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here's how you can do it in photoshop (trying to make these instructions as simple as possible) -

start by selecting "new" and when the box comes up asking you to enter the size enter the size of a normal polaroid (i'm not sure what this is, but i would say height being an inch larger than width -- you can select inches instead of pixels by using the scroll down menus)

now you have a white blank "picture" on your photoshop screen. next, go to the file menu and select "open" and go find your photo that you want to be "polaroidized". that will open as a new picture on the photoshop screen.

use the rectangular marquee tool (top left side on your toolbar on the left side of the screen, it's a rectangle with dashed lines) and use that to select a square area in your photo. you'll have a dashed line around a part of your photo. next click on the little arrow/star button on the toolbar (top right side), the "move" control - drag the cropped part of your photo over to the blank picture. now you should have a square photo inside a white background.

if you want to add text to the bottom white part, just select the "T" in the toolbar and click in the white space where you want to add your text. add the text you want.

then you can save your new picture as a jpeg file and/or print it out.

hopefully this helps!