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#1 ·
Please rotate your pictures!

Okay this isn't aimed at anyone in particular, but I keep coming across photos here, particularly in the Workshops area, that people post up that are sideways.

Please learn to use standard rotation tools before uploading your photos!

In order to help you out with this, I am including the link for how to take care of this with the standard tools included in Microsoft Windows.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/rotate-a-picture-using-windows-photo-viewer

Sorry, Mac users I can't find anything from Apple to tell me how to handle this…
 
#3 ·
On a mac… drop it into preview and there's a rotator there. If you do picts from iPhoto you can rotate there too.

In windows.. is this the new windows, the old windows, or the discontinued one that everyone still wants to use? ;-)

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#11 ·
I figure some are phone photos. I host mine on Google, and use their tools to rotate. I just got the nerve hit about having to look at someone's shop, or project sideways… It's a pet peeve I know…
 
#12 ·
You don't have to look at it if it bothers you. :) I figure people are doing the best they can. The web site could add a "rotate" button in the post editor. Some people still might have trouble using it. It's not like working a drawknife or something!
 
#17 ·
I've learned at least with an ipad that you need to be holding it in the correct orientation. In other words the button has to be on the right side when taking a picture. It may be the same with the iphone, I don't know because I don't have one.

Some people need to learn to be better picture takers, as well as practicing wood workers (this is me first and foremost).
 
#19 ·
Jim, I will guarantee that the original post was not specifically aimed at you, even if it was applicable. It has been a recurring issue on LJ, and is becoming more common as more people post from iPads and iPhones. You obviously cared enough to fix the issue at your first opportunity. Thank you for that courtesy to other LJs that will be viewing your posts.

As unfair as it may be, I have come to the same conclusion as others-if someone doesn't care enough to post the photos oriented correctly, I won't waste my time looking. It's not difficult, or if someone really can't figure it out, find a 10-12 year old to fix it. They are far better at technology than most of us. That is reality, not an insult, I'm including myself in that group :)
 
#20 ·
I was going to just delete the workshop post last night and repost the whole thing this morning. However, when I went to remove the pics, the option to "browse" for new photos didn't come up. I was afraid to remove all the photos for fear I might not be able to post any. Unfortunately, I felt like I had to leave them like that until I could get to a PC. As it turns out, once you remove all the pics, the "browse" option comes back up. (I had a similar problem with changing my nickname on the profile page. I was new to the site and had put something in quick, then wanted to change it. That seemed to be the one thing that you can't change. I resorted to putting my nickname in the spot for my real name and choosing that as my posting ID. Probably something I am doing wrong.)

In any case, thanks for the kind words.
 
#21 ·
Robin1, Yours was one of the ones that got me… I know it is weird OCD on my part… But there were something like 5 or so recent workshop posts with everything sideways…

I guess I am used to being able to easily edit my photos on my Android I forget how tough things are for Apple users…
 
#22 ·
Maybe they don't want us to see them :) I don't fret over this sort of thing and just move on to the next project, I figure if they wanted everyone to see the projects they'd make the effort to post them correctly.
 
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It's really no big deal. Some guys get OCD on grammar and spelling. That typically doesn't bother me. But image rotation just got under my skin today… No biggie…
 
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