I had some extra photos from my forays into Wise County, Texas. They didn’t fit into any posts, but I wanted to do something with them. I was contacted by a man at Rollip.com who said:
“We at Rollip.com have developed a new site that lets you give any digital photo the classic look and feel of a vintage or Polaroid picture…And it’s addictive: users who try it with one photo often end up processing their entire collection.”
I find that hard to believe.
I tried those photos on the Rollip site, and it just didn’t blow my dress up. In other words, I wasn’t thrilled by the results.
First of all, there are no detailed instructions on the site. It tells you to “choose an effect,” but it doesn’t tell you anything about how to size your pictures. I uploaded mine at their full resolution, which might have been my first mistake. Y’all remember how long sixty seconds seemed while you were waiting for a Polaroid to develop? It takes longer than that to upload the pictures. And, you can only upload one at a stinkin’ time!
The first photo I tried was of a funky wall mural on a building in Alvord, Texas. It’s about the only thing in Alvord we found to photograph.
I was excited about the odd fonts you could use to put a caption on a picture … until I tried it.
The caption was supposed to read “just a funky building in Alvord, Texas.” Unfortunately, the font didn’t fit — but Rollip wasn’t intuitive enough to realize it and tell me that.
I tried again with the same font and a different option for the photo.
I still like my original best.
This is the original of a photograph of a wall mural in downtown Bridgeport, Tx.
After using Rollip, this is what I got. Notice that half of the picture got lopped off of the side?
The old bank building in Bridgeport had an interesting look before I Rolliped it (did I just coin a new word?)
After Rollip, it’s still an interesting picture, but it lost something — its “head!” Are you starting to notice a trend here?
Rollip doesn’t give you any control over what part of the picture gets processed. So when you have a cool jukebox like the one in Sweetie Pie’s Ribeyes in Decatur …
… and you process it on Rollip …
… you pretty much wasted your time.
A birdhouse on a gravestone at the cemetery in Aurora was cool …
… until I Rolliped it.
I thought this German chocolate cake …
… from the Sagebrush Cafe in Bridgeport would look fun with Rollip …
… but I was wrong! It just looks messy. I should have tried a different effect (and would have if it didn’t take so long to upload!).
The “Eighter from Decatur” logo …
… when processed through Rollip …
… didn’t look all that bad. It didn’t look all that great, either.
And, it’s pointless to process something like this delightfully red fire hydrant (which was “taking a leak” on a Decatur street) …
… on Rollip, unless you think that salmon is a good color.
To the gentleman who told me about Rollip, I appreciate it. The effects are fun, and I know the creators put a lot of work into the site. I admit that I didn’t use all of the possible effects, but I didn’t have all day. Until Rollip
- loads faster
- lets me preview the final product
- lets me crop the picture the way I want it cropped
- and tells me how many characters I can use in the caption
it isn’t much use to me.
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Well…it wasn’t entirely a lie. They DO look like old polaroids in some cases….but really, all that does is serve to remind us digital really is better.
I like your originals better, too.
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I don’t mind the look of the old polaroids, just for a lark. If it weren’t so difficult to do it, I’d try it now and again. They have a long way to go to make it worthwhile!
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