How to Make a Polaroid Framed Picture in Photoshop

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Learn how to turn any digital photo into a realistic Polaroid framed picture in Photoshop, no actual Polaroid camera or film required.

Aaron combines a normal photo with a stock image of a Polaroid frame, masks it into place, adds a colorized vintage tone, blurs the edge for realism, and finishes with a clever "Blend If" trick that makes handwritten text look like it's actually blending into the paper texture.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Making a Polaroid framed picture in Photoshop
01:26 Combining your photo with a Polaroid stock image
02:04 Masking your photo into the Polaroid frame
03:47 Adding a faded, colorized Polaroid tone
05:10 Blurring the edge for a realistic border
05:45 Adding handwritten text with the Blend If trick

THE STEPS
1. Find a stock image of a Polaroid frame and drag your photo into the same document
2. Select the frame's photo area with the Magic Wand tool
3. Turn that selection into a layer mask on your photo
4. Add a clipped Hue/Saturation adjustment layer for a vintage colorized tone
5. Blur the layer mask edge slightly for realism
6. Add text and use the Blend If layer style to make it blend into the paper texture

Get the full step by step breakdown here: phlearn.com/tutorial/make-instant-photo-frame-p…

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