hbocaoJul 10, 2023

Why is the picture sideways on a post of mine?

https://lemmy.world/post/1318480

Why is the picture sideways on a post of mine? - LemmyWorld

Hi! This happened with different clients when I tried before, but this post was made with Voyager (wefwef). The post is here: https://lemmy.world/post/1318181 [https://lemmy.world/post/1318181]

Show threadSheeEttin

Sometimes images are presented rotated through metadata, rather than actually rotating the image. Check the metadata on the original to see if it includes this. Then open an issue on lemmy’s github project, if there isn’t one already.

Or maybe it’s just its way of telling you that you should be taking pictures like that in landscape orientation.

Jul 10, 2023 at 10:32pmWeb
Show threadhbocaoJul 11, 2023

EXIF! I forgot about that.

But it’s not that. EXIF metadata is correct.

I tested a landscape pic, but it’s still in landscape when I upload.

I will try to run a few more tests and then I will open an issue.

Show threadjocanibJul 11, 2023
I do not know but I think the problem arises because the EXIF data gets stripped when you post so the orientation information is lost? If the EXIF orientation differs from the actual orientation, it will be rotated after uploading.