With the simple click of a button, film shot out the front of a camera. Then, in a matter of seconds, right before your eyes a picture was born!
However, with the onset of digital photography this Polaroid™ magic stopped years ago. That is until now!
With the technological wizardry of the 21st Century the innovative downloadable program Poladroid has restored the magic. Started in 2008, this application creates high resolution Polariod™-like pictures from your digitally scanned pictures or photos born digital using a digital camera. It is a free and easy to use download. The website and downloads continue to operate through a donation basis.
Once downloaded, all the user needs to do is select the digital images that they would like to convert, and then drag and drop the images into the Polaroid™ looking camera within the computer desktop. The new photo shoots out of the virtual camera and then it's just a matter of waiting for the image to develop. For all those impatient users, there is even the option of grabbing and shaking the virtual photo. (Whether the shaking actually helps the developing process is not known, but it gives an authenticity to the experience!)
Developing time takes about as long as the actual film process did when using the real Polaroid™ cameras of old. And, as the image slowly develops, you get to see your digital masterpiece appear a little at a time, just like with the original product.
The program allows 10 images to be converted per session, about the same limit as an actual Polaroid cartridge. The converted 400dpi images will take on the Polaroid™ color properties and even have the signature white photo paper as the picture border. Once developed, photos can be shared across the Internet, or users have the option to save and print them.
However, with the onset of digital photography this Polaroid™ magic stopped years ago. That is until now!
With the technological wizardry of the 21st Century the innovative downloadable program Poladroid has restored the magic. Started in 2008, this application creates high resolution Polariod™-like pictures from your digitally scanned pictures or photos born digital using a digital camera. It is a free and easy to use download. The website and downloads continue to operate through a donation basis.
Once downloaded, all the user needs to do is select the digital images that they would like to convert, and then drag and drop the images into the Polaroid™ looking camera within the computer desktop. The new photo shoots out of the virtual camera and then it's just a matter of waiting for the image to develop. For all those impatient users, there is even the option of grabbing and shaking the virtual photo. (Whether the shaking actually helps the developing process is not known, but it gives an authenticity to the experience!)
Developing time takes about as long as the actual film process did when using the real Polaroid™ cameras of old. And, as the image slowly develops, you get to see your digital masterpiece appear a little at a time, just like with the original product.
The program allows 10 images to be converted per session, about the same limit as an actual Polaroid cartridge. The converted 400dpi images will take on the Polaroid™ color properties and even have the signature white photo paper as the picture border. Once developed, photos can be shared across the Internet, or users have the option to save and print them.
