door to go thourgh

blanchae says: Jun 23, 2011. 2:56 PM

I wonder if it would better using a mirror instead of a picture?

ralphkidsguns says: Jun 23, 2011. 12:30 PM

this was a triumph.
i'm making a note here, huge success!
AMAZING!

jarnold3 says: Jun 23, 2011. 11:03 AM

This was a triumph...

monkeys98 says: Jun 18, 2011. 2:44 AM

could i make it bigger so that each portal can cover more of the door?

reddog92396 says: Jun 11, 2011. 10:14 AM

Hah ! Nice! You should have just cut a hole in the door! LOL that would have been funny I can see people's reactions

"Woah an actual portal!"

nclarke says: May 28, 2011. 12:09 PM

Should I use Paint Shop, or Paint Shop? Which do you think would be easier?

Higley1089 says: May 25, 2011. 1:53 PM

I made a much smaller version using paint.net a regular printer and a camera.
(i needed to make a small one anyway. My door isnt Flat)

STICKDUDESHOOTER says: Apr 21, 2011. 1:09 AM

How do you do that im noob with photoshop

nubabuba in reply to STICKDUDESHOOTERMay 14, 2011. 4:59 PM

you simply take the two photos, drag one onto the other, and resize, or remove any nonwanted areas.

asarris says: May 12, 2011. 4:13 PM

I like it just cant find paper that big, i took my dads old projector and a web cam and hooked it up together. Then i put one of your portal image on the other side and i had a portal that i can outside and they think its fake.

The nerdling says: May 4, 2011. 4:54 PM

you could use two projectors and web cams then print the outline of the portal then project the inards of you room using the webby and projector into the outline and do the same with the other "portal"

STICKDUDESHOOTER in reply to The nerdlingMay 12, 2011. 1:10 AM

im confused

demonkiller111 says: Jun 30, 2010. 3:35 PM

You know it might be easier to get a door with a round window in it and just paint the portal around it.

The_Auror in reply to demonkiller111Jul 1, 2010. 8:07 AM

What's the point of having a door if anyone could see through it then? Yeah, I tought so...