http://joshspear.com/item/polardroid/

pretty cool polaroid type program that turns any photo into those old school style poloroid we like.

(I'm buying polaroid film as much as I can)

winders version coming soon!

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Ugh . .

I recall when the SX-70 cameras and film debuted. I asked the distributor why the color range was so awful and the response was that it was tuned for facial portraits, since that was the target audience for the rather expensive camera and film packs. That's why the shift towards reds and pinks.

I must say, the thing sold like hotcakes . . . uh . . . maki rolls, to the Japanese tourists coming to Hawaii. Of course, they bought the leather wrapped ones with the presentation cases. Ah, and lots of "flashbars"

this is killin me. Google Lucas Samarian.

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?http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=lucas+samarian&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

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Yep i can do all of that in photoshop with one push of a button.

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Mistress, I believe it's Lucas Samaras. The guy who did many self portraits and manipulated Polaroid SX-70 prints.

Another artist who used Polaroid with terrific results was Mark Klett in his rephotographic survey of the West.

Of course, Chuck Close should be mentioned here, too. His mamoth self portraits are great.

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Mmmm maki rolls

Yep we have one of those leather wrapped SX-70's in the closet somewhere.

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That would be cool if you could manipulate the picture like a real polaroids.

http://www.pola-art.de/

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/19/polaroid/index.html

Polaroid files for Chapter 11

Story Highlights
"Our operations are strong," Polaroid CEO says; company will "fulfill retailer demand"
Polaroid: Bankruptcy filing necessary because of investigation of parent Petters
Bankruptcy will allow restructuring of finances, company says
(CNN) -- Polaroid Corp. announced it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The Minnesota-based company said it is taking itself and its subsidiaries into bankruptcy in order to restructure its finances.

"Our operations are strong and during this process Polaroid will ship products to our retail partners, work with our suppliers and contract manufacturers to fulfill retailer demand ..." said Mary L. Jeffries, Polaroid chief executive officer.

"We expect to continue our operations as normal during the reorganization and are planning for new product launches in 2009," she said, adding that employees should receive their paychecks without interruption.

The bankruptcy filing was necessary because of an investigation of its parent company, Petters Group Worldwide, which has owned Polaroid since 2005, the Polaroid statement said. The group's founder and other employees are under investigation for fraud. Polaroid said the investigation does not involve its leadership team.

Let this be a business lesson, Kodak could have died the same way buy good management kept them in the black by simply using the brand name to sell new products.