I’m currently cleaning up a massive library and I’ve run into a tedious issue. I have hundreds of photos that are either rotated 90 degrees or flipped (wrong orientation), I’m trying to isolate a specific set of images in my library where the Exif Orientation tag is set to anything other than "Normal" (e.g., flipped horizontally, rotated 180, etc.). i have already used the advanced search option and tried to search using the exif orientation ( selected all except " normal" ) but the results are not correct. I know digiKam can Auto-rotate/flip using Exif information, but before I apply any batch fixes, I want to search and review them first. Advanced Search: Is there a field in the digiKam Advanced Search Tool that lets you filter by the numeric Exif orientation value (like 2-8)? Flipped Images: My main concern is images that are mirrored/flipped. Is there a way to filter for those specific tags specifically?
This search criterion already exists; look in the Photo Information section under Exif alignment. Maik
(In reply to Maik Qualmann from comment #1) > This search criterion already exists; look in the Photo Information section > under Exif alignment. > > Maik Yes i have tried this feature , but it does not show the flipped or wrongly orientated pictures that i have in the database.
I cannot detect any faulty alignment search in a short test. Maik
The SQL debug output is definitely correct. Perhaps the orientations flag wasn't correctly captured during the initial scan for some reason. I would re-read all the metadata from the images. Maik
(In reply to Maik Qualmann from comment #4) > The SQL debug output is definitely correct. Perhaps the orientations flag > wasn't correctly captured during the initial scan for some reason. I would > re-read all the metadata from the images. > > Maik Please can you advise the exact steps to search and filter all the photos which have images with correct Exif orientation tags ( top left ) but are just physically sideways on disk , since when i try to manually search and do auto rotate using exif , its being rotated , although i am not able to search and filter these images using the advanced search option