Re: [Gimp-user] Orientations, Copyright Notices, metadata, and resized layers

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

On 02/10/2020 23:33, Ruben Safir wrote:
> > But AFAIK when Gimp edits an image, it removes the Exif Orientation
> > flag, so the image should be displayed with the default orientation,
> Whatever it is doing it is doing it 100% wrong 100% of the time and I
> have to go into the file with VIM and remove the exif.

No such problem for me, and again, there are free tools to remove EXIF
if necessary, for instance with ExifTool:

    exiftool -all= {file}

> And somehow it is putting my name in there.  Is that really necessary as
> if I don't have enough things tracking me the universe.
>
> I don't think it is coming from my Cannon Camera.

Either your camera or you have entered a default comment. Create an
image from scratch with Gimp and see if it contains your name...

> If you want, I can demonstrate this.  Remove the EXIF and it orients
> correctly.
>
>
> I just fixed
> http://www.mrbrklyn.com/brooklyn/images/2020_09_fishing/bike.jpg
>
> by MANUALLY removeing the EXIF data from near top of the file.
> It was correct in the GIMP and sideway in most of the rest of the
> world..most importantly in Firefox et al

You are not demonstrating anything, we need the before and after images.

> > Last, the exported image is what you see on the canvas, an dis the size
> > of the canvas. Out-of-canvas parts are automatically cropped on export,
> > there is no need to flatten the image first.
> That is good.  But there is even less need for the crop to be broken
> because someone doesn't know how to use CTL Z.


Crop is not broken... for most purposes (especially exporting the
result) it works as before. And if you set the "Delete cropped pixels"
option, just save your tool options to have it become a default for you.