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Ubify Media & Design Operations
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About This Tool
Polaroid Photo Maker places your digital photographs into a classic instant-print film frame measuring exactly 600 pixels wide by 740 pixels tall. The tool formats your picture into a centered 520 × 520 square slot, surrounds it with clean white borders, and leaves a traditional 180-pixel bottom margin for cursive handwritten captions.
### Geometry and Frame Proportions The frame structure matches the physical geometry of vintage instant film cartridges: - **Canvas Resolution:** Fixed output size of 600 × 740 pixels. - **Top and Side Margins:** 40 pixels on the top, left, and right borders. - **Photo Display Slot:** 520 pixels wide by 520 pixels high, centered at coordinate (40, 40). - **Aspect Ratio Handling:** The tool scales your image using Math.max(520 / width, 520 / height) and clips it neatly within the 520 × 520 square viewport so the entire frame is filled without distortion. - **Bottom Caption Space:** An expansive 180-pixel lower chin (from Y = 560 to Y = 740) dedicated to custom handwritten text. - **Caption Typography:** Rendered using 36px italic Brush Script cursive typography centered at coordinate (300, 640) with dark slate styling (#1e293b).
### Worked Example: Vacation Campfire Memory Frame Suppose you want to turn a 1920 × 1080 pixel beach photograph into an instant print keepsake: 1. **Load Source File:** Select campfire-beach.jpg (1920 × 1080 px). 2. **Configure Settings:** - Frame Color: #ffffff (classic white). - Caption Text: "Campfire by the Dunes, July 2026". 3. **Geometry and Scaling Computations:** - Total canvas dimensions: 600 × 740 pixels. - Slot dimensions: 520 × 520 pixels at position X = 40, Y = 40. - Scale factor: Math.max(520 / 1920, 520 / 1080) = Math.max(0.2708, 0.4815) = 0.4815. - Rescaled image size: Width = 1920 × 0.4815 = 924.4 px, Height = 1080 × 0.4815 = 520 px. - Centering offset: 40 + (520 - 924.4) / 2 = -162.2 px (crops 202.2 px equally from left and right edges). - Lower margin caption: Centered at X = 300 px, Y = 640 px in 36px cursive script. 4. **Save File:** Click Download Polaroid Photo to save polaroid-photo.jpg (a 600 × 740 px JPEG file at 95% quality rating) in 45 ms.
### In-Browser Processing Details All canvas compositing, photo scaling, and cursive caption typography execute locally in your web browser using HTML5 Canvas 2D functions. Images are read via client-side FileReader data URLs and never sent to external servers.
How to Use
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Click Upload Photo to select an image from your device, or click Try Sample for a test image.
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Optionally adjust the Frame Color picker if you want an off-white or dark-bordered frame.
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Type your personalized note, location, or date into the Caption text box.
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Preview the centered photo crop and cursive text placement on the live canvas.
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Click Download Polaroid Photo (JPG) to save your finished 600×740 print as polaroid-photo.jpg.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the exact dimensions of the downloaded Polaroid file?
The output file is saved as a 600 × 740 pixel JPEG image at 0.95 quality, featuring a 520 × 520 px photo window and 180 px lower caption area.
Can I leave the caption blank?
Yes. If you clear the caption input, the bottom margin remains clean white space, resembling an unwritten instant print.
Does the tool stretch non-square photos?
No. The canvas scales the image proportionally to fill the 520 × 520 square slot and clips excess edges along the wider dimension.
Are my personal photos uploaded to a cloud server?
No. FileReader reads your photo directly into local browser memory, and the frame is drawn on an in-memory canvas without network transmission.