Polaroid "effect" ?
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- showbiz
hi, any recommendations how to achieve this type of picture quality from a "normal" picture
PS. I'm not talking about the white frames of the polaroid but the picture itself
thanks
- ********0
maybe an overlay or soft light layer, vignetted, blurred and tinted
- dave_bxcr0
maybe you should fuck around in photoshop a bit.
- rabattski0
have you tried:
- heffron0
Why don't you get a polaroid camera and take a picture of your photo
kidding..
I would just retake the photo, if possible with a polaroid. To me, this is kind of like using a handdrawn 'style' typeface, you know? Why don't you just use the real thing?
- showbiz0
actually i did try google and found some tutorials but they were all about how to do the "polaroid frames"...
i was thinking there could be a plugin or program that did this job, but i guess not
and yeah heffron, you're quite right with "handdrawn style" typeface thing..
- instantok0
actually taking a polaroid of the photo wouldn't be a bad start...multiply that by "fucking around in photoshop for a bit" and that equals amazing
i just re-read that and it sounds wierd...sorry
- rasko40
I;m thinking layers, selections, gaussian blurs and lighting effects, its all organic, no easy fixes, learn your software and your images
- slappy0
add some noise, blur the photo and play with the curves so you get poor colour depth?
thats what the photos that come off my phone look like... use a mobile phone?
- jevad0
duplicate layer
multiply new layer
gaussian blur
levels
distort
a fat tokevoila
- slappy0
so its basically a piece of piss
hahaha
*jevad is so dreamy
- rabattski0
not all are about creating that frame. quite a lot are about emulating that polaroid effect. rtfm.
- showbiz0
thanks for the responses...i got it done pretty good following jevads post
- jevad0
w0rd
somebody +1 me
- ********0
jevad's got it
- ms790
I think I would definately use Photoshop ;-)
- ourcommon0
blur and grain combo
and desaturated colors leaning towards the "blues"
- praktiv0
By a Lomo camera. Robust colors. Dark edges. Rich images.
- showbiz0
yeah, ourcommon nice new york polaroids on your site.
- ourcommon0
thannks buddy .
polaroids are fun