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Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Hahaha!

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Haha, oh yes, I have that too, now :DD

myp · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2016 13:29

Test.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2016 13:29

I'm not doing Apple's work for them.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2016 13:30

So I've narrowed down the issue to the native iPhone camera app. When taking a pic using Camera+ it's the right way up…

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Lonewolves wrote:

So I've narrowed down the issue to the native iPhone camera app. When taking a pic using Camera+ it's the right way up…

It's the EXIF rotation field. I wrote about this in this thread (I think) a while back.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Mimi wrote:

Haha, oh yes, I have that too, now :DD

Oh, now it's re-sized properly. Hmm...

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Here: viewtopic.php?style=19&p=913067#p913067

myp · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2016 13:44

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

So I've narrowed down the issue to the native iPhone camera app. When taking a pic using Camera+ it's the right way up…

It's the EXIF rotation field. I wrote about this in this thread (I think) a while back.

Yes I remember. I was just curious to see if it happened using a different app.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Lonewolves wrote:

Yes I remember. I was just curious to see if it happened using a different app.

The app can control the JPG, if it wants to, so it's quite possible they may rotate the data (which is a lossy operation) rather than setting the EXIF flag. This means the image is fractionally lower quality, I think, because I don't think iOS apps receive RAW data from the sensor; they get a JPG.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2016 14:37

Isn't rotation a straight up pixel-for-pixel move?

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2016 15:45

You can losslessly rotate JPEGs, but only if the image dimensions are both divisible by 8, or something like that.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

GazChap wrote:

You can losslessly rotate JPEGs, but only if the image dimensions are both divisible by 8, or something like that.

8 or 16, depending on the JPEG setting. But some dumb software still does a lossy rotate even if it doesn't have to.

Here's an interesting example of what 2000 rotations does to a JPEG if you do it in a lossy manner:
http://petapixel.com/2012/08/14/why-you ... osslessly/

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

interesting^{[Citation Needed]}

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

I genuinely do find the "rise of the shitpic", ie. repeated lossy re-capturing of digital images resulting in excessive degredation, to be really interesting. It's a weird little relic of the VHS analog copy era, flourishing again in our digital age against all logic and reason.

https://theawl.com/the-triumphant-rise- ... 6ee234ccb5

http://www.xkcd.com/1683/

Curiosity · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2016 16:19

You clearly need more expensive cables.

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2016 17:07

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Agreed.

Jem · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2016 17:08

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2016 17:09

Jem wrote:

Attachment:

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ObviousFEEX

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2016 17:12

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

I genuinely do find the "rise of the shitpic", ie. repeated lossy re-capturing of digital images resulting in excessive degredation, to be really interesting. It's a weird little relic of the VHS analog copy era, flourishing again in our digital age against all logic and reason.

Interesting post, thanks for that.

Conversely, I'm always stunned by the quality of photos taken during the American Civil War and the amount of detail captured in them. Amazing how we think our tech is advanced and not realise what was being achieved by our forebears.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2016 20:03

Couple of things that don't work in Firefox 47.0 on Win 10:

Calendar doesn't load at all
Auto-refresh on the main page doesn't stay ticked

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2016 20:30

Lulz Firefox

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Grim... wrote:

Lulz Firefox

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2016 21:11

Lonewolves wrote:

Couple of things that don't work in Firefox 47.0 on Win 10:

Calendar doesn't load at all
Auto-refresh on the main page doesn't stay ticked

For what it's worth, both work fine on FF 47 and 48 for me (Win 10)

I blame :hipster:

error.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:28

Mr Dave wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

Couple of things that don't work in Firefox 47.0 on Win 10:

Calendar doesn't load at all
Auto-refresh on the main page doesn't stay ticked

For what it's worth, both work fine on FF 47 and 48 for me (Win 10)

I blame :hipster:

error.

Strange. They both work on FF 48 on Win 7 on my work laptop, so assumed it was some kind of Win 10 issue.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:52

Pic preview doesn't work for my S5 pictures.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2016 10:06

MaliA wrote:

Pic preview doesn't work for my S5 pictures.

Lulz Android

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2016 20:06

Lonewolves wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Pic preview doesn't work for my S5 pictures.

Lulz Android

What is Pic Preview?

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2016 20:11

Grim... wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Pic preview doesn't work for my S5 pictures.

Lulz Android

What is Pic Preview?

The embedded pic which lets you preview it before looking at it in a new tab.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2016 20:14

You mean like an attachment? What's it not doing?

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2016 20:15

Grim... wrote:

You mean like an attachment? What's it not doing?

Showing my picture. It was just all black

viewtopic.php?style=19&p=919875#p919875

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Grim.., are you on holiday? If so, be on holiday.

Go eat ice dream and look at stuff.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

A couple of times since using the new forum style for mobile, I've posted something and later noticed that it isn't there.

As it happens I was about to delete post as decided I couldn't be bothered, so don't recover it if it's hidin in the background somewhere, but just thought it might be worth knowing.

Personally I hope I'm caught in some quality control filter

myp · **Posted:** Fri Sep 02, 2016 19:18

Mimi wrote:

Personally I hope I'm caught in some quality control filter

How did this one get through then?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

HAHAHAHAVHAHA " JUST SO FUNNY! Harrrr

myp · **Posted:** Fri Sep 02, 2016 23:17

Mimi wrote:

HAHAHAHAVHAHA " JUST SO FUNNY! Harrrr

This one got through correctly.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Hi Grim...

Sorry to keep being a pest, but is there a way for me to make me always go to the new mobile theme by default. I like (most of) it, but I keep losing my bookmark and the old one loads up instead when I type the address into the address bar.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:47

Can't add photos from my phone since the iOS 10 upgrade. I get the message "Image file type mismatch: expected extension jpg but extension png given."

myp · **Posted:** Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:50

Lonewolves wrote:

Can't add photos from my phone since the iOS 10 upgrade. I get the message "Image file type mismatch: expected extension jpg but extension png given."

Hmmm it seems to work with unedited photos. Apple have done something weird to photos once you crop them.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Testing cropped pic

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Screenshots are PNGs. Was your first attempt a screenshot, Myp?

myp · **Posted:** Fri Sep 16, 2016 9:00

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Screenshots are PNGs. Was your first attempt a screenshot, Myp?

Yes, but the uncropped version adds to the page fine.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Sep 16, 2016 9:03

I just cropped that photo and tried adding again and it won't let me. Same error.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Sep 16, 2016 9:25

Apple are calling the file "x.jpg" but it's actually a png, I guess.

That's odd.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Lonewolves wrote:

I just cropped that photo and tried adding again and it won't let me. Same error.

I did exactly that and it worked

myp · **Posted:** Fri Sep 16, 2016 10:26

Cras wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

I just cropped that photo and tried adding again and it won't let me. Same error.

I did exactly that and it worked

Whyyyyy

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Fri Sep 16, 2016 10:44

Lonewolves wrote:

Cras wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

I just cropped that photo and tried adding again and it won't let me. Same error.

I did exactly that and it worked

Whyyyyy

Apple hate you.

Android loves you deeply.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Oct 13, 2016 0:00

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Oct 13, 2016 0:13

If anyone else wants their live Twitch streams "announced" by the forum, just put your Twitch ID into your profile here: ucp.php?i=164

The banner doesn't appear on the mobile forum at the moment - if people don't hate it, I'll add it to that theme in the future.

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