Tips for posting Photos

[MCD]

Afaict the underlying issue is that the orchidboard software does not recognize or use the orientation information that is stored in the image file (the "Orientation" metadata field), not that it is missing.

All or most modern phones and cameras store pixels from the sensor in the image file in a fixed order, regardless of picture orientation, then set "Orientation" as a hint. The value indicates which sides of the image file should be at the top and left when displayed, for instance the value for a regular landscape photo will be "TopLeft", while a portrait picture might be "RightTop" or "LeftBottom", depending on which way the phone/camera was tilted. orchidboard just treats every image as "TopLeft".

Fixing an image requires that the software actually rewrite all the pixels so that they are in "TopLeft" order; what can make that happen is probably different on each editing software. As an example, ImageMagick can do this from the command line:

magick portrait.jpg -rotate 90 fixed.jpg

... where the resulting fixed.jpg will show properly on orchidboard. The rotation might need to be 270 depending on whether the camera was tilted left or right when taking the picture.

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An edit to clarify that the symbolic values such as "TopLeft" are actually stored in the image as a numeric exif orientation number from 1-8

[estación seca]

Originally Posted by aerides

Oh. So let me say this back to you. I take the original image (which is correctly oriented), rotate it any direction and save it as a new image. Then I take that new image, correct the rotation and re-save it.
Is that right? Thanks!

Yes.

[aerides]

Originally Posted by Dusty Ol' Man

Please see post #131 for instructions and a l8nk. This is what I use and it has been very helpful.

This looks cool and easy. Thanks. Testing.....



Wow!!

Yay!!

[rbarata]

Originally Posted by aerides

This looks cool and easy. Thanks. Testing.....

Wow!!

Yay!!

But there's a possible catch...I used to post photos via Photobucket but a few years ago all the photos were gone. I don't know what happened but I think only subscribers are now allowed to use it freely.

[aerides]

Originally Posted by rbarata

But there's a possible catch...I used to post photos via Photobucket but a few years ago all the photos were gone. I don't know what happened but I think only subscribers are now allowed to use it freely.

Did you exclusively store your photos on Photobucket? That would be sad. I'll just upload to PostImage the photo(s) that I want to post for a given message with a one-day delete. All of my photos are stored on my own hard drives. Cloud backup, but I don't depend on it.

[Roberta]

Why a one-day delete? People view posts over days, weeks, or even months. Or longer - one of the beauties of the Board is that posts are searchable from the beginning. Not all posts have "archival" value but many do. It is disappointing to use the Search function to find a post with information and pictures that one is interested in, only to discover that the images are missing. (A downside of using external services... images that are stored on the Board stay here, external sources sometimes yes and sometimes no)

[aerides]

Originally Posted by Roberta

Why a one-day delete? People view posts over days, weeks, or even months. Or longer - one of the beauties of the Board is that posts are searchable from the beginning. Not all posts have "archival" value but many do. It is disappointing to use the Search function to find a post with information and pictures that one is interested in, only to discover that the images are missing. (A downside of using external services... images that are stored on the Board stay here, external sources sometimes yes and sometimes no)

Oh, I didn’t understand that the photo would disappear once posted, if it was deleted from PostImage. Now the response from RBarata makes sense. Duh. Learning a lot.

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by aerides

Oh, I didn’t understand that the photo would disappear once posted, if it was deleted from PostImage. Now the response from RBarata makes sense. Duh. Learning a lot.

Yes... if they are posted from someplace else (like Postimages or Imagur) all that is saved on the Board is the link. So if they no longer exist on the source, they're no longer visible on the Board. If there's a connectivity issue, pix can disappear for a time, to return when the "storage site" is back up. So the approach lets one post higher-resolution photos, and doesn't have the other quirks, but not as reliable as local storage either.

[Leobaby]

Testing?

[camille1585]

For what it's worth, I rediscovered how to add large photos into a post, which uploading the photos to OB. No rotation problems either.

Add the photo to your forum gallery, click on it, then select the link for 'medium image' and paste it into your post.




The gallery is a bit clunky and all my photos from years ago have disappeared. I also don't know if there is a limit to the number of photos regular members can upload that way. As an admin, I have unlimited space.

This is the result, note that the photo is not turned on its side!