Step 1. Open the image you would like to apply the polaroid effect.
- check the layers pallette and make sure that the image is not locked in as a background
- if it is locked in as a background, make it a layer. Left click your mouse twice while
holding the alt key
Step 2. Create a new layer
- click Layer -> New -> Layer
- shortcut -> Shift+Ctrl+N
- you should have a Layers like this
Now drag Layer 0 towards up above Layer
Step 3. Canvas the size of the image.
- click Image -> Canvas Size
- apply these settings
- width 120 percent
- height 120 percent
- you should come up with something like this
Step 4. Add more spaces below the image. Canvas the size of the image again.
- click Image -> Canvas Size
- apply these settings
- width 100 percent
- height 130 percent
- click on the upper middel box of the Anchor area
- the image should come up something like this
Step 5. Fill background with color white
- select background layer. (Layer 1)
- click Edit -> Fill
- shortcut -> Shift+F5
- apply these settings
- select Color under Use area
- enter hex value of white which is FFFFFF
Step 6. Link Layer 0 and Layer 1
- click the box beside the layer image on Layers Pallette
Step 7. Merge linked layers
- click Layer -> Merge Linked
- shortcut -> Ctrl+E
Step 8. Canvas the size of the image.
- click Image -> Canvas Size
- apply these settings
- width 150 percent
- height 150 percent
- you should come up with something like this
Step 9. Create a new layer
- click Layer -> New -> Layer
- shortcut -> Shift+Ctrl+N
- you should have a Layers like this
Step 10. Fill background with color white
- select background layer. (Layer 1)
- click Edit -> Fill
- shortcut -> Shift+F5
- apply these settings
- select Color under Use area
- enter hex value of white which is FFFFFF
Step 11. Load selection "Layer 0"
- select Layer 0
- click select -> Load Selection
- when load selection box pops up, click OK
- you should come up with something like this
Step 12. While the selection is still loaded, add a border.
- click Edit -> stroke
- apply these settngs
- width 1px
- color black
- location -> Outside
- deselect
- click Select -> Deselect
- shortcut -> Ctrl+D
Step 13. Distort the image
- click Filter -> Distort-> Shear
- apply these settings
- drag the line a bit to your left
- select Repeat Edge Pixels
- you should come up with something like this
Step 14. Load selection "Layer 0"
- select Layer 0
- click select -> Load Selection
- when load selection box pops up, click OK
Step 15. select Gradient Tool.
- shortcut -> G
- select foreground to transparent option
Step 16. Apply a little gradient to the image from your upper top right corner going accross down to your left
Step 17. Apply again a little gradient but this time from you lower left corner going up accross to your right
Step 18. Deselect
- click Select -> Deselect
- shortcut -> Ctrl+D
- you should have something like this
Step 19. Add drop shadows
- click Layer -> Layer Style -> Drop Shadows
- apply these settings
- Opacity 50%
- Angle 120
- Distance 10
- Spread 5
- Size 10
Step 20. Rotate the image
- click Edit -> Transform -> Rotate
- apply this setting
- angle 15
Now you have a polaroid effect like shown below.
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