Originally Posted by
Zorak
Per my post #84 (from which it appears IBxAnders borrowed an image to test in post #96
) I am pretty sure it is not the EXIF rotation data that is wrong, but that FT's backend software does not correctly interpret it.
i.e. in plain terms I think the raw image is stored rotated, let's say 90 degrees clockwise, but also includes EXIF data saying "hello image display software, I am rotated 90 degrees clockwise so you should rotate 90 degrees CCW before displaying me." But FT's software ignores that and displays the image as-is.
The conversion tool I described in post #84 takes such an image, rotates it 90 degrees CCW and deletes the EXIF rotation flag. IMO this is NOT a "correction" to the image -- it is a workaround for systems that don't take the EXIF rotation data into account.
I haven't done extensive A/B testing, but in my experience posting photos here, I think you may be right. Images that show properly rotated on my phone and on my laptop (Windows picture viewer) are sideways on FT, and I have to actually go in and edit the image and re-save/re-upload it--not just rotate it in Windows, which edits the EXIF data only--to get it to display properly.
Mike, you should be able to test and confirm, I think. I'd do some testing now, but the connection I'm on is pretty mediocre so uploading photos now would be an exercise in frustration...