Can you crop a Polaroid instant pic?

[4greatboys]

I was doing a LO of my 4 yr old with ET at Universal and then came across my 14 yr old (when he was 7) in a pic with ET but its an instant pic. I wasnt sure if I could crop it or not and if it would ruin the picture.

Thanks!

 

[ToDisney]

No!!! If you want to use it, but not show all the white... I'd suggest "framing" it with cardstock instead!! (They'll fall to pieces if you cut them.)

 

[4greatboys]

Thanks!!

 

[chessie]

Take it to the picture kiosk. You can crop it and make it the exact size you want.

 

[MerryPoppins]

I was going to say you could scan it and have a print made. Those you can crop.

 

[4greatboys]

Thats a great idea. And one that didnt even think of, lol.

 

[Stephres]

I saw a thing on a scrapbooking show (I think it was DIY Scrapbooking but I'm not sure) and they had someone from Poloroid on and she said it was perfectly fine to cut up a poloroid and it was just a myth that you couldn't.

That said, I wouldn't risk it either. I would either frame it like suggested or take it to a photo kiosk and have copies made. That way your original is safe and you could make more copies later if you wanted.

 

[4greatboys]

I think I will make copies and then try to crop the original just to see what happens.

 

[ToDisney]

Originally posted by Stephres
I saw a thing on a scrapbooking show (I think it was DIY Scrapbooking but I'm not sure) and they had someone from Poloroid on and she said it was perfectly fine to cut up a poloroid and it was just a myth that you couldn't.

Actually, I was speaking from personal experience. A friend had sent me a bunch of pictures she wanted scrapped of her permature son. She had cut up these polaroids and they were falling apart... in layers.

 

[Stephres]

Oh my! I wonder why they would tell people it's ok then: that is weird! Hope you were able to salvage the pictures of your friend's son.

 

[ToDisney]

I didn't even think of scanninng and printing them! I salvaged them as best I could... using the frames and making sure that they held together. (Sadly, he only survived about a month and these were the only pictures she had of him.) The pictures were taken in I wanna say maybe 1996 (I can't remember)? She sent them to me in 2002, I think.

Maybe the show you saw was about current polaroids? Maybe you can cut those? But I think the OP said the picture was fairly old?

 

[4greatboys]

My picture is about 7 years old. Its is of my 14 yr old when he was 7. I dont have a scanner so I will have to take it to Wal-Mart or the like and get it scanned before I can let you know how it holds up on the cropping.
I was looking at a couple other Universal pics we had taken then too--my 2 oldest with the JP dinosaur and they are polaroids as well.