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Posting to the Gallery - wrong way up
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There are four paintings on the front page of the Gallery at the moment which are lying on their side - ie, they're in landscape rather than portrait format, and I have trouble craning my neck so can only get a very general idea of what they look like.
I understand that the problem arises when you try to post an image direct from a camera or Ipad - and I've no idea how to deal with that, because I use a desktop pc. But if possible - use some picture editing software rather than just posting images directly from your device, because this problem is getting worse, and you can't adjust the image on this website once it's uploaded.
I use Picassa, there's also Fast Stone, or one of Windows' own programmes - edit the image, export it to an external folder and then post it - please?
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At least one of the arsy-versy images has been re-posted the right way up, so perhaps the artist installed a photo-editing app..... I'm told a recent competition on FB consisted of an excessive number of wrong-way-around pictures; it seems artistic abilities don't always march in step with technological awareness.
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Holding the device so that it photographs the correct way up works if you don't have an app. I'd never known why some photos came out wrongly oriented (nor did the few people I'd asked about it) until I read Pat's explanation, originally posted to a different topic. Really happy to know this.