Uspside down photo

[Carlos Schiffermann]

Once in a while I get a photo upside down that I snapped on my ipad.
Why?

[nospam]

In article <84a5bp2alahg.1e62d945v23z1$.d...@40tude.net>, Carlos

Schiffermann <car...@whydoIneedthis.com> wrote:

> Once in a while I get a photo upside down that I snapped on my ipad.
> Why?

viewing it in what app?

like just about every digital camera, the ipad adds an orientation tag
to indicate how the camera was held at the time the photo was taken so
that it can be properly oriented when viewing it.

unfortunately, some apps ignore the tag and it will be upside-down or
sideways.

[Carlos Schiffermann]

On Mon, 01 Feb 2016 18:58:47 -0500, nospam wrote:

> viewing it in what app?
>
> like just about every digital camera, the ipad adds an orientation tag
> to indicate how the camera was held at the time the photo was taken so
> that it can be properly oriented when viewing it.
>
> unfortunately, some apps ignore the tag and it will be upside-down or
> sideways.

the normal photos app.

I took four pictures at all four orientations and all showed up at the same
correct orientation.

it's just one or two out of a hundred all taken the same way that show up
upside down.

why?

[nospam]

In article <ytqni7r3y3xi.1c...@40tude.net>, Carlos

maybe the ipad was positioned such that it thought it was upside-down.

if it's facing up or down, it might get it wrong.

[Mark F]

On Mon, 01 Feb 2016 18:58:47 -0500, nospam <nos...@nospam.invalid>
wrote:

> In article <84a5bp2alahg.1e62d945v23z1$.d...@40tude.net>, Carlos
> Schiffermann <car...@whydoIneedthis.com> wrote:
>
> > Once in a while I get a photo upside down that I snapped on my ipad.
> > Why?
>
> viewing it in what app?
>
> like just about every digital camera, the ipad adds an orientation tag
> to indicate how the camera was held at the time the photo was taken so
> that it can be properly oriented when viewing it.

How do I edit the image to include the correct orientation for when
the iPad did no choose the proper orientation? (For instance, I hold
the iPad approximately parallel to the ground or vertical wall and
take a picture of page that I want oriented in a particular way,
rather than have rotated at 90 degrees and shrunk.)

[nospam]

In article <usn1bbh9oh00eu3du...@4ax.com>, Mark F

<mark...@gmail.com> wrote:

> How do I edit the image to include the correct orientation for when
> the iPad did no choose the proper orientation? (For instance, I hold
> the iPad approximately parallel to the ground or vertical wall and
> take a picture of page that I want oriented in a particular way,
> rather than have rotated at 90 degrees and shrunk.)

most cameras will get it wrong if the camera is pointed straight up or
down.

the solution (other than repositioning the page and camera) is to
manually add/modify the orientation tag.

the standard for exif manipulation is exiftool, but it's overkill for
just that one task.
<http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/>

[dorayme]

In article <usn1bbh9oh00eu3du...@4ax.com>,
Mark F <mark...@gmail.com> wrote:

> How do I edit the image to include the correct orientation for when
> the iPad did no choose the proper orientation?

Have you tried editing it and saving the new image in an image editor,
even if you have to go to a Macbook or desktop to do it?

--
dorayme

[Jolly Roger]

The best way to ensure photos have the correct orientation is to do or
while you are taking the photo in the camera app.

When you are in the camera app, take notice of the little orientation icon.
That icon will show you whether the camera is in portrait or landscape
mode. It is circled in red here (screen shot from an iPhone):

<http://imgur.com/a/YsaxQ>

Alternatively, you can change the orientation of existing photos by tapping
the orientation icon in the Photos app (circled in blue here):

<http://imgur.com/a/qgeKK>

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JR

[Mark F]

On 2 Feb 2016 22:15:13 GMT, Jolly Roger <jolly...@pobox.com>
wrote:

> Mark F <mark...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 01 Feb 2016 18:58:47 -0500, nospam <nos...@nospam.invalid>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> In article <84a5bp2alahg.1e62d945v23z1$.d...@40tude.net>, Carlos
> >> Schiffermann <car...@whydoIneedthis.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Once in a while I get a photo upside down that I snapped on my ipad.
> >>> Why?
> >>
> >> viewing it in what app?
> >>
> >> like just about every digital camera, the ipad adds an orientation tag
> >> to indicate how the camera was held at the time the photo was taken so
> >> that it can be properly oriented when viewing it.
> >
> > How do I edit the image to include the correct orientation for when
> > the iPad did no choose the proper orientation? (For instance, I hold
> > the iPad approximately parallel to the ground or vertical wall and
> > take a picture of page that I want oriented in a particular way,
> > rather than have rotated at 90 degrees and shrunk.)
>
> The best way to ensure photos have the correct orientation is to do or
> while you are taking the photo in the camera app.
>
> When you are in the camera app, take notice of the little orientation icon.
> That icon will show you whether the camera is in portrait or landscape
> mode. It is circled in red here (screen shot from an iPhone):
>
> <http://imgur.com/a/YsaxQ>

Interesting to know, but typically I am already doing things that
require 3 or more hands and quick response, so changing something
before the picture is taken is usually not possible.

>
> Alternatively, you can change the orientation of existing photos by tapping
> the orientation icon in the Photos app (circled in blue here):
>
> <http://imgur.com/a/qgeKK>

I'll try that, or, as someone suggested an exif editor.

Thanks folks.

[Jolly Roger]

That doesn't make sense. The orientation icon automatically turns in
whatever direction the iPad is tilted. So to change the orientation while
in the Camera app, all you do is tilt the iPad a bit in the right
direction. You don't even have to take your hand away from the device.

It's very simple: just before you press the shutter button to take the
picture, glance at the orientation icon. Most of the time the icon will be
facing the right way; but sometimes if the device is facing up or down the
sensors may not be able to determine which way it should be oriented, and
the icon may not be facing the right way.

If the icon is facing the wrong way, you simply tilt the device a bit to
trigger the sensors to see which way is up, and the icon changes
automatically. Then you snap the picture. It all happens fluidly without
you having to remove your hands from where they are. Practice it a few
times and you will see it's quite intuitive and easy to do.

>> Alternatively, you can change the orientation of existing photos by tapping
>> the orientation icon in the Photos app (circled in blue here):
>>
>> <http://imgur.com/a/qgeKK>
> I'll try that, or, as someone suggested an exif editor.
>
> Thanks folks.

Welcome. It sounds like you just need to become more familiar with the
iPad.

[Carlos Schiffermann]

On Mon, 01 Feb 2016 20:22:04 -0500, nospam wrote:

> maybe the ipad was positioned such that it thought it was upside-down.
>
> if it's facing up or down, it might get it wrong.

You figured all out for me!

http://i.imgur.com/jYH6mIT.jpg

I drew with a pensil a tiney mm sized "T" on a blank wall and took a bunch
of pictures, one at each orientation.

I then faced the ipad parallel to the floor and snapped a few shots of my
legs silouetted by the rising sun.

All the shots of the blank wall were still correctly orientated but some of
the shots of my legs against the floor were wrong oriented.

So it is easy to reproduce once I know that you told me what was going on!
Thank you for your insite!

[Erilar]

Carlos Schiffermann <car...@whydoIneedthis.com> wrote:
> Once in a while I get a photo upside down that I snapped on my ipad.
> Why?
>

You were holding it upsidedown, perhaps?

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