Years ago, Polaroid cameras were a hot item and it was common to have your picture taken and then seconds later getting a copy of it. The Polaroid was loved by everyone. Unfortunately the age of digital cameras ushered in a new era, cutting the useage of Polaroid cameras down. While getting into digital, Polaroid made an effort to keep their classic instant film alive with such products as the Izone.

The thing peopled loved so much about Polaroid’s was physical look of the picture. A square image with a little white space to write on, they were seen on lockers and bulletin boards everywhere. Its time the classic Polaroid shot is introduced to the digital age. This tutorial will show you how to make your own Polaroid-looking images.

Before you start on the image, there are two things that you are going to need.

First, I have taken the liberty of preparing the Polaroid Template Frame frame, the cut out, and the needed shadows. It can be downloaded here.

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If you are like any high school, college, or university student I know, money is hard to come by. The summer months are fast approaching and this is prime time to start raking in the money. Whether you’re just looking for a little extra cash or a whole Read the rest of this entry »

Grunge is a very popular style that many people use when creating a design; however, many use tired, over-used, pixelated grunge brushes that are available from free grunge brush download sites. These not only look unprofessional, but they Read the rest of this entry »

I often want to find out the meaning of a word, and I want to do so quickly. I don’t want synonyms, antonyms, pronouncation, or anything else that comes along with going over to dictionary.com and typing in the word. A cool thing that a lot of people don’t know about Google is that you can use it as a dictionary and get results from a few places with one click (or hit of the enter button).

To do this, just type “Define:” in front of the word you would like a definition of.

Google will then bring you to a special results page that shows you the definitions of the word.

Try it out for yourself, much easier than going to a separate website.
Hope you enjoyed this, let me know if it helps you out. I will post some other Google hacks soon.

Ten ways to make your band’s myspace page more appealing

1. Pick a color scheme and stick with it.

I’ve seen one too many bands with a color scheme of 8 different shades of red and 6 different shades of gray. Most of them look terrible and are hard to look at. The first thing you need to do is pick a color scheme that actually looks good. If you need some help finding just the right color check out a new website by Adobe called Kuler that lets users submit and rank color schemes, there are tons of excellent colors schemes to choose from.

Once you have that done, make note of what colors they are in both RGB and their Hexidecimal form (#FF3300). Don’t deviate from these colors and don’t substitute for just <font color=”red”>. Remember: Nice colors can go a long way.

TIP: If you want the color of a specific logo or image on your myspace but only have the image you can pick the color off the image and turn it into a hexidecimal code with a free program called iconico color pic

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