Comments on: Dear Microsoft: People Take Portrait Photos http://carltonbale.com/microsoft-portrait-rotate/ A personal take on tech and home theater Mon, 21 May 2012 15:29:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tjerk Hellekamp http://carltonbale.com/microsoft-portrait-rotate/comment-page-1/#comment-3034 Tjerk Hellekamp Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:04:44 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/?p=584#comment-3034 And if you rotate the photo in Microsoft photo viewer (at least in XP, and i think also still in Vista), it will not rotate lossless. The quality of the photo will degrade. Rotate a few times and you have nothing left. If you have jpg photos, as most of us have, please make sure you have a photo editor that does lossless jpg rotation. And if you rotate the photo in Microsoft photo viewer (at least in XP, and i think also still in Vista), it will not rotate lossless. The quality of the photo will degrade. Rotate a few times and you have nothing left. If you have jpg photos, as most of us have, please make sure you have a photo editor that does lossless jpg rotation.

]]> By: DavidB http://carltonbale.com/microsoft-portrait-rotate/comment-page-1/#comment-3033 DavidB Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:13:21 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/?p=584#comment-3033 Yahoo Widgets has the same problem. Too bad because I like their little desktop photo frame widget. Yahoo Widgets has the same problem. Too bad because I like their little desktop photo frame widget.

]]> By: Aaron http://carltonbale.com/microsoft-portrait-rotate/comment-page-1/#comment-3032 Aaron Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:25:40 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/?p=584#comment-3032 @THJ: iPhoto does NOT have this problem... at least with my 4 digital cameras. What version are you running? Are other applications noticing the orientation of your camera? Are you sure your camera even has this capability? @THJ: iPhoto does NOT have this problem… at least with my 4 digital cameras. What version are you running? Are other applications noticing the orientation of your camera? Are you sure your camera even has this capability?

]]> By: Carlton Bale http://carltonbale.com/microsoft-portrait-rotate/comment-page-1/#comment-3031 Carlton Bale Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:55:06 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/?p=584#comment-3031 Every digital cameras I've used has an orientation sensor, they have been standard on most cameras for years. If you use Irfanview to view the pictures, there is an option to "Auto-rotate image according to EXIF info (if available)". I don't see why the bundled Windows programs can't do the same. I don't want to open and edit a bunch of photos just to rotate them to allow them to viewed properly in my Windows picture slideshow; it's unnecessary wasted effort. Every digital cameras I’ve used has an orientation sensor, they have been standard on most cameras for years. If you use Irfanview to view the pictures, there is an option to “Auto-rotate image according to EXIF info (if available)”. I don’t see why the bundled Windows programs can’t do the same. I don’t want to open and edit a bunch of photos just to rotate them to allow them to viewed properly in my Windows picture slideshow; it’s unnecessary wasted effort.

]]> By: THJ http://carltonbale.com/microsoft-portrait-rotate/comment-page-1/#comment-3030 THJ Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:37:13 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/?p=584#comment-3030 I agree. Apple's iPhoto has the same problem. Tons of exif/metadata is recorded with each shot, but no information on camera position? Is it a hardware issue? Do camera manufacturers need to start including some sort or orientation-figuring-out hardware (as opposed to 32 picture modes that include candles, skiing, group of people at a picnic mode, etc)? Along the same lines - there is little to no attention paid to duplicate control. As someone who has pooched his photo and music libraries more than any semi-competent person should; I would think that this is a major source of frustration for anyone that has multiple computers. 'Library' files are great when they work, but when an upgrade/migration/backup/restore has gone awry, there are few options beyond starting over (and losing your albums, ratings, genres, comments, etc). I agree. Apple’s iPhoto has the same problem. Tons of exif/metadata is recorded with each shot, but no information on camera position? Is it a hardware issue? Do camera manufacturers need to start including some sort or orientation-figuring-out hardware (as opposed to 32 picture modes that include candles, skiing, group of people at a picnic mode, etc)?

Along the same lines – there is little to no attention paid to duplicate control. As someone who has pooched his photo and music libraries more than any semi-competent person should; I would think that this is a major source of frustration for anyone that has multiple computers. ‘Library’ files are great when they work, but when an upgrade/migration/backup/restore has gone awry, there are few options beyond starting over (and losing your albums, ratings, genres, comments, etc).

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