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Rotating Images Losslessly Removes ALL EXIF / Meta Data From Image. #243
Description
Distribution
Mint 22.3
Package version
3.4.10
Frequency
Always
Bug description
Rotating Images Losslessly Removes ALL EXIF / Meta Data From Image. This happens instantly the second the button is pressed at the top. This is extremely unwanted behavior and obviously quite a big problem.
Steps to reproduce
Take any jpg image file and rotate it with the top buttons. The EXIF / Meta Data is gone instantly.
Expected behavior
Lossless rotate without losing all the exif data from the image
Additional information
I really hope this can be fixed soon. It renders a superb piece of software absolutely obsolete for my use case.
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serge343 commentedon Apr 4, 2026
Duplicate of #244
LGPO.zip
MrLewGin commentedon Apr 4, 2026
No it isn't? That's a completely different issue.
darkowlzz commentedon Apr 8, 2026
On Linux Mint Cinnamon 22.3 and pix 3.4.10, I haven't been able to reproduce this with JPEG images from my phone. After rotating, I can still see all metadata, things like the camera model, ISO speed, Aperture, Exposure Time, etc. Even if I close the image in a different orientation and reopen pix, the data is still present.
Makes me wonder if there's something in the image file that's causing this.
Kwakers01 commentedon Apr 18, 2026
I have exactly the same issue with multiple jpg images tested.
Linux mint 22.3 on XFCE
Kernel 6.8.0-100
Pix 3.4.10
Does Pix utilise exiftool?
Is it to do with the version of exiftool?
$ exiftool -ver
12.76
https://exiftool.org/ver.txt
13.57
Is there a log file somewhere that can be enable to see what is happening?
I will try and upgrade exiftool later when I have time.