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APub - Data merge with images rotated via Windows Explorer


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I have a directory of scanned cards:

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I have a layout in APub that's just an image frame on a page with the margins I need, the end goal being to embed an image on each page.

The cards were scanned sideways, and rotated in Windows Explorer, which I belief changes the image's metadata rather than actually opening, rotating, and saving the bitmap itself. It appears APub is ignoring this:

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Is there a way to set the image rotation, so when I run the data merge on all 64 images, it will be properly rotated? Or do I need to use some other means to rotate the images (something I can do if necessary) first?

Also creating this as a bug because I believe APub should respect the rotation data. APhoto opens the images with the proper rotation without issue.

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Have you tried simply rotating the image frame and running the dataset?
I just tried it with my thumbnail generator..by rotating the imagebox all the imported files/images were also rotated

Also worked with an image inside the Data Layout Tool

 

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I haven't run it yet, but when I preview it, it's not rotated properly.

Since posting this I've been working on a version with the page itself rotated, and a couple cards which were scanned differently from most are rendering improperly, due to the rotation issue:image.thumb.png.621951fa6bfdec9a27d2f86b6b61c5d2.png

I did finally run this to see what it gave me, and the images are still wrong. In the below I've rotated the page view 90deg to make it easier to work with the result.

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interesting....Was it the image you rotated OR the image frame Container?..I just rotated the container and didn't change the image itself...The data import is applied to the container..I think but will check

 

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I made a little video to show the rotation working

 

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I originally rotated the images from Windows Explorer:

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After generating the finished document, I had to rotate the image inside the frame for several images (the example I already screenshotted, and others that were upside down entirely).

I'll try again from your example, though.

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Okay, so I was trying to rotate the image in the frame, rather than rotating the image itself, so that was definitely wrong.

So that mostly fixes my problem, but I still have to spot-check and fix specific pages, so I think there's still a bug to be filed.

Thanks for the help!

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9 minutes ago, ClairelyClaire said:

Okay, so I was trying to rotate the image in the frame, rather than rotating the image itself, so that was definitely wrong.

So that mostly fixes my problem, but I still have to spot-check and fix specific pages, so I think there's still a bug to be filed.

Thanks for the help!

Excellent!...pleased it's mostly solved....I was not sure myself until I tested it!:)

 

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