So, the other day I was digging through some old boxes, and I found this awesome vintage calendar from 1976. I thought, “Hey, wouldn’t it be cool to have a digital version of this?” So I decided to make one myself.
First, I grabbed the physical calendar. It was a bit dusty, but the colors were still vibrant. I carefully laid it out on a flat surface, making sure it was nice and straight.
Then, I snapped some pictures with my phone. I took multiple shots from different angles, just to be sure I got all the details. The lighting wasn’t perfect, so I had to adjust a few times, but it eventually came out looking fine.
Next, I moved the photos to my computer. I opened them up in a basic image editor – nothing fancy, just the one that came with my operating system.
Getting it all together
- I started by cropping the photos. I wanted to get rid of any extra background and just focus on the calendar itself.
- Then, I adjusted the brightness and contrast a bit. The original photos were a little dark, so I brightened them up to make the colors pop.
- Since the calendar was divided into months, I decided to make separate images for each month. I simply use the cuting tool to make 12 images.
I saved each month as a separate image file. Now I have the images ready.
That was a fun little project! It’s amazing to compare how things were laid out back then compared to the digital calendars we use today.
