Placing portrait is landscape again V1.9.0.216

[Paul Mudditt]

Whilst importing a portrait image is fine, placing the same image initially is in landscape again, think this is an old bug that has returned. Does not affect all portrait images, only some of them.

Edited January 26, 2021 by Paul Mudditt
Checked on build 216, still happening.

[Affinity-Inspiration]

@PaulMuddit HI, this is actually something in the metadata of the image that is being used. I did some extensive research into this a while back. It really depended on which camera, including iPhones and iPads that took the image. Some cameras set an option that tells the camera that it's Landscape, or portrait etc. Some cameras set it, some don't. Some photo apps look for this and some don't.

Affinity seemed to ignore it in some cases. It was real hit-and-miss. Now if they fixed it I can only assume that Affinity was told to load the image the way it was stored and ignore the orientation switch. If the problem has crept back in, then the 'don't ignore the switch' thing is back in and it's honouring the switch in the image metadata. Or trying to. It's probably part of the underlying image library in the apps that needs switching on or off.

I noticed this happening the other day actually, and kind of ignored it having seen it and looked for a solution previously and thought to myself I had simply held the camera/phone incorrectly.

If it's back - that's a real nuisance. Let's hope it gets looked at. Or even more complex, give us the option to control the switch!!!  now that could bring a flurry of complaints for sure. 🙂

 

Robert

 

 

[Affinity-Inspiration]

I think it's the first panel, Orientation, that gets looked at. The others are interesting and the last one also has Orientation mentioned.

Which is exactly how the image was "Placed" in the Affinity document. 90* Counter ClockWise 

Interesting

[Affinity-Inspiration]

ta da... to continue...

This image, taken with the iPhone 11, held in "Landscape" mode, shows the Orientation as. 1 (Normal)

Followed by an Opened image with the same image Placed - rotation correct. The placed image is basically in the lower left corner. Both orientations "correct"

So for some reason - Landscape is Normal. 🙂

 

[Paul Mudditt]

@HarryMcGovern Hmm, maybe it never went away properly.

The image in question has EXIF orientation set to 0 so I guess that is a problem, my other test cases all have the EXIF Orientation set to 6 yet two place incorrectly and one places correctly.

So don’t think that field is being used.

The frustration is if the image ALWAYS on IMPORT  from photos is correct orientation, then why can’t PLACE from photos use the same software calls to the photo library?. 

At the end of the day it isn’t a huge problem to rotate correctly just very weird that the same software can have 2 different import results.

I guess I have answered my own question, Import = 1 import function and place = a different import function, why I have no idea.
 

PS
Exact same issue in Designer on iPad also.

[Gabe]

Hi both,

Thanks for spotting it. Issue logged!