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Automatic rotate/orientation now broken?

It appears to me (on two computers) that installing the recent Apple Camera Raw 2.3 (or another recent Apple update) has caused Aperture to no longer properly perform the automatic rotation of portrait oriented photos. Is anyone else having this experience?

For both my Nikon D700 and D300, when importing portrait oriented photos they are no longer being automatically rotated. Additionally, the imported image metadata is being set correctly and manually rotating a portrait photo (that is appearing sideways, i.e., landscape, but with metadata saying "portrait") changes the orientation but also changes the metadata to say "landscape".

This appears to be the case only when importing directly from the memory card (via a card reader). If I copy the photos to the hard drive first and then import them, it seems to work fine.

Is anyone else experiencing this bug? Can you pinpoint it to the recent Camera Raw 2.3 update? Is Apple aware of the issue?

Mac Pro/MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.5), Aperture 2.1.2/Camera Raw 2.3

Posted on Nov 6, 2008 2:00 PM

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eric5312

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Nov 9, 2008 6:00 PM in response to F Harvell

Same story here. D300 set to Tall Rotate. Just added Raw 2.3 to the MacPro an now the the images aren't being auto-rotated. Shoot tethered on a MacBook that I haven't upgraded to Raw 2.3 and rotation was fine.

ArAgost

Level 1

19 points

Nov 10, 2008 1:43 AM in response to F Harvell

Same here, Nikon D70. Just came back from Barcelona with some 100's of photos... d'oh!
At least the workaround is pretty simple.

bwickens

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Nov 10, 2008 9:40 PM in response to F Harvell

Yes, this seems to be a problem in Aperture introduced with the 2.3 RAW update. None of my D300 portrait shots are properly auto rotated on import. I use Delkin eFilm ExpressCard in my MacBook Pro to mount my CF and import the images directly from that. Definitely a glitch in the new RAW update.

Pistol

Level 1

70 points

Nov 11, 2008 11:30 AM in response to F Harvell

Had the same phenomenon with Sony A700 over the weekend. Auto rotate had been working for months (always from card reader, direct to Aperture), then along came RAW 2.3 (btw, I had issues with 2.2 as well) and no workie.

Just "downgraded" back to RAW 2.1 and works fine.

Link to RAW 2.1 :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/digitalcamerarawcompatibilityupdate21.htm l

Link to RAW 2.2:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/digitalcamerarawcompatibilityupdate22.htm l

Once you download the above file of your choice, delete this following file from you HD:
System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle

Now you can install 2.1 or 2.2 as needed to retrograde.

Hope this helps

Kent

eskil

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Nov 11, 2008 6:29 PM in response to F Harvell

I have the same problem with images from my Pentax K20D.

Apple has broken auto-rotation in the latest update.

Eskil...
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Nov 13, 2008 11:04 AM in response to eskil

I have the problem at home were the Camera Raw 2.3 update is loaded, but not at work were it is not loaded.

Nov 15, 2008 5:04 PM in response to F Harvell

Clearly Raw 2.3 is broken. Does anyone know how to uninstall and revert to a previous version?

Nov 15, 2008 5:46 PM in response to F Harvell

Raw 2.3 auto-orientation with Nikon NEF files is clearly broken with Aperture 2.1.2; but not necessarily Mac OS 10.5.5.

The proof is fairly conclusive:

1. Orientation is correct for Adobe RAW (Opens fine in Photoshop CS3)
2. Orientation is correct for Capture NX (Opens fine in capture NX)
3. Orientation is fine when Viewing thumbnails in Finder
4. Orientation is fine when opening NEF file in Photomatix
5. Orientation is wrong when opening NEF file in Aperture. Metadata incorrectly reports orientation as landscape.

Nov 15, 2008 6:40 PM in response to Craig Statchuk

Proof is not complete: try iPhoto and Preview

Nov 15, 2008 7:45 PM in response to CalxOddity

I said: Raw 2.3 is broken with NEF AND Aperture (it is).

I said: Thumbnails work (therefore NEF and OS X is NOT broken). It follows that preview and QuickView work (they do).

I just checked iPhoto: It works with JPG. Orientation FAILS with NEF files. Did you actually check or did you just assume it works?

The important thing: Apple must fix this serious problem now.

Nov 15, 2008 7:50 PM in response to rayludtoo

Good question.

Once imported, the metadata for 'incorrect' NEF master files say the image is landscape when it should be portrait. It likely that the fix will only affect new files as they are imported. If so, the current 'incorrect' masters will continue to be marked as landscape and will require explicit rotation.

Pistol

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Nov 16, 2008 5:33 AM in response to Craig Statchuk

Hey Craig,

Scroll back up into this post, I posted on Nov 11th how to "retrograde" back to either RAW 2.1 or 2.2.

Nov 16, 2008 8:35 AM in response to Pistol

Yes thanks. We also solved the prob in thread http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1791189&tstart=0

Remove RC 2.3, reinstall RC 2.2 and all will be fine.

Thanks to everyone who helped. Apple: Please fix.

e2photo

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Nov 16, 2008 3:48 PM in response to Craig Statchuk

The bug is a pain for sure, but if you select the mal-rotated images together, one click on the rotation button and it is done. Or perhaps a couple of times.

It should not have been broken. Makes up nervous about upgrading in the future..what else will break!

Steven

Nov 16, 2008 4:00 PM in response to F Harvell

Me too. Guess I can quit trouble-shooting ...

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