[Digikam-users] exif rotation

[Caulier Gilles]

Le Vendredi 07 Avril 2006 05:26 PM, Arnd Baecker a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I have a question concerning the rotation of pictures according
> to their exif information (I am using svn trunk).
> The rotation of the thumbs works fine and also
> when entering the image editor, the rotation is respected.
>
> However, when moving to the next picture in the image editor,
> one gets the message
> "The image 'IMG_5347.JPG' has been modified.
>  Do you want to save it."
>
> This is very annoying if one just wants to look at a sequence
> of images (eg. for rating and tagging).
> Is there a way to avoid this warning?
> (I would prefer if this automatic rotation would be done in the image
> editor, but ignored as a change of the picture).

Yes, this problem exist since we have done a common image editor/showfoto 
implementation. This is not a bug, but a missing feature...

What do you think to add a simple checked box option in image editor/showfoto 
setup to lets unchanged the image after auto-rotating ?

Marcel, Paco, your viewpoint ?

Gilles