Investigating the image orientation bug: feedback, please!

[Oren Grad]

We've gotten a number of reports about uploaded images being displayed sideways, for example in FS listings.

vBulletin has been reported to have trouble dealing with images uploaded from iPhones, because of the way the EXIF orientation tag is handled. A set of images that was reported to us today indeed had EXIF tags identifying an Apple device as the source. Can anyone else who has observed this problem with their upload(s) post here about what device was used to capture those images?

Thank you!

[Dugan]

I have uploaded photos with a Samsung G6, and had problems.
I have found that by editing the photos before uploading them, via cropping, solved the problem.
Unedited photos show up sideways or upside down.
I posted this workaround in an earlier complaint thread, but it got buried/overlooked.

[BrianShaw]

I don’t recall posting any iPhone pictures here but a bunch on another vBulletin-based forum. Always sideways unless I open the picture, edit, and save. Don’t seem to need to really edit. Just go through the motions and then they seem to post in correct orientation. If I do any edit it will be a crop.

[Oren Grad]

I have uploaded photos with a Samsung G6, and had problems.
I have found that by editing the photos before uploading them, via cropping, solved the problem.
Unedited photos show up sideways or upside down.
I posted this workaround in an earlier complaint thread, but it got buried/overlooked.

Thank you for re-posting it here!

[Bernice Loui]

Image file produced with Canon digital. Uploaded with Apple note book.
The problem some times does not occur if a single continuous words is used in the title. It a space or number or similar is present in the image file name, the system will force landscape orientation once the image file is posted.

This appears to happen with other forum web pages and eBay.



Bernice

[Vaughn]

I used an old photo I have stored on the Forum for a recent post -- and for the first time since it was posted in 2007 it went sideways. It is orientated the correct way in the thumbnail.

https://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?154331-Backpack-for-Hiking-with-an-11x14-View-Camera&p=1564324&viewfull=1#post1564324

Might have been taken with a Canon Digital point and shoot.

Going back to some old posts that used the same image, they are all flipped now. Have not noticed it with any other of my images yet.

[BrianShaw]

Image:

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[BrianShaw]

After a tiny crop (medium size)

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[BrianShaw]

After a tiny crop (large size)

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[Louis Pacilla]

I found I had to flip the image in a photo edit app (not simply edit in the iPhone) then ((save)) it in it's new orientation and then it would be in the correct direction when I post it to the forum. Again if I simply flip it in the phone edit then try to post to forum it would be in it's wrong orientation again.

[Tin Can]

I now always pass any LFPF posted image through PS first

No flipping needed after that

I resave to another dated folder

At the same time I add a cute white. black or red frame, which improves any image using canvas size

Then I upload the full rez to Flicker

and pick a size there to post

ALL images posted online anywhere are immediately stolen

I don't care

[wclark5179]

What I do is to use “save as” is I will add the letter c after the file name. For the first iteration, c1 after the file name. Second iteration I use c2 after the file name. And so on. I use the letter c which, for me, it means a corrected file.

What that allows me to do is I can view the original file and the subsequent iterations as they will follow the original file. I can figure out if I like what I’ve been doing, not need to save it to another folder unless I want to.

Thought I’d mention this as this method works for me.