EXIF orientation info in PNGs isn't used for image-orientation: from-image

Re:EXIF orientation info in PNGs isn't used for image-orient... by Linkd on Friday November 21, 2025 @10:22AM (#46005381)

The amount of time I've spent dealing with this over the years is just incredible.. It's gotten to the point where during ingestion we auto-rotate everything just in case and strip out exif orientation metadata and never have to deal with it again.

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Re:EXIF orientation info in PNGs isn't used for image-orient... by jjcm on Friday November 21, 2025 @03:57PM (#46008912)

This is the correct approach in my opinion. Metadata should not be used to control rotation - there are just too many edge cases for where it can go wrong.

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Re:EXIF orientation info in PNGs isn't used for image-orient... by drittich on Friday November 21, 2025 @05:49PM (#46009973)

Yes, came to the same conclusion - it's a pain, but solves the problem permanently.

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