Write an article based on this "Scan the front and the back of an ID. Open the front of your ID with an image-editing program like Photoshop. Paste a new photo over the current ID's image if you scanned someone else's ID. Identify the font used in the ID by searching online and comparing to change your ID. Cover type by copying and pasting the background over old text. Change the name, birthdate, codes, or license numbers. Print the front and back of your ID on heavy cardstock and cut them out. Glue the sides together and let it dry. Laminate the ID using a laminator."
You can either use your own ID and change the text, or you can use someone else's ID and change the image so long as their measurements, hair, and eye color are a match. Regardless of which option you choose, you need to scan the ID using a scanner. Scan the back of the ID as well to ensure that the barcode on the back will match the ID on the front. The barcode on the back is encoded with the information on the front. Even if you're changing the text, you still want it to show the same state, license number, and unmodified information. It is easier to change a photo than to change the text. If you don't know or have an image-editing program like Photoshop, GIMP, or Photoscape, you can use an online image editor like Sumo Paint or Paint.Net. Open the image in your program of choice to adjust the ID. You can find Sumo Paint at https://www.sumopaint.com/ and Paint.Net at https://www.getpaint.net/. Both of these online programs are free to use. Open the photo that you're going to use to replace the current photo. Trim the photo so that it is a similar size to the original ID's photo. Export the new photo to a separate file and then open it in the same project as the scanned ID. Drag it on top of the original photo until you're happy with the location. Alternatively, you can put the new photo over the location where the photo belongs on the ID and the cut the sides of the image off with the crop tool in whatever program you're using. Hold the shift key down in Microsoft programs while dragging the corner of a photo to keep the ratio between the sides of the image identical to the original photo. If your new photo won't go in front of the ID, right click it and find the layers tab. Select "bring it to the front" or "front" to make it lay on top of the ID. If you need to take a new photo specifically for your new ID, use a camera and a tripod to take it. Try to duplicate the background on the original ID by hanging a drape or bedsheet of the same color behind you. If you scanned your personal ID and want to change the text, you need to start by figuring out what typeface your font uses. You can look online to see if the info for your state or department is available or you can simply open the ID next to a list of commonly-used fonts and compare them. Courier, with slab serif, is used on a lot of older licenses. A lot of newer driver's licenses use Arialor some slightly-modified version of it. Use the clone tool or "clone stamp" to cover any letters or numbers that you want to change. Zoom in on the ID and copy the blank piece of background right next to the letter or number you're changing. Move the copied piece of background over the letter and number and place it to make it seem like it was never there in the first place. Place a text box over any letters or numbers that you need to replace before typing in new values. You can zoom in and modify the text that already exists instead of replacing it. For example, you can turn an 8 into a 6 by clone stamping the upper section of an 8 on the right. Similarly, you can turn a 6 into an 8 by cloning the bottom right of the lower loop and pasting it into the opening. If you plan on changing entire lines of text, the end result is going to look really bad. Try to modify as few of the text fields as possible since the clone tools in editing programs will only work on a smaller scale with the complicated backgrounds of most IDs. Check the base of any new text you enter to ensure that it lines up with the other characters on the ID. Modify as few of the text fields as possible to minimize the need to cover text. If the details don't match the photo though, you may not have much of a choice. Change the hair color, eye color, and height to match the person that plans on using the ID. If you're just using the ID for novelty purposes, you don't need to worry about changing these details. Enter a full name, without abbreviations. The only instance in which you might use an abbreviation is for things like "Albert Smith Jr." or "Thomas Jones III." Use a realistic birth date. Don't leave the birth date as 1951 if you look 20 years old. Get some matte, heavy cardstock that weighs between 100130lb (4559kg). Print the front and the back of your ID on the same cardstock. Cut them out with scissors or a utility knife and straight edge. The weight of cardstock refers to how heavy 500 sheets of a particular type of paper is. 130 is probably the heaviest that you can print at home on a standard printer. You can use a paper cutter if you have one. This will result in cleaner lines, but they may fray along the edges depending on the style of cardstock you use. Use a heavy-duty glue if you have one. Spread it out against the backside of each half using a cotton swab or small nozzle attachment. Carefully press the 2 halves together and smooth each side out by pinching it between your fingers and sliding them to the edge while starting from the center. Place the ID under a heavy object to flatten it as it dries. Leave your ID for 4-8 hours before touching it again. Turn the laminator on and set it to a medium-low temperature. Place your ID in the opening and let it flow through the laminator. Let it cool for 5-10 minutes before touching it. Once you've removed it and trimmed the excess laminate, you've got a fake ID. Depending on the make and model of your laminator, you may need to let it warm up for a few minutes before using it. If the temperature is too high, the glue in between the 2 layers of cardstock will melt. Trim the laminate with a pair of scissors or a utility knife. It should be really easy to get a clean cut when trimming the laminate since it's so thin.