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Auto-rotation of digital camera images
An increasing number of digital cameras and phone cameras (including all iPhone and iPads) no longer
rotate the image in camera to ensure the JPG file appears the correct way up (e.g. when you take a
picture in portrait orientation). Instead they export the JPG file in whichever orientation you take the
picture, and append an orientation flag with the picture.
In our view this is a considerable step backwards, because it means all software now has to detect this
orientation flag and rotate the image so it appears right-side-up, whereas previously, when this rotation
was done in-camera, the JPG files were always correct.
Windows 8 file explorer and photo viewer do correctly re-orientate images, but Windows 7 and earlier
did not. Which meant that pictures taken with iPhones, as an example, often appear the wrong
orientation, often upside-down, when viewed on Windows 7.
This latest V10 release includes this auto-rotation fix so such images are automatically re-orientated
when opened or imported.
Panorama stitching improvements
The built-in panorama stitcher has also been improved.
You no longer need to arrange images left to right prior to panorama creation. It automatically detects
Xara Designer Pro X10 release notes