August 2016 Update
View News #178
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| User | 9889 |
| Title | August 2016 Update |
| Body | What happened to July? No, I wasn't kept busy by the 4th...<br /> <br /> Anyway, today I'm going to talk about the approval panel and EXIF metadata tags in specific. This one may run a little long, but I'll try to keep it quick:<br /> <br /> What's EXIF? Well, among other things it records whether your image was created in portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal) orientation. Most scanners/cameras on the market these days will tag a captured image accordingly so that it can record the image faster, and when it is later viewed, the viewing program will 'know' if it needs to rotate that image rightside up before showing it to you onscreen.<br /> <br /> Unfortunately, our submission process currently <strong>does not</strong> acknowledge these tags when it compiles resized (thumbnail) versions of your submission; this may cause some images (mostly digital photos taken in portrait orientation) to appear sideways after processing.<br /> <br /> If this happens to one of your submissions, unfortunately it's your job to fix it. Exactly how to do this depends on your program of choice, but in general, try opening the image up in your editor, then save a secondary copy of it in a different file. After you've submitted (or updated) the piece, check back up on it later to see if our servers processed it correctly.<br /> <br /> And that is all for now. Enjoy the rest of your summer! |
| Date Posted | 1470093860 |