Author Topic: Sideways Box Art When I Upload  (Read 1581 times)

Sideways Box Art When I Upload
« on: September 24, 2019, 11:07:16 pm »
I recently created a new entry for the Ice Wand Cover Rerelease of American McGee's Alice.
The photos I uploaded were right side up, but when I uploaded them they display sideways.
Here is the link to the item: https://vgcollect.com/item/167508
Does anyone know how to fix this?

tripredacus

Re: Sideways Box Art When I Upload
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2019, 09:26:11 am »
Disable orientation tag in your photo editor.

The photos are "sideways" on your camera, but are changing how they appear on your screen due to EXIF data. The site uses the picture data only and ignores any EXIF data.
https://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/TagNames/EXIF.html

EDIT: also put in the item number for this one. You can find the item number at the end of the copyright text on the bottom of the box.
« Last Edit: September 25, 2019, 09:41:10 am by tripredacus »

tripredacus

Re: Sideways Box Art When I Upload
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2019, 09:54:08 am »
For reference, there appears to be four (typical) releases of this game, which will not count the EA budget lines.

Big box: https://vgcollect.com/item/3647
This one has the regular cover.

There are three "icewand" cover releases, of which one is: https://vgcollect.com/item/167508

For reference...

"Icewand" Big Box (images on mobygames)
- item number: 1414521
- UPC: 014633141450
- "See Package back for ESRB content descriptors" label on front cover
- alice.ea.com on back cover

"Icewand" small box
- item number: 1449501
- UPC: 014633144956
- "Mature Content for Ages 17 and Up" label on front cover
- alice.ea.com on back cover

"Icewand" small box (PC CD-ROM)
- item number: 1449501
- UPC: 014633144956
- "Mature Content for Ages 17 and Up" label on front cover
- "PC CD-ROM Software" label (or logo) on front cover
- alice.ea.com on back cover
« Last Edit: September 27, 2019, 09:58:19 am by tripredacus »

Re: Sideways Box Art When I Upload
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2019, 09:44:02 pm »
Thank you for your help. I edited the entry with the new cover photos, item number, and developer name.
I didn't get any notification that my changes were saved or would be reviewed by an admin like last time,
and the changes did not take immediate effect. Hopefully it still worked, and the edits will be applied.

tripredacus

Re: Sideways Box Art When I Upload
« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2019, 09:45:19 am »
Not sure what happened. There is no edits made and none had showed up in the queue. Try to do it again.

Note that you need to actually hit the Submit button. If you used the Back button on your browser and went forward, it won't send the info to the site as an edit.

Re: Sideways Box Art When I Upload
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2019, 11:04:31 pm »
I tried it again with no luck. I definitely hit the submit button.
I've attached the images below if you are able to upload them from your end.
Also, the item number is 1449501, and the developer is Rogue Entertainment.




I appreciate it if you're able to get it to work.

tripredacus

Re: Sideways Box Art When I Upload
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2019, 09:57:30 am »

Re: Sideways Box Art When I Upload
« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2019, 12:49:55 pm »
Awesome! Thank you so much.