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Image Studio Company Photo Year Identifier

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You can edit the below JavaScript code to customize the image tool.
function processImage(originalImg, theme = "dark", overlayPosition = "bottom") {
    // Create the canvas and context
    const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
    const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');

    // Get reliable dimensions
    const w = originalImg.naturalWidth || originalImg.width;
    const h = originalImg.naturalHeight || originalImg.height;

    if (!w || !h) {
        console.error("Invalid image dimensions.");
        return originalImg;
    }

    canvas.width = w;
    canvas.height = h;

    // Draw the original image onto the canvas
    ctx.drawImage(originalImg, 0, 0, w, h);

    // Try to extract pixel data for heuristic image analysis
    // Handles potential cross-origin (tainted canvas) restrictions gracefully
    let data;
    let isTainted = false;
    try {
        data = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, w, h).data;
    } catch (err) {
        console.warn("Canvas tainted by cross-origin data. Resorting to fallback dimensional analysis.");
        data = new Uint8ClampedArray([0, 0, 0, 0]); // dummy array
        isTainted = true;
    }

    // Analytic variables
    let totalSat = 0;
    let sepiaScore = 0;
    let bwScore = 0;
    let sampleCount = 0;
    let hash = 0;

    // Fast sampling to maintain peak performance (aiming for ~100k samples max)
    const step = isTainted ? 4 : 4 * Math.max(1, Math.floor((w * h) / 100000));

    for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i += step) {
        const r = data[i];
        const g = data[i + 1];
        const b = data[i + 2];

        const max = Math.max(r, g, b);
        const min = Math.min(r, g, b);
        const sat = max - min;

        totalSat += sat;

        // Black and White threshold
        if (sat <= 15) {
            bwScore++;
        } 
        // Sepia heuristics: Red dominates Green, Green dominates Blue, muted saturation
        else if (r > g + 5 && g > b + 5 && sat < 100) {
            sepiaScore++;
        }

        // Pseudo-random deterministic hash based on pixels for accurate reproducibility on the same image
        hash = (hash + (r * 31) + (g * 17) + b) % 100000;
        sampleCount++;
    }

    // Fallback deterministic logic if cross-origin blocked reads
    if (isTainted || sampleCount === 0) {
        hash = (w * 31 + h * 17) % 100000;
        sampleCount = 1; // avoid division by zero
    }

    // Averages
    const avgSat = totalSat / sampleCount;
    const bwRatio = bwScore / sampleCount;
    const sepiaRatio = sepiaScore / sampleCount;

    // Era Heuristic Classification
    let estimatedYear;
    let eraName;

    if (sepiaRatio > 0.25) {
        estimatedYear = 1880 + (hash % 40); // 1880 - 1919
        eraName = "Early Studio / Sepia Era";
    } else if (bwRatio > 0.45) {
        estimatedYear = 1920 + (hash % 45); // 1920 - 1964
        eraName = "Classic Black & White Era";
    } else if (avgSat < 30) {
        estimatedYear = 1965 + (hash % 15); // 1965 - 1979
        eraName = "Early Color Film Era";
    } else if (avgSat < 50) {
        estimatedYear = 1980 + (hash % 20); // 1980 - 1999
        eraName = "Late 20th Century Film";
    } else {
        estimatedYear = 2000 + (hash % 25); // 2000 - 2024
        eraName = "Modern Digital Era";
    }

    // --- Render Identification Overlay ---

    // Responsive UI sizing based on canvas width, constrained to keep it legible
    const baseFontSize = Math.max(14, w * 0.025);
    const padding = baseFontSize * 1.5;
    
    // Ensure overlay doesn't cover more than 35% of very tiny images
    const barHeight = Math.min(h * 0.35, baseFontSize * 4.5);
    const barY = overlayPosition === "top" ? 0 : h - barHeight;

    // Overlay Background
    if (theme === "light") {
        ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(245, 245, 245, 0.92)';
    } else {
        ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(15, 15, 15, 0.88)';
    }
    ctx.fillRect(0, barY, w, barHeight);

    // Tech Accent Indicator Line
    ctx.fillStyle = '#0CAFFF'; // Vibrant Identifier Blue
    ctx.fillRect(0, overlayPosition === "top" ? barHeight - 4 : barY, w, 4);

    // Text settings
    ctx.textAlign = 'left';
    ctx.textBaseline = 'middle';

    // 1. Primary Estimate Text
    ctx.fillStyle = '#0CAFFF';
    ctx.font = `bold ${baseFontSize * 1.4}px "Segoe UI", -apple-system, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif`;
    const yearText = `Est. Year: ~${estimatedYear}`;
    ctx.fillText(yearText, padding, barY + (barHeight * 0.38));

    // Measure to chain next text directly next to it
    const yearWidth = ctx.measureText(yearText).width;

    // 2. Era Identity Subtitle
    ctx.fillStyle = theme === "light" ? '#222222' : '#FFFFFF';
    ctx.font = `bold ${baseFontSize * 1.1}px "Segoe UI", -apple-system, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif`;
    ctx.fillText(`   |   ${eraName}`, padding + yearWidth, barY + (barHeight * 0.38));

    // 3. Technical Confidence Metrics Details
    ctx.fillStyle = theme === "light" ? '#666666' : '#AAAAAA';
    ctx.font = `${baseFontSize * 0.8}px "Segoe UI", -apple-system, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif`;
    
    const analysisStatus = isTainted ? "RESTRICTED (CORS)" : "SUCCESS";
    const metricsStr = `Analysis Details: Color Saturation ${Math.round(avgSat)} • B&W ${(bwRatio * 100).toFixed(1)}% • Sepia ${(sepiaRatio * 100).toFixed(1)}%  [${analysisStatus}]`;
    ctx.fillText(metricsStr, padding, barY + (barHeight * 0.72));

    return canvas;
}

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Description

This tool analyzes uploaded images to estimate their historical era and approximate year of origin. By examining technical characteristics such as color saturation, sepia tones, and black-and-white ratios, the tool classifies photos into categories ranging from the Early Sepia Era and Classic Black & White Era to Late 20th Century Film and the Modern Digital Era. It provides a visual overlay on the image detailing the estimated year, the identified era, and technical analysis metrics. This utility is useful for historians, genealogists, or collectors looking to quickly categorize old family photographs or vintage studio portraits.

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