Post by BuckSkin on Mar 17, 2024 18:35:20 GMT
I have been using an 18-55mm "Macro" lens, zoomed to 55mm, a 13mm extension tube, and a +4 "Close-Up Filter"(Magnifier) to "scan" tiny individual photos in an elementary school annual; the only year my elementary school ever produced an annual = must not have proved profitable to the promoters and not enough left over after kick back to the school board members.
In order to fill the available frame with as much photo as possible, I turned the book 90° and photographed the "portrait" photos in "landscape" orientation.
Now, I have a bunch of RAW photos laying on their side.
As I intend to improve these in the RAW, I would much rather have them all standing up to begin with.
Then, it dawned on me that there must be a tag in the EXIF that tells software programs which way to orient the photo.
Using ExifToolGUI,and looking under the EXIF tab, at least for Canon CR2 files, I see a field "Orientation"; and, for a Landscape photo it says "Horizontal (Normal)".
Checking a Portrait oriented photo I see that instead it says "Rotate 270 CW" ; I was expecting "Vertical", and why 270 instead of 90 ?
I right-clicked the Orientation field and chose "Add tag to workspace"
Then, in Workspace, with the photos selected that needed standing up, I hi-lited the just-added Orientation field and replaced/pasted "Horizontal (Normal)" with "Rotate 270 CW"; hit Enter and clicked Save, and, now, all of my laid-over RAW photos are properly standing up.
I much prefer this approach over rotating the jpegs after the fact.
In order to fill the available frame with as much photo as possible, I turned the book 90° and photographed the "portrait" photos in "landscape" orientation.
Now, I have a bunch of RAW photos laying on their side.
As I intend to improve these in the RAW, I would much rather have them all standing up to begin with.
Then, it dawned on me that there must be a tag in the EXIF that tells software programs which way to orient the photo.
Using ExifToolGUI,and looking under the EXIF tab, at least for Canon CR2 files, I see a field "Orientation"; and, for a Landscape photo it says "Horizontal (Normal)".
Checking a Portrait oriented photo I see that instead it says "Rotate 270 CW" ; I was expecting "Vertical", and why 270 instead of 90 ?
I right-clicked the Orientation field and chose "Add tag to workspace"
Then, in Workspace, with the photos selected that needed standing up, I hi-lited the just-added Orientation field and replaced/pasted "Horizontal (Normal)" with "Rotate 270 CW"; hit Enter and clicked Save, and, now, all of my laid-over RAW photos are properly standing up.
I much prefer this approach over rotating the jpegs after the fact.
