Can you share this picture for troubleshooting?

Of course, here is the file. It is the original, a HEIC file (the now default file format for photos in iOS).
If I export it from Apple Photos as a JPEG it exports the image with the correct orientation. So the embedded EXIF data get normalized. I hope this file is workable. Thanks for looking into this!

Orientation data in HEIC:
Orientation: Rotate 180

Orientation data in JPEG:
Orientation: Horizontal (normal)

IMG_3925.HEIC.zip

I Have just installed the Immich on Unraid and observing the same issue with some of my photos (mostly selfies).
Please let me know if I can help with troubleshooting.

A simple rotate/crop tool would really help with similar issues.

Hi @alextran1502 did the images I shared give an indication as to why Immich is displaying them with the wrong rotation? Thanks.

@j-peeters Hello; I did look at the orientation info extracted from the photo and I don't see anything abnormal to other images. At the moment, I haven't figured out the cause yet. We might need to look into updating the dependency such as Sharp to see if it help generating the correct orientation

Thanks for the update @alextran1502 hopefully an updated Sharp will fix it. Would love to use this fabulous service. Thanks for your time and effort!

Also experiencing this issue

Hi @alextran1502, I'm eager to start using Immich, so I wonder if you have had time to see if an updated dependency solves the orientation issue? Thanks.

Turns out HEIF exif is a bit weird and rotation is intentionally ignored by vips. I think it isn't actually in the spec for HEIF.

Turns out HEIF exif is a bit weird and rotation is intentionally ignored by vips. I think it isn't actually in the spec for HEIF.

Thanks for the comment @jrasm91. Do you think that you could implement something in Immich that helps show images (and add I understand videos) in the orientation in which they were taken? Because otherwise it's not a great way to view your material if it's shown upside down or sideways. Curious to read what you think.

Yeah I was considering adding something in immich to basically always use the rotation from exif if available.

Yeah I was considering adding something in immich to basically always use the rotation from exif if available.

That's really great. Looking forward to it! Thanks in advance.

From what I understand, rotation is handled as a HEIF transformation, so the EXIF orientation is supposed to just be informational. If you rotate based on the tag, you'll have double rotated the image. I think the issue in this case is that the image has an EXIF tag, but (incorrectly) doesn't have a transformation to rotate it.

I'm having a very similar issue, in the app it seems to recognize the EXIF orientation and it correctly orients the picture. But on the web interface it does not, even when rotated in the app

KDE Gwenview, GIMP displays same picture incorrectly.
Digikam is OK