Good day,
I've noticed recently that many of my portrait photos are appearing on their sides both in small grids
and individually. Maybe there's a new setting to manage this? I don't recall doing anything
differently.
Thanks!
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Not necessarily. You can still upload via FTP, but then as you can see, you might end up with images stored with EXIF orientation. If you want to avoid this problem and still upload via FTP, you would need to correct the orientation BEFORE uploading. Personally, I use ImageOptim (Mac only) ... You just run your images through it (with lossless compression if you like), and it will at the same time convert EXIf orientation to physical orientation. If you use Windows, you would need to find another similar app.sound_and_light wrote: Thanks, Karl. I confess I have been using FTP to transfer directly to directories. :slight_smile: So I guess
maybe I should stop that?
This is also not a problem.sound_and_light wrote:I also make directories on my FTP client... is
that bad, too? :upside_down:
Now you might have another problem, namely browser cache. It might be displaying old photos when clicked, instead of the new ones, as it's likely the images with same file names are cached in browser. To verify this, you would need to view the website in a new browser private/incognito window (without cache). Cache is a bit clumsy, and that's why sometimes you need to rename the images, or rename the folder they are contained inside, to make sure the browser doesn't show cached version.sound_and_light wrote: I deleted all the photos in a folder and re-uploaded them via the imagevue tool.
Some strange effects... some of the photos look correct in the folder-level grid, but when
I click on them, some jump to another orientation! See below. These look fine when
expanded!
That wasn't my point. My point is that an app like ImageOptim, will FIX the rotation problem. Basically it converts the EXIF orientation to physical orientation. Thus, the images will be fixed prior to upload. Just drop them into ImageOptim, assign "lossless", and it will fix your exif issue and possibly make the file size smaller without affecting quality. Many similar apps will do this.sound_and_light wrote:ImageOptim -- I don't think compression is an issue,
You can use either FTP or X3 panel. But you need to consider the issue noted above about browser cache, and you need to see my previous post about clicking "save" in X3 settings if you decide to upload by FTP.sound_and_light wrote:I just want the photos to have the right orientation in grids and keep it when expanded.
If I use ImageOptim to fix orientation, can I FTP them once processed, or do I then need
to use the imagevue tool? I need a good build process. :)
This is likely the issue. You need to enter the X3 control panel, and click SAVE (without doing anything). Because you have made changes manually with FTP, X3 doesn't know changes have been made, and will therefore try to use existing page cache.sound_and_light wrote:I just deleted many files from a directory via ftp.