Trick My Mix! Polaroidize your photos!

Polaroids, Windows, and more!

It’s always fun to take Polaroid photos. There’s something about them that stirs nostalgic feelings of the time where there digital photos did not exist. In today’s post, we are going to show you how to achieve the Polaroid look on your photos! This particular tutorial is simple, easy, and beginner Mixbook users should be able to grasp how to do it rather quickly. Included are also other fun ideas for your Mixbook pages.

1. Polaroids

First, Add a Text Item (found under the Layouts tab). Once the text box comes up, click on it, and then the Frames tab.

By checking background, the text box will be filled with the color black. Simply change the color to white, extend the box into a rectangle, and you have the base for your Polaroid.

Second, select and drag a photo onto the page.

Condense your photo into a square, click the Frames tab again, but this time, select the Borders box.

Once you adjust the borders to the thickness you want, just drag the photo on top of the text box, adjust its location, and you will have a Polaroid photo on your page!

Note: To make it more realistic and to help it pop out, select the Text box (under your photo), Style tab, and drop a shadow on it!

You can make lots of Polaroids that detail your adventures!

2. Windows

Another fun trick to learn is creating Windows.

Simply select a photo, click the Frames tab, then Borders check box to create a border around it.

Then make 2 Text boxes. Use the same method of filling it in by selecting a full white background, adjust the text boxes into thin sticks, and arrange them over the photograph.

This will create the illusion that you’re looking out a window to your photo! Drop shadow was also added to the photo to create depth and the illusion of shadows being cast!

Finally, here is another cool option to arrange your Mixbook page!

By selecting a photo, rearranging the shape so it becomes like a long rectangle, and adding a Border around it, this will be a a border for the page itself, or just something to enhance your page. You can also add the two thin text boxes that look like ribbons!

Thanks for reading everyone, I hope this inspires you to make more Mixbooks! Remember to post a comment if you have any suggestions for tutorials, or something you’d like us to blog about. Questions and Feedback are always welcome! Just email us at support@mixbook.com .

- Jasmine