Re: Image rotation

[Daniel Koeb <dkoeb sbox tugraz at>]

Daniel Koeb wrote:
> First of all, thanks for the nice tool, it really brought me closer to 
> my photos!
>
> I just detected a change in the rotation feature of f-spot and I don't 
> know if it is a feature or a bug :-)
> With older versions of f-spot (0.1.1 or lower?) rotating images resulted 
> in really rotated images, not just f-spot displaying the image in the 
> new orientation. But with versions 0.1.2 and 0.1.3 (debian packages) 
> only f-spot displays the new orientation after rotating, while the image 
> itself stays in the original orientation. The exif orientation data is 
> changed (i.e., left-top becomes right-top when rotating right), but the 
> thumbnail in the exif is not changed.
>
> While this feature/bug is no problem within f-spot, it is quite annoying 
> when using the photos outside of f-spot. I would like to stay within 
> f-spot to manage my photos, without the need for another tool to "really 
> rotate" the images before using them for something else.

I'm not exactly sure why I didn't get an answer to my question. Is there 
no simple answer, did just no one get the mail, or did I embarrass 
myself by asking a stupid question?

Any answer is appreciated :-)

Daniel