Level of Difficulty : Easy
Today I have to make a video composition and I need some nice graphics to enhance my client’s photos. I decided to make the photos look like polaroids. Below you can read a full photoshop tutorial about how to make polaroid photos…
Okay here we are, you may ask how am I going to do some polaroid photos in Photoshop? I think it’s pretty easy. Let’s start…
Make a new image, size doesn’t matter but the bigger the better!
(File->New… or ctrl+N)
Create a new layer and name it polaroid or whatever you like.
(Layer->New->Layer… or Shift+Ctrl+N)
Select the rectangle tool and make a nice rectangle. You do remember what shape the polaroid has, do you? Keep the proportions of the rectangle about 1:1.3 (width:height) and fill it with solid white color.
Now we have to apply some effects to this white rectangle in order to give the appropriate look. Right-click the polaroid layer and choose blending options, then click the Drop Shadow.
Use these settings
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Drop Shadow
Blend mode : Multiply
Color: Black
Opacity : 44
Angle : 120 deg.
Distance : 2
Spread : 0
Size : 1
Click the inner glow and use these values
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Inner Glow
Blend mode : Normal
Opacity : 11
Color: Black
Elements Technique : Softer
Set Edge option on
Choke : 0
Size : 3
Set Contour Anti-aliased on
Range : 100
Jitter : 0
Size : 1
Click the gradient overlay and use these values
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Gradient Overlay
Blend mode : Normal
Opacity : 3
Color: Black to White (default)
Style : Linear
Angle 90 deg.
Scale : 80
And finally set the Stroke values to these
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Stroke
Size : 1
Position : Outside
Blend mode : Normal
Opacity : 8
Fill type : Color
Color : Black
See the result? Now the final step…
Create a new layer, name it Photo and place into a photograph of your choice. Scale it to fill a frame into the polaroid paper and voila you have a nice polaroid photograph.
If you want to enhance it more then apply an inner shadow with soft values to the layer:Photo, just to give a little bit of depth.
Click here to download the polaroid style (polaroid.asl) for Photoshop CS2
Download is free, however, if you want to support me or encourage new freebies, you are welcome to make a donation via PayPal.
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