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Rotate an image using a drag and drop AppleScript
Authored by: robogobo on Dec 18, '07 05:04:13PM

Automator also has a useful finder item that opens a dialog for 180 degrees, or 90 Left/Right, and (not really) preview. This can be placed in the Automator contextual menu. I use it all the time.

On a side note, can anyone briefly explain why some apps respect this kind of rotate while others don't? I'm sure it has something to do with tags vs byte order, but how can you tell?



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Rotate an image using a drag and drop AppleScript
Authored by: DeltaTee on Dec 18, '07 05:25:13PM

I assume that Automator doesn't change the image data, but rather just changes the tag which describes the rotation that should be performed. Some applications use this tag and some don't.



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Rotate an image using a drag and drop AppleScript
Authored by: robogobo on Dec 19, '07 01:03:50PM

In 10.4 it did just change the tag, but I think in 10.5 it actually changes the byte order. I'm not sure because I don't know how to which one a particular app is looking at. That's the confusion. I think the real test happens when I upload to a server in order to post an image on a php board, but even then I'm not sure if the tag is respected or not.



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