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Poladroid Now Available For Windows XP

GeekSugar — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:14:29 -0800

Remember that awesome website called Poladroid that I became a little obsessed with for its ability to produce such realistic online Polaroid pics?

Well it's back, with a version for Windows users to download. So for all of you Windows users who felt left out in the cold on this one, download the app to get started!

Website of the Day: Poladroid

GeekSugar — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:00:18 -0700

Now we can keep the original Polaroid dream alive thanks to a neat website and download called Poladroid! Mac OS X users (a Windows XP version is coming soon), just download the application on your computer, drag and drop your photos into the camera, wait a few seconds (like a real Polaroid cam), and then your retro-chic image should appear - utterly magical I tell ya. You can keep to pass along to friends, or upload high-res pics to the Polaroid cam and print them out for later . . . and then proceed to "shake it, shake it, shake it like a Polaroid picture." Oh what fun!

To learn how to post your favorite websites to our Website of the Day group, read more.

I know that this long list looks scary, but trust me, once you get the hang of it, it'll be a snap the second time around.

First of all, join the Website of the Day group.
Click the pink "Share" menu on the top left side of the page.
Choose "Blog" and “Regular Post.”
Give your story a “Title.”
Fill in the “Body” with a link to your favorite website and the reasons why you love it.
Click “Next."
Choose the audience for your story to “Website of the Day” in the drop-down menu
Add keyword(s) (for example mine for this photo was "Website of the Day").
Change channel to “Technology and Gadgets.”
Fill in tag field with relevant tags.
Click “I’m done” to submit content.

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Geek Tip: Age Your Photos Instantly Without Photoshop

GeekSugar — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:30:50 -0700

There are a ton of things you can do with your digital photos and a photo editor besides just adjusting light and focus. You can make them into movie stills, or turn them into Lomo works of art. I happen to like the aged look, and it's always fun to turn them into Polaroids, but if you aren't using Poladroid, this can take forever to make the effect yourself.

But whether you use effects in Photoshop, filters in iPhoto, or mess around with levels in Lightroom, there's no faster way to age your pics than with this website. It's a Japanese site that lets you upload your digital pics, and in seconds spits out a 100-year-old identical. It's fun, fast, and gives you some cool digital pics to show off to your photo-loving pals.

Create Polaroid Photos With the Website Rollip

GeekSugar — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:05:23 -0700

I just love being able to transform a new photo into something that looks like it's from my grandmother's old photo box. I've already told you about Poladroid - the downloadable app that makes it quick and easy to make a photo look like a retro-chic Polaroid pic.

Well now there's a site called Rollip that is similar to Poladroid, but offers a few more customization options. There may be some extra steps involved, but it's free, and it allows you to choose from a variety of photo effects and select an artsy border design (with or without text).

Once your photo "develops," you can then download it, share it via email, Facebook, or MySpace and even purchase it as a real pic!

Found a cool website you want to tell people about? To learn how to post your favorite websites to our Website of the Day group, read more.

I know that this long list looks scary, but trust me, once you get the hang of it, it'll be a snap the second time around.

First of all, join the Website of the Day group.
Click the pink "Share" menu on the top left side of the page.
Choose "Blog" and "Regular Post."
Give your story a "Title."
Fill in the "Body" with a link to your favorite website and the reasons why you love it.
Click "Next."
Choose the audience for your story to "Website of the Day" in the dropdown menu.
Add keyword(s) (for example mine for this photo was "Website of the Day").
Change channel to "Technology and Gadgets."
Fill in tag field with relevant tags.
Click "I’m done" to submit content.

So join the Website of the Day group and share information about all your favorite sites! Yours just might end up on the geeksugar homepage!

Make Notes With Memories: The Polaroid Notepad

GeekSugar — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:05:02 -0700

I have an unending well of sentimentality for Polaroids, whether they're really coming back or not.

Cue the Polaroid Notes ($15), a set of 20 notecards and envelopes. The images are sweet and dreamy, which is how I think we tend to remember Polaroids (rather than washed out and abrupt).

And if you still want to make your own Polaroids via modern technology, try the website Rollip or download Poladroid.

If Polaroid Is Revived, Will You Adopt It?

GeekSugar — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:45:00 -0700

It was sad news when we first heard that Polaroid was halting production of its instant film, but as photography buffs who mourned, wasn't it partly our fault? I'm sure there are some shutterbugs who stayed loyal to film, but I would guess the majority of us have gone digital - an adoption that precipitated Polaroid's demise.

This January, hope returned when the company's former employees announced they were taking on the "Impossible Project" to bring instant film back into production. The New York Times caught up with the group, whose efforts are underway in Holland.

Lucky for those of us eager to get back to shaking our Polaroid pictures, the group is very eager to get going, and more importantly - confident that there will be buyers for Polaroid: "If everyone runs in one direction, it creates a niche market in the other,” one of the backers says.

So is he right? Will a generation used to skyrocketing megapixels embrace the retro film and actually buy and revitalize Polaroid, or do we just like the vintage memories, content to recreate it with services like Poladroid?

Will you?

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Website of the Day: Pixisnap

GeekSugar — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:05:11 -0800

Yes you CAN take your digital pictures and transform them into a masterpiece like the one below, thanks to a free web application called Pixisnap! With Pixisnap you can create photo mosaics or Polaroid-inspired pics for free. To get started just choose which type of picture style you want, upload your photo, and then customize your mosaic art. If you like this website, you should check out Poladroid and Photofunia!

To learn how to post your favorite websites to our Website of the Day group, read more.

I know that this long list looks scary, but trust me, once you get the hang of it, it'll be a snap the second time around.

First of all, join the Website of the Day group.
Click the pink "Share" menu on the top left side of the page.
Choose "Blog" and “Regular Post.”
Give your story a “Title.”
Fill in the “Body” with a link to your favorite website and the reasons why you love it.
Click “Next."
Choose the audience for your story to “Website of the Day” in the drop-down menu
Add keyword(s) (for example mine for this photo was "Website of the Day").
Change channel to “Technology and Gadgets.”
Fill in tag field with relevant tags.
Click “I’m done” to submit content.

So join the Website of the Day group and share information about all your favorite sites! Yours just might end up on the geeksugar homepage!

How to Make Vintage-Looking Photos With a Scanner

GeekSugar — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:32:34 -0800

It's like the better our cameras get, the bigger our urge to make pictures look old and vintage-y.

First there was Poladroid to make your photos look like now-defunct Polaroids, and now I've found a tutorial from Make that teaches you to turn an old flatbed scanner into a scanner camera that produces noir-ish black and whites, like in this dog picture.

Are you into making your photos look rad and old? What's the fascination, do you think?