Re: [whatwg] canvas drawImage and EXIF orientation metadata

On Wed, 16 Apr 2014, Boris Zbarsky wrote:
>
> Right now canvas drawImage ignores EXIF orientation metadata.
> 
> Could we add a version that doesn't do that?  Especially with CSS 
> growing things like the image-orientation property, it would be good to 
> support drawing the image in its correct orientation.

On Wed, 16 Apr 2014, Justin Novosad wrote:
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> But why a new version of drawImage? Couldn't we just modify the existing 
> drawImage definition to state that it takes into account the 
> image-orientation property on the source image?  The default value for 
> image-orientation is 0deg, which corresponds to the current drawImage 
> behavior. So I think we can make that change to the drawImage spec 
> without breaking stuff, as long as we make the change while 
> image-orientation is still an experimental feature.

On Wed, 16 Apr 2014, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> 
> Why is image-orientation in CSS for <img>? For background-image that 
> makes sense, but if you are actually affecting the semantics of the 
> image that is displayed, it seems like it should be in HTML or a hint in 
> the image format.

On Wed, 16 Apr 2014, Justin Novosad wrote:
> 
> Yes, that makes a lot of sense IMHO. I just posted feedback to www-style

The feedback seemed positive:

   http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/thread.html#msg179

This proposal seems pretty reasonable. I'm tracking this in:
   https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=25508


On Wed, 16 Apr 2014, Justin Novosad wrote:
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> Another use case to think about is: XHR->Blob->ImageBitmap->Canvas(2D or 
> WebGL) With that data flow, there is no opportunity to use a CSS 
> property to tweak image orientation.

> There is this idea though: http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/ImageBitmap_Options

Tracking this in: https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=25507

If other vendors want to do this, please comment on the bug (or here).


Here is a summary of related bugs:

Regarding EXIF:

   https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23510
   Allow EXIF data to be passed to toBlob()

   This is pending implementation interest from browsers outside Mozilla, 
   and someone coming up with a way to map EXIF to JSON in a well-defined 
   way.


   https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23511
   Expose EXIF data of images in <img> elements

   This is pending implementation interest and would also benefit from a 
   way to map EXIF to an API in a well-defined way.


   https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=25507
   Have createImageBitmap() take options, e.g. to honour EXIF orientation

   This is pending implementation interest outside Chrome.


   https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=25508
   Have an attribute that honours EXIF orientation

   This seems to have implementation interest from everyone, and I'll 
   hopefully be adding it soon. Need a good name; if you have a 
   suggestion, add it to the bug.


Regarding drawImage():

   https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17427
   drawImage() should accept SVGImageElement (<svg:image>)

   This is blocked on the SVG spec being updated to define image loading 
   in a suitable level of detail. It could also do with interest from 
   browser vendors other than Mozilla.


Regarding ImageBitmap:

   https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21346
   Have ImageBitmap expose height and width attributes

   This is pending implementation interest outside Chrome.


Regarding <img>:

   https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17842
   Feature to make <img> elements not load their images until needed

   This is something I plan to deal with at the same time as <script> 
   preloading, <object> preloading, et al. Right now I'm waiting to see if 
   public-web-perf (the W3C WG) is going to move on this topic. No ETA.


   https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=24711
   https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=24958
   Refactor the image loading model; When exactly should "update the image 
   data" run?

   The current <img> loading model doesn't match browsers well enough and 
   I need to work on that. If you have thoughts on how image loading 
   should work, please comment on bug 24711 soon.

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