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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.
** Affects: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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GLSlideshow mistakenly rotates photos
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226372
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