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Old 08-31-2018, 04:05 PM
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Moderator, It is not a quirk, (there are reasons these things happen.)

If an image uploaded sideways it's because of EXIF data encoded in the picture you took when you took it. You originally snapped the picture upside down or sideways. TOTV takes the image AS SENT based upon this data and doesn't autocorrect it (meaning you probably just had the camera upside down/sideways when you took the pictures or at least the EXIF data thinks so.)

Your picture folder, on whatever device you are using, utilizes software that automatically rotates it. Take a few portrait/landscape pictures, VIEW them and see what I mean. Most VIEWING software does this automatically, The original orientation EXIF data is still a part of the picture. Image EDITING software will show the original image as taken.

It's usually not a big deal, but if you'd like to fix it, just open and re-save the pictures in a photo editor and upload them again.

Most devices have image software EDITING apps/programs that will rewrite the EXIF data of that image.

Last edited by SFSkol; 08-31-2018 at 06:55 PM. Reason: clarity??