Title: Show sample EXIF orientations in C#

This example creates an image that draws the letter F in various ways to demonstrate EXIF orientations. Note that this example doesn't actually use EXIF data. It just draws some Fs to use as a reference for the orientations.

The program's ExifStuff class includes several methods for working with EXIF data. It also dfeines the following method to generate the reference image.

// Make an image to demonstrate EXIF orientations. public static Image OrientationImage(ExifOrientations orientation) { const int size = 64; Bitmap bm = new Bitmap(size, size); using (Graphics gr = Graphics.FromImage(bm)) { gr.Clear(Color.White); gr.TextRenderingHint = TextRenderingHint.AntiAliasGridFit; // Orient the result. switch (orientation) { case ExifOrientations.TopLeft: break; case ExifOrientations.TopRight: gr.ScaleTransform(-1, 1); break; case ExifOrientations.BottomRight: gr.RotateTransform(180); break; case ExifOrientations.BottomLeft: gr.ScaleTransform(1, -1); break; case ExifOrientations.LeftTop: gr.RotateTransform(90); gr.ScaleTransform(-1, 1, MatrixOrder.Append); break; case ExifOrientations.RightTop: gr.RotateTransform(-90); break; case ExifOrientations.RightBottom: gr.RotateTransform(90); gr.ScaleTransform(1, -1, MatrixOrder.Append); break; case ExifOrientations.LeftBottom: gr.RotateTransform(90); break; } // Translate the result to the center of the bitmap. gr.TranslateTransform( size / 2, size / 2, MatrixOrder.Append); using (StringFormat string_format = new StringFormat()) { string_format.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center; string_format.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center; using (Font font = new Font("Times New Roman", 40, GraphicsUnit.Point)) { if (orientation == ExifOrientations.Unknown) { gr.DrawString("?", font, Brushes.Black, 0, 0, string_format); } else { gr.DrawString("F", font, Brushes.Black, 0, 0, string_format); } } } } return bm; }

This method demonstrates some interesting graphics transformations. First it creates a Bitmap and an associated Graphics object. Then depending on the desired orientation, it applies a transformation to the Graphics object to appropriately rotate and flip the drawing that follows.

Next the code applies a translation to center the resulting image in the Bitmap. Finally the method draws the letter F centered at the origin. The transformations rotate and flip the result and then translate it to center it in the Bitmap.

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