No option to rotate RAW images individually?

[Rico Maggs]

Hello everyone

In PTGUi 13, there's a RAW preprocessing option. Unfortunately, when using the HDR function, you have to use another program to rotate the images so they're all oriented the same way (otherwise HDR isn't possible). The images you re-import are therefore in TIFF format, and you can no longer benefit from RAW preprocessing.
Why can't you rotate RAW files individually in the correct orientation within PTGUi? It's a huge waste of time and prevents you from accessing all the available options. Is there an option I'm missing?

[PTGui Support]

Hi Rico,

Try this: Before loading the first image, switch to Advanced mode, go to
Project Settings and uncheck this box at the bottom:
"Physically rotate images with EXIF Orientation tag"

Then when you load the images, they will all be in landscape orientation.

Kind regards,

Joost Nieuwenhuijse
www.ptgui.com

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[Rico Maggs]

It works. Thank you very much for the answer. I didn't really know what that option did.

[Harald Thingelstad]

Hi. I have the same problem but not just that. Yes, my camera automatically rotates the images according to sensor data and that's quite irritating as the images are landscape whenever my camera points straight up or down but portrait otherwise. I also make changes during the recording changes. Perhaps the battery is dead, I apply a filter and record an extra set of bracketing whenever my camera is pointing straight at the sun, or I just end up with some sort of mishap. The world we live in can be messy, and we have to adapt. The result being, I always have to adjust the bracketing somehow. 

The result being, I end up selecting groups of images and then applying "Link selected images"for each darn group instead of doing the "Link HDR Bracketed Exposures" thing. Because the "Link HDR Bracketed Exposures" either refuses to link my images outright, fails miserably, or overrides my carefully made adjustments if I try to make those before applying the process.

So could you please change the "Link HDR Bracketed Exposures" to be a bit more careful? Type:

1) Not undo the linking of images when they are already linked manually?

2) Adjust to the fact that images with different formats, or orientations, are not a problem when they are not about to be linked together?

3) Have an option, easily available, to only try to group together selected images and not try to group together non-selected images as they may have to be handled separately?

That would be very nice, thank you.

Harald Thingelstad

[PTGui Support]

Hi Harald,

"Link HDR Bracketed Exposures" (from the Images menu) can only be used
if a consistent bracketing is used. Same number of images per bracketed
set. Don't use this if you are mixing (for example) 3-brackets with
4-brackets in the same project.

For non-regular bracketing there's the other option: You can select a
group of images, right click and choose 'Link Selected Images'. This
only modifies the linking of the selected images, it doesn't touch the
rest of the project.

If your camera has rotated images within the bracketed sets, uncheck
"Physically rotate images with EXIF Orientation tag" before loading your
images.

So I think all options are already there?

Kind regards,

Joost Nieuwenhuijse
www.ptgui.com

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> On 4/28/26 17:33, Rico Maggs wrote:
> > Hello everyone
> >
> > In PTGUi 13, there's a RAW preprocessing option.
> Unfortunately, when
> > using the HDR function, you have to use another program to
> rotate the
> > images so they're all oriented the same way (otherwise HDR isn't
> > possible). The images you re-import are therefore in TIFF
> format, and
> > you can no longer benefit from RAW preprocessing.
> > Why can't you rotate RAW files individually in the correct
> orientation
> > within PTGUi? It's a huge waste of time and prevents you from
> accessing
> > all the available options. Is there an option I'm missing?
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[Harald Thingelstad]

I know that. The problem comes when you have to link two or three
hundred groups of bracketed images, as you are making a high resolution
HDRI. You can take less images by for example using a 3-bracket near the
ground but a 5-bracket closer to the sun. Or perhaps you thought it was
overcast enough to not need a 5-bracket but suddenly the sun peeks out
and your plans are ruined. Or, you have to hunt for and delete those
extra images that destroyed the rhythm of the bracketing just because
your camera had a problem. It's way too much work to "Link Selected
Images" when you have a lot of them, and if you try to use "Link
Bracketed HDR Exposures" you always end up with some problem somewhere.

Your software demands that you are more perfect than real life, and
that's what I'm having issues with.

Harald

[PTGui Support]

Hi Harald,

I see. So what you are asking for is a new function, where you select a
contiguous range of, say, 50 images and have PTGui to link those as
5-bracket?

I'll add that to the wish list.

Kind regards,

Joost Nieuwenhuijse
www.ptgui.com

[Harald Thingelstad]

Den 15.05.2026 10:20, skrev 'PTGui Support' via PTGui Support:
> Hi Harald,
>

> I see. So what you are asking for is a new function, where you select
> a contiguous range of, say, 50 images and have PTGui to link those as
> 5-bracket?
>
> I'll add that to the wish list.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Joost Nieuwenhuijse
> www.ptgui.com

Yeah that would be great, thank you.

Harald

[Erik Krause]

Am 15.05.26 um 10:20 schrieb 'PTGui Support' via PTGui Support:

> I see. So what you are asking for is a new function, where you select a
> contiguous range of, say, 50 images and have PTGui to link those as 5-
> bracket?

I didn't try myself, but you can probably create a different project for
each bracketing sequence, then use "Append Other Project" from the File
menu to combine all of them into one.

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Erik Krause