How to make a digital Polaroid image transfer
November 27, 2007 by Cyndi Lavin
Filed under Home & Living
Technique Tuesday!
OK, here’s the verdict: it’s difficult to come up with a convincing digital version of a Polaroid image transfer, and it takes a LONG time to do it. If you are really interested in these image transfers, it would probably be best to just buy the machine! But I am so addicted to my Photoshop. I just have to try to see everything that it can do.
Compare the two shots I shared yesterday:
The frame on the second one still needs a lot more work. It is way too solid and dark. The upper one is better, but probably still needs a few ink smears along the edges to make it really good. Anyway, here’s what you’ve gotta do, and you can decide for yourself if it’s worth going to all this effort.
There are some great Photoshop actions that create Polaroid borders available for download over at ATN Central ( http://www.atncentral.com/download.htm) Look for “Andrea’s Borders”. She has eight diff. ones that you can play with.
Thanks! What a great resource
I always prefer to “make my own”, but there’s tons of great stuff there!