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Why does the program rotate my images?

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 6:38 pm
by waynethetodd
Hello again everyone!

Just wanting to inquire why the image object decides to rotate my landscape images to portrait when they are brought into WWB?

Re: Why does the program rotate my images?

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 6:41 pm
by waynethetodd
I am able to use the rotate tool to fix it, but the program oddly doesn't allow rotated images to have their object-fit property changed, so I can't do that! Frustrating!

Re: Why does the program rotate my images?

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 7:27 pm
by Pablo
The application does not rotate your images automatically.
I think that the source images has the wrong orientation.
When you view the image in Windows then it will sometimes automatically display the image rotated based on the camera settings, however the actual image data is not affected.
WWB does not modify your image in any way.

Re: Why does the program rotate my images?

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 6:12 pm
by waynethetodd
https://imgur.com/a/pg2b4OL

Yes, it unfortunately does.

Re: Why does the program rotate my images?

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 6:42 pm
by Pablo
Windows rotates the image (for display only).
WWB does not rotate or modify the image, it will be displayed/published "AS IS".

Re: Why does the program rotate my images?

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 8:13 pm
by crispy68
just some info to back up what Pablo is saying:
https://www.lifewire.com/why-is-my-pict ... ys-1701398

Re: Why does the program rotate my images?

Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 1:15 pm
by Mauly
The image rotates because some browsers (Chrome & Opera as opposed to Foxfire), read the EXIF data appended to the image. By removing the EXIF Tag 'Orientation' you can fix this problem.

I use a free command-line utility called exiftool (www.exiftool.org). Install the utility and open a command window. The format is:
exiftool -Orientation= file_name

It will respond: 1 image files updated

You can check Orientation by: exiftool -Orientation file_name. If there is no response, the Tag is blank. Otherwise it might respond:
Orientation: Rotate 90 CW or something like that

Once you remove the Orientation Tag the image will no longer is rotated.

Re: Why does the program rotate my images?

Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 6:34 pm
by Bluesman
I never use photos directly from camera to webdesign. It's always best to import it into a photo editor and optimize the photo and save it in correct angle and size. In this way you get rid of the cameras auto settings.