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** Changed in: xscreensaver (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226372
Title:
GLSlideshow mistakenly rotates photos
Status in “xscreensaver” package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
Ubuntu 8.04 (i386) Final, GLSlideshow (default version).
I have many digital photographs taken over many years. Like most people, I
was a Windows user for much of that time. I used the Rota application to
losslessly rotate the photos so that they would be shown properly in Windows
and Windows applications. It is true, though, that the EXIF information for
these folders contains a rotation tag to indicate the photo was taken in
portrait mode. GLSlideshow is respecting the EXIF tag, and re-rotating photos
that have already been rotated once. That means that they are being shown
incorrectly
In Ubuntu, in Eye of Gnome, there is an option that you can choose
whether to "Automatic Orientation" (ie rotate according to the EXIF
tag). By turning off this option, I can once again view the photos
properly.
I'm not advocating that GLSlideshow entirely ignore the EXIF tag,
since it seems the *better* way to do things. However, for those of us
with many legacy (ie pre-rotated) images, or those of us who dual-boot
into Windows we need to manage some level of compatibility. I suggest
that an option is inserted into GLSlideshow to say whether the EXIF
tag for orientation is used or ignored.
Actually, the same problem occurs for thumbnail images in Nautilus
File Manager (hence a similar option/setting is also needed there),
but I will see if a bug has already been filed for that.
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