- 1). Open Photoshop on your computer. Click "File" -> "New" to open a new document. Select "Inches" from the drop-down menu next to "Width" and "Height" options on the box that pops up.
- 2). Type in "4.25" for height and "3.5" for width to have your image to look like the most recent 600 series Polaroid photos.
- 3). Click "File" -> "Open" to open the digital photo that you wish to use for a Polaroid image. Minimize the image box once it opens so that you can see both the first file you created and the photo you just opened.
- 4). Select the "Crop" tool from the left-hand menu in Photoshop. Set the dimensions at the top menu-bar to "3" for width and "3.3" for height. Ensure that the dimensions are set for "inches." Crop your photo to fit inside those dimensions.
- 5). Drag the digital photo into the blank file you created so that the photo is inside the 3.5 x 4.25 box. Move the photo into place so that the image looks similar to a Polaroid picture. Make sure the white spaces on the top, left side and right side of the photo are even, while the amount of white space on the bottom is larger.
- 6). Change the background color setting by clicking on the top color box (which should be white) in the bottom of the left-hand tool column. Change the color to a gray shade. Select the box tool from the toolbar and draw a box over your photo that is about one pixel larger in width and height than your "3 x 3.3" digital photo.
- 7). Layer your photo over the gray box by dragging it to the top of the "Layers" column in the right-hand side of Photoshop.
- 8). Click on the "Background" layer in that same column, and you should notice it has a lock on it. Right-click on the layer and select "Duplicate Layer" and then click "Ok" when the box comes up. Select that copy and the top two layers in the column.
- 9). Right-click and select "Merge Layers" to merge all three unlocked layers into one layer. Delete the original "Background" layer.
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Select "Layer" -> "Layer Style" -> "Drop Shadow" from the top menu tool bar. Choose "Multiply" for "Blend Mode"" and have "Distance," "Spread" and "Size" set to 5, 0, and 5. - 11
Add text to your Polaroid with the "T" icon on the toolbar. Select a font that looks similar to handwriting. Select both the Polaroid image layer and the Text layer from the Layer column on the right. Right-click and select "Merge Layers" before proceeding to the final step. - 12
Click "File" -> "New" to open a new document and set the size to any size larger than the Polaroid photo. Drag and drop your Polaroid image to the new document. Click "Ctrl" + "T" on your keyboard and rotate the Polaroid slightly for more realism.
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