Re: flphoto program to deb?

["Sridhar M.A." <mas@uomphysics.net>]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 12:10:52AM +0200, Jens Gecius wrote:
   > Joan Tur <jtur@wanadoo.es> writes:
   > 
   > > At http://www.easysw.com/~mike/flphoto/ you can find a program called flphoto; 
   > > it's similar to gtkam but adds a functionality I haven't found in any other 
   > > linux program: it rotates the selected photos 90 or 270º (loseless).
   > >
   > > In my oppinion it would be a good idea to create a .deb for easy (newbie) 
   > > installation of this package.
   > 
I have unofficial deb of flphoto. I lost the address. But you can try
apt-get.org or google for the same. 
   
   > 
   > There's gthumb, which has lossless rotation build in. It's a deb, too.
   > 
Just tried it. Does the rotating part fine, but theresulting image has
lost the important exif data, which _I_ feel is necessary for a digicam
shot.

Here are the relevant sections:

Before rotation:

File: 59.jpg
  <snipped>
  Manufacturer Fields -------------------------------
                  Macro Mode: No Macro
                  Flash Mode: On + Red-Eye Reduction
                  Drive Mode: Normal
                  Focus Mode: Single Focus
                  Image Size: Large
                    Contrast: Normal
                  Saturation: Normal
                   Sharpness: Normal
                   ISO Speed: auto
               Metering Mode: Evaluative
               Exposure Mode: Preprogrammed
          Preprogrammed Mode: Full Auto
                Focal Length: 5.40625-16.2188mm
               Flash Details: Internal
               White Balance: Auto
         Flash Exposure Bias: 0 EV
                Image Number: 100-0059
                  Image Type: IMG:PowerShot A70 JPEG
            Firmware Version: Firmware Version 1.00
                  Owner Name: 


After rotation:

File: 59.jpg
  <snipped because indetical>  
  Manufacturer Fields -------------------------------
                  Macro Mode: No Macro
                  Self Timer: 2e+03
                  Drive Mode: Continuous
                  Focus Mode: Continuous
                    Contrast: Normal
                  Saturation: Normal
                   Sharpness: Normal
               Exposure Mode: Preprogrammed
          Preprogrammed Mode: Full Auto
         Flash Exposure Bias: 0 EV
                Image Number: 100-0059
                  Image Type: 
            Firmware Version: 
                  Owner Name: 


BTW, I have not yet tried flphoto's rotation. Will come back after some
more experiments :-)

Regards,

-- 
Sridhar M.A.

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