
(Note: I added the black background here to make it stand out.) Your original picture will be cropped into a square. The resulting image comes out at 1392 x 1692 pixels which includes the paper border. The original image I dragged onto the icon was a high resolution 3872 x 2592 pixels photograph. You can state where you want it to be saved in the application settings. The full sized image is saved onto your hard drive.

When it’s fully “developed,” you get a little chime and a red scribble on the bottom.

You’ll see it slowly develop before your eyes, and if you want to speed up the process you can shake it like a real Polaroid picture. You drag one of your photos onto the icon and you’ll hear the sound effect of an old Polaroid camera.Ī small version of the image pops out on your desktop looking like a mini Polaroid, but at this stage the image is still not developed.
#Poladroid download install
Why would you want to make images from your fancy pants expensive camera look like they came from an older instant film camera? Well that’s for each individual to answer, but this application is silly but great fun, and I really like the end result.Īfter you download and install Poladroid to your computer (and it’s available for pc and Mac), you get a little Polaroid camera icon on your desktop.

Poladroid is a free desktop application that lets you make Polaroid-style images from photos on your computer.
