* Booklet photo not the same as Focus window

[peterbel]

I had a quick look to see if this had been reported before but couldn't see it.

I believe with Booklet's default settings, an individuals photo that is positioned first in their Property window is the one used in a Booklet. And, if that is a 'Link to Face' image, that will be used.
I have just added some new photos to an individual, moved one of them to position one and created a 'Link to Face' frame for them which shows correctly in the Properties and Focus Page. However it doesn't in the booklet even after two Refreshes. The Booklet image is another part of the photo completely!!
Should I report this to CP?

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[tatewise]

Have you closed the Book, used Publish > Books & Booklets... and after selecting Book and View Book... chosen Full Rebuild?

[peterbel]

No I hadn't.
The steps I took were;
Link photos to Individual.
Amend the photo sequence to make one of them first.
Create the 'Link to Face' frame and confirm it is in 'prime' position.
Open the Booklet and choose Full Rebuild.
Paged through and found the problem.

I have subsequently closed FH and re-opened it and then the Booklet with Full Rebuild and the wrong image is still there.

[LornaCraig]

FH7 supports the auto-rotation of images by default. See the section on Photo Orientation in Family Historian 7 in Common Image Problems

However sometimes links to face are misaligned when Auto-rotate images is enabled. Strangley, from your example it looks as if it is working correctly for display in the Focus window but not in books!

Try following the advice in the last paragraph of that section. Does that fix the problem?

[peterbel]

Thanks Lorna, that explains it, sort of.
I had scanned the original and it was incorrectly orientated so I used Photoshop to correct it then move it to my Media>Photos folder. It seems the imbedded data still has the original orientation as turning off auto-rotate in Preferences its goes back to the wrong way, and the Link Frame matches the Booklet !
I will see what I have to do to correct it.

[tatewise]

Peter, it sounds like you have indeed discovered a flaw in Booklets with regard to the Tools > Preferences > General tab Advanced... button Auto-rotate images option.

I wonder if it also affects Reports, which is where Booklets obtain the formatted information.
i.e. If you produce the same Report as is embedded in the Booklet does the same image fault exist?

[peterbel]

I have failed to amend the EXIF data to correct the problem.
I intend to re-scan it in the correct orientation but I will see if it has the same issue in Reports before I do.

[tatewise]

Assuming you intend to report the problem to CP, it would be a good idea to retain the current faulty image in case CP want further details or an example image.

[peterbel]

Yes, I had the same thought

[peterbel]

I had turned off the Auto Rotate setting so turning it back on, placing the troublesome photo at the top of list then creating a Link to Face frame, I found another issue. The Link to Face frame displays as blank in the Focus Window, just a white rectangle. Shutdown FH and then re-opened it and the Frame displayed the correct part and orientation in the Focus Window.
I then created a Decedents by Generation Narrative Report and that image was the same as the Booklet, the wrong part of the photo and incorrectly orientated.

I will let CP know and give them a link to this thread.

[peterbel]

Must be a known issue as CP came back the same day with a suggestion to Open and Save the photo with Irfranview to clear the orientation settings. Worked immediately.

[tatewise]

Yes, that has been a workaround as advised in Common Image Problems for older FH versions, but as the advice there says it should not be necessary for FH v7 if the Tools > Preferences setting is enabled, unless there is a fault in the EXIF information.

I'm not sure which scenario your image falls into.
If you think the EXIF information is correct and FH v7 is at fault then I suggest you pursue it further.

Certainly, if the EXIF information is deleted and the image rotated manually to the desired orientation then the Tools > Preferences setting is irrelevant, but that sidesteps the issue.

[Jane]

Mike, I suspect Peter was supplied with a work around for the problem. So no doubt if it was a newly reported problem it will be dealt with in due course.

[tatewise]

If it is a new problem then the reply usually says something to that effect as well as giving a workaround.
e.g. 'The problem has been passed to the developers.'
That is not clear in this case, which is why I suggested pursuing it further.

[peterbel]

Sorry yes, they did also say 'passing the problem to the developers'.
I did let them have a copy of the 'faulty' photo so they will be able to tell if is FH or the EXIF data.