Camera Spec Card Generator

Turn any photo or Siril FIT file into a shareable camera spec card.

Drop a photo for your background. Optionally drop a Siril FIT file. We'll read its EXIF metadata and generate a beautifully formatted 1080×1080 overlay with your shooting data — no account, no upload, no server. Just one HTML file.

🔗 Try it live → justinoros.github.io/spec-card

Features

Drag & drop or browse — JPEG, PNG, TIFF, CR2 RAW, and FITS files
Auto-reads metadata — EXIF for camera photos, FITS headers for Siril exports
Astrophotography fields — camera, telescope, lens, focal length, aperture, filter, shutter, frames stacked, total integration, ISO/gain, object, location, Bortle scale, and date
Smart background handling — images without EXIF data are used as the card background without overwriting your spec fields
Interactive drag-and-drop layout (desktop) — drag any spec row, the header text, footer text, or separator lines to reposition them anywhere on the card with 40px grid snapping
Trash to delete — drag any element to the trash icon that appears while dragging to remove it from the card
Click any field on the card to edit it inline (mobile), or use the edit panel below (all devices)
Live updates — every keystroke and slider adjustment instantly re-renders the card
Two-column layout — automatically activates when 8+ fields are populated
Text size and background blur sliders
Label & header size slider — independently control the size of labels, header, and footer text
Custom icon and text colors via hex input
Header and footer line toggles — show or hide the separator lines independently
Editable header and footer — change "SPEC CARD" to your target name, and the footer to your IG handle, YouTube, or website
Footer text saved to localStorage — set it once, auto-populates on every future visit
Downloads as a timestamped 1080×1080 JPEG — camera-spec-card-YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.jpg
Zero dependencies at runtime — everything runs in the browser, nothing is sent to a server

Usage

Option 1 — Use the hosted version

Visit justinoros.github.io/spec-card — no installation needed.

Option 2 — Self-host or run locally

Clone or download this repo
Place your own background image as bg.jpg in the same folder (optional)
Open index.html in any modern browser — that's it

spec-card/
├── index.html      ← the entire app
├── bg.jpg          ← background wallpaper (optional, replace with your own)
└── screenshot.jpg  ← shown in this README

Supported File Types

Format	Metadata Source	Image Preview
JPEG / PNG	EXIF	✅ Used as card background
TIFF (8-bit / 16-bit)	TIFF IFD tags	✅ Used as card background
CR2 / CR3 RAW	Embedded EXIF	✅ Embedded JPEG preview extracted
FITS / FIT	FITS header keywords	❌ Gradient placeholder (drop a separate image to set background)

TIFF note: 32-bit float TIFFs (Siril's default linear export) are not supported. Export as 16-bit or 8-bit TIFF from Siril before use.

FITS Keywords Read

When a .fit or .fits file is loaded, the following header keywords are extracted automatically:

Card Field	FITS Keywords
Camera	`INSTRUME`
Lens	`LENS`, `OPTICS`
Focal Length	`FOCALLEN`, `FOCAL`
Aperture	`FOCRATIO`, `APERTURE`
Filter	`FILTER`, `FILT`
Shutter / Exposure	`EXPTIME`, `EXPOSURE`
Frames Stacked	`STACKCNT`, `NCOMBINE`, `NFRAMES`
Total Integration	`TOTALEXP`
ISO / Gain	`ISO`, `GAIN`
Object	`OBJECT`, `TARGET`
Location	`SITELAT` + `SITELONG`
Bortle Scale	`BORTLE`, `SQMVALUE`
Date	`DATE-OBS`, `DATE`

Any fields not present in the file can be filled in manually using the edit panel.

Recommended Workflow for Astrophotography

Drop your background image (exported PNG/TIFF from Siril, or any photo) — used as the blurred background
Drop your FITS file — populates all available spec data without replacing the background
Fill in any missing fields in the edit panel (Bortle, location, total integration, etc.)
Drag elements to reposition them on the card (desktop only)
Adjust text size, blur, and colors to taste
Download your 1080×1080 spec card and share alongside your image on Instagram

Desktop Drag & Drop Layout

On desktop (mouse/trackpad), every element on the card is draggable:

Hover over any field to reveal the grab cursor
Drag to reposition — elements snap to a 40px grid when released
Header and footer separator lines can be dragged vertically
A trash icon appears below the card while dragging — drop any element on it to remove it from the card
Typing into a field after removing it will bring it back
All positions are preserved across re-renders until you load a new file

Customization

All fields on the card are editable — tap directly on the card (mobile) or use the panel below it:

Header — defaults to SPEC CARD, change to your target name or session title
Footer — defaults to @FateOfAstrophilia, change to your IG, YouTube, website, or anything — saved automatically to localStorage
Icon color — any 6-digit hex (default #c8a96e)
Text color — any 6-digit hex (default #e8eaf0)
Label & header size — slider from 60% to 140% (default 140%)
Value text size — slider from 60% to 140% (default 100%)
Background blur — slider from 0px (sharp) to 60px (default 5px)
Header line / Footer line toggles — show or hide separator lines independently

Built With

Vanilla HTML, CSS, and JavaScript — no framework, no build step
EXIF.js — JPEG/PNG EXIF parsing
UTIF2 — TIFF decoding
Custom binary EXIF parser for CR2 RAW files
Custom FITS header parser

License

MIT — free to use, fork, and modify.

Made with ❤️ by Justin Oros · @FateOfAstrophilia

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