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Thread ID: 48459 2004-08-23 21:31:00 Rotation of a number of pictures together Mike S (1766) Press F1
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264746 2004-08-23 21:31:00 I was flicking through an old copy of PC World (as one does) and came across a little gem, or so I thought. Dave Johnson , writing in the Dec/Jan edition last, says that in XP you can select a whole load of images and rotate them en masse; that option is said to appear if one right clicks one of the selected images. Well I have XP Home and that option doesn't appear.

Is this yet another cool item left out of Home edition? Does anybody know a way of doing the mass rotation job anyway please?

Needless to say, I don't have the XP program disc as I bought the machine from PB Technology with XP already loaded.

Mike S
Mike S (1766)
264747 2004-08-23 21:42:00 You should be able to rotate a pic in BOTH pro and Home. Just click on the pic (in My Computer). XP will preview it. Then use the ^ ^ which look like islands to rotate. Not to sure if you can rotate more than 1 pic at a time.

Havent tried that trick yet
Spacemannz (808)
264748 2004-08-23 21:43:00 Not too sure as it is an option with my XP Pro which I have here, altho I dont know if I have always had this or if it was one of the "power toys" for xp, you could have a look there.
Or tell us whar graphics handling programs you have already.
Rob99 (151)
264749 2004-08-23 22:05:00 I use JASC Paint Shop Pro 8; I believe, rightly or wrongly, that I can only 'treat' one pic at a time in that platform??

Mike S
Mike S (1766)
264750 2004-08-23 22:21:00 Here (www.jasc.com) is where you will find instructions for Paint Shop Pro.
Just had a look at the Quick referience guide ad you will have to create a script to work with multiple images.
Sorry I cant be of more help as I dont use that program. But the instructions from the above website look very good and easy to follow.
Rob99 (151)
264751 2004-08-23 23:47:00 Thank you. Sounds good. I'll have a look at that.

It would be nice to do it in the XP environment. I've been meaning to play with Power Toys. I might have a play to see if it's an included item, though Dave Johnson referred to it as a standard part of XP - though WHICH Win XP is the question, as always!?

Mike S
Mike S (1766)
264752 2004-08-24 00:45:00 Irfanview has various rotaion options in File (menu) > Batch Conversion/Rename > Set Advanced Options.

Depending on the number and size of the images, you may need a bit of ram istalled to carry out the task at any speed above a crawl. 1 at a time is enough for me in PS Elements.

Cheers Murray P
Murray P (44)
264753 2004-08-24 01:18:00 Yes you can roate images on XP home or Pro - have tried this myself. Just make sure that you click View menu, then Thumbnails. Use your mouse to select images, right click & Rotate wherever. Only works for gifs, jpgs, maybe some others, but not tifs. xtraka (1984)
264754 2004-08-24 03:21:00 Your comments don't sem to apply to my version of XP Home. When I select a group of images and right-click on one, the menu oprions do not include rotate. What I get is: -

[b]Open[b/]
Open With >
Refresh Thumbnail
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Scan Virus
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Send To >
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Cut
Copy
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Create Shortcut
Delete
Rename
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Properties

I can send you a screen shot of you wish (and can advise a destination).

Mike S
Mike S (1766)
264755 2004-08-24 03:26:00 do u have thumbnail view enabled? metla (154)
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