This is the first time I've seen this. Normally I just drag an image that I need to match into the viewport for background reference.
This one image comes in upside down while others display correctly.
I searched around for solutions and nothing came up.
Anyone else experience this before?
What image format is that image in?
Maybe EXIF orientation data embedded in the image (originally generated by the camera) tells Windows which side is "up", but 3ds Max does not respect this meta data?
If so you could open it in an image editor that loads in in the correct orientation and then save again, this time without EXIF data.
Here is a useful explanation: https://www.dynamsoft.com/codepool/handle-image-orientation-exif.html
@Casey_H_ wrote:
Very interesting @MartinBeh, thank you.
It's a JPG from a Galaxy S24 Ultra, with EXIF version 0220. I had no idea exif held data like that. Seems like it could be referenced for some special processing or display system, but it's probably only useful for handheld display devices that can be rotated from landscape to portrait. I wonder when orientation meta-data would come in handy beyond that. 🤔
Not sure I understand. Basically every photo camera can be used in portrait or landscape orientation, so this EXIF information is very useful to avoid having to manually rotate all the portrait pictures.
I wonder whether 3ds Max should be improved to actually use this part of EXIF information...
What file format are you using? JPG?
