Posting a photo flips the image

[David A Morris]

I've posted a couple of images and they got rotated 90° Is it something I'm doing or an issue with your end?

 

[Kirk Amidon]

I ran into the same thing earlier today when I posted the ornament picture in the gallery. I deleted it, and then rotated it on my iphone. Then uploaded it again. That did not work. Deleted again. I then rotated it back to how the phone originally stored it, and it posted in the correct orientation. I'd not previously had this issue. *shrugs*

 

[David A Morris]

I ran into the same thing earlier today when I posted the ornament picture in the gallery. I deleted it, and then rotated it on my iphone. Then uploaded it again. That did not work. Deleted again. I then rotated it back to how the phone originally stored it, and it posted in the correct orientation. I'd not previously had this issue. *shrugs*

Hopefully it's just a temporary system hickup.

 

[John K Jordan]

I've posted a couple of images and they got rotated 90° Is it something I'm doing or an issue with your end?

Various people have had this problem.
Without knowing the poster's process, it's hard to guess at just what is going on.

How are you posting, if from a phone, what type? If some other way, what? What is the image size (in pixels, both horizontal and vertical)

I think I've posted many 100s of photos here and on multiple other forums. I have never once had one mysteriously rotated by some poltergeist. I've never tried posting from a phone although I have posted many photos taken with the phone camera and with other cameras. (I refuse to access forums with the browser on a smartphone!)

What I do:

• Copy the photo to a laptop or desktop computer by way of cable, card, or email.
• Load the photo into some image editing software. I currently use Photoshop Elements.
• Crop and edit as needed.
• Reduce the image size (# of pixels) to something reasonable for posting on an internet forum.
• (Sometimes I'll do the resizing and cropping on the phone itself then transfer to the computer to post. I use a Samsung android phone.)
• Save as JPG in a folder on the computer.
• Post the photo with any method - copy/paste, drag&drop, image upload menu.
• Resize the image in the message thread as I see fit by clicking on the photo and dragging a corner. As loaded, it's usually still too big for visual comfort. Anyone viewing can always click on the image to view it in a larger size.

I've done this so many times it's 2nd nature and very quick.

Moderating on a few other forums, I've even uploaded pictures for people who had great content but consistent problems. I fixed and posted dozens of photos for a gentleman who did such amazing carving but had so many problems he was about to quit the forum! I would have hated to see him go.

Based on experience, I'm not sure the unwanted rotation is a forum bug, but who knows. With more info, perhaps a solution is simple.

JKJ

 

[Kirk Amidon]

Various people have had this problem.
Without knowing the poster's process, it's hard to guess at just what is going on.

How are you posting, if from a phone, what type? If some other way, what? What is the image size (in pixels, both horizontal and vertical)

I think I've posted many 100s of photos here and on multiple other forums. I have never once had one mysteriously rotated by some poltergeist. I've never tried posting from a phone although I have posted many photos taken with the phone camera and with other cameras. (I refuse to access forums with the browser on a smartphone!)

What I do:

• Copy the photo to a laptop or desktop computer by way of cable, card, or email.
• Load the photo into some image editing software. I currently use Photoshop Elements.
• Crop and edit as needed.
• Reduce the image size (# of pixels) to something reasonable for posting on an internet forum.
• (Sometimes I'll do the resizing and cropping on the phone itself then transfer to the computer to post. I use a Samsung android phone.)
• Save as JPG in a folder on the computer.
• Post the photo with any method - copy/paste, drag&drop, image upload menu.
• Resize the image in the message thread as I see fit by clicking on the photo and dragging a corner. As loaded, it's usually still too big for visual comfort. Anyone viewing can always click on the image to view it in a larger size.

I've done this so many times it's 2nd nature and very quick.

Moderating on a few other forums, I've even uploaded pictures for people who had great content but consistent problems. I fixed and posted dozens of photos for a gentleman who did such amazing carving but had so many problems he was about to quit the forum! I would have hated to see him go.

Based on experience, I'm not sure the unwanted rotation is a forum bug, but who knows. With more info, perhaps a solution is simple.

JKJ

No offense, but if had to go through your "simple" process, I'd never upload anything. My experience today was the first time I ran into a picture rotating in an unwanted way - turned out to be a simple fix, albeit mysterious.

 

[David A Morris]

What is this "simple mysterious" fix?

 

[Kirk Amidon]

It's what I said in my first post. I rotated the image on my phone. saved it. then rotated it back. Saved it. that worked. Assumed something odd about that particular image, as this has not happened previously.

 

[David A Morris]

Oh yeah

 

[Dave Landers]

I think most phones these days store photos with EXIF metadata saying how the phone was rotated. Something about making the storage more efficient and the metadata tells things how to display it. But not everything respects that metadata.
Editing the image as John or Kirk have done likely resets the metadata so "up is up". My phone takes photos at larger than the suggested limit for the gallery, so I always re-size them before posting - likely why I don't have this problem.
More info from the google.