Pola

Pola is a lightweight graphic editor whose purpose is to help you create Polaroid-like pictures out of images from your personal collection.

You can keep Pola stored on pen drives or other portable devices so you can have it with you all the time. You may run it without administrative privileges.

It takes a double-click on the executable file in order to access the program’s features. The tool does not write entries to your Windows registry and leave other settings behind on the target computer. You can get rid of it using a simple deletion task.

Pola boasts a simple interface that does not include any configuration parameters in the main window. They are all hidden under the hood. The result is that you get to work in a very clean environment.

Images can be dragged and dropped directly in the main window or you can import them via the built-in browse button. The utility’s configuration settings can be accessed by right- or left-clicking in the main window.

The application offers you the possibility to select an output folder where the edited images are stored, and set up comments and customize the text in terms of font, size, and color.

Pola shows a preview of the photo that you are about to edit in a dedicated panel and helps you crop it. What’s more, you are allowed to add shadow effects, as well as choose between several color profiles (e.g. Blue, Black, White) and adjust the size.

Tests have shown that Pola carries out image processing tasks a bit slowly so you need to arm yourself with extra patience until the special effects are applied. It offers very good output results. However, it eats up CPU and memory resources so the overall performance of the computer may be affected.

All things considered, Pola has to offers a straightforward software approach for helping you apply Polaroid-like effects to your photos, and can be tweaked by rookies and professionals alike.