{"id":9284,"date":"2009-10-01T14:16:52","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T13:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/how-to-create-polaroids-from-your-photos\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:19:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:19:55","slug":"how-to-create-polaroids-from-your-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-create-polaroids-from-your-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"How to: Create Polaroids from your photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s something special about Polaroid photos that make them still attractive these days \u2013 even after <a href=\"http:\/\/thelede.blogs.nytimes.com\/2008\/02\/08\/polaroid-abandons-instant-photography\/\">having been discontinued<\/a> for more than a year now. Maybe this is why there are a few websites and software tools that let you <strong>create Polaroids from your digital photos<\/strong>, and keep that endearing look from last century alive. It may not be the same as the real thing, but it&#8217;s a quick, simple effect that can make any standard photo more attractive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rollip: Create Polaroids from your photos\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2009\/09\/polaroid1.png\" alt=\"Rollip: Create Polaroids from your photos\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instantizer.com\"><strong>Instantizer<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Fill in a simple form with a photo from your hard drive, a custom message and an optional rotation degree, and you&#8217;ll get an instant Polaroid with a link that&#8217;s valid for 24 hours. Simple, yet effective.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.photo-notes.net\"><strong>Photo Notes<\/strong><\/a> &#8211;\u00a0 Select a photo from your PC or a website and transform it into a Polaroid with a few extra options: custom text message, image position, rotation, text font, etc. You can also share it by email or publish it on a web gallery.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollip.com\"><strong>Rollip<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; A popular website that lets you create Polaroids with color effects, decorations and a custom message in three easy steps. The image is immediately available for download or sharing online in an email, IM or blog.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poladroid.net\/\"><strong>Poladroid<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; If you prefer using software, this is the tool you need. Drag and drop any image on Poladroid&#8217;s interface and the program will transform it into a Polaroid right away. You can even shake the file to make it appear faster, like the real Polaroids!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last but not least, here are a couple of <strong>Photoshop tutorials<\/strong> I wrote a while ago that also let you apply the beauty of Polaroids to your photos: one tutorial to create a nice <a href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/how-to-create-a-polaroid-collage-in-photoshop-2\/\">Polaroid collage with different images<\/a>, and another one to <a href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/how-to-create-a-polaroid-collage-in-photoshop\/\">transform a single photo into a bunch of Polaroids<\/a> scattered all over the screen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s something special about Polaroid photos that make them still attractive these days \u2013 even after having been discontinued for more than a year now. Maybe this is why there are a few websites and software tools that let you create Polaroids from your digital photos, and keep that endearing look from last century alive. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-create-polaroids-from-your-photos\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to: Create Polaroids from your photos&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2441],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-9284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335348,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9284\/revisions\/335348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9284"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=9284"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=9284"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=9284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}