Was Photo orientation, Commenting About GIMP

Mark Mazer via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Wed, 20 Apr 2022 10:14:34 PDT
"  GIMP is a very complex open-source image editing program"

 IrfanView is a  simple easy to use image viewer, editor, organiser and
converter program for Microsoft Windows.  It can also play video and audio
files, and has some image creation and painting capabilities. IrfanView is
free for non-commercial use.

See: https://www.irfanview.com/

Mark Mazer
Hertford, NC

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 12:54 PM Judy Glattstein via pbs <
pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:

> I use GIMP. It is capable of more than what I do with it, but is
> excellent for what I do manage to do. As Leo says it politely suggests
> correcting orientation. Rotate and crop a slightly to somewhat more
> tilted image. I find it excellent for resizing images to any desired
> smaller size. Embed a copyright notice - or any text for that matter.
> Lighten a somewhat dark image.
>
> Judy in New Jersey where we had 1.76 inches of rain earlier in the week.
> My rain barrels are now quite full.
>
> On 4/20/2022 12:41 PM, oooOIOooo via pbs wrote:
> > Another forum I belong to has issues with photo orientation. I suspect
> newer phones aren't recording orientation data strictly according to the
> standards.
> >
> > One workaround is to first, before uploading the photo, open it in an
> image editor. When I was imprisoned in Windows I used the built-in Windows
> image editor; now I use Linux and GIMP. GIMP recognizes incorrect
> orientation information and offers to correct it. If not using GIMP, rotate
> the photo 90 degrees in any direction. Save the file and close. Reopen the
> file, rotate to the proper orientation, save and close. It will upload
> correctly oriented.
> >
> > GIMP is a very complex open-source image editing program. It is
> available for most operating systems at gimp.org .
> >
> > Leo Martin
> > Phoenix Arizona USA
> > Zone 9?
> >
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