External edits
A much documented "feature" is that C1 does not allow edits on small files (less than 512 on long side). I have hundreds of small b&W images from my parents that I have scanned but didn't take care in their orientation at time of scan consequently I have loads that I would like to rotate; nothing else just rotate. I know a number of other users on this forum expressed a wish to be able to do DAM style edits; keywords, rotate, description etc.
I have used Preview to rotate a few test images and even with C1 open, once I exit from Preview the images rotate in C1 - result. Can anyone think of any pitfalls I might be creating for myself further down the line?
Ultimately I will raise a ticket with support to be absolutely sure.
I have used Preview to rotate a few test images and even with C1 open, once I exit from Preview the images rotate in C1 - result. Can anyone think of any pitfalls I might be creating for myself further down the line?
Ultimately I will raise a ticket with support to be absolutely sure.
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One thing that comes to mind is that you might want to keep a copy of your un-rotated original scans. When you rotate the JPG in preview, it will degrade the quality a bit, as JPG editing does, so having the original in reserve might be worth doing.
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Thanks Ian, you make a very good point. Enough of a reason to not do it, especially on such small files. 0 -
On a copy I opened it in Preview and rotated and saved it 20 times. Apart from the size changing between a vertical and horizontal orientation there was no discernible degradation of the image. I'm guessing either I'm lucky with this size file or I would need to perform many more orientation changes to have an effect. 0 -
Maybe write a rotation tag to the metadata (I don't know how).
The jpeg rotation seems to be a major issue when the resolution is not a multiple of 8.
Here is some theory http://www.impulseadventure.com/photo/l ... ation.html0 -
Thanks gusferlizi 0
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