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We have some photos with vertical orientation. When we preview on the phone, on Windows, uploaded to OneDrive, the orientation is correct.

However when upload to App using Add picture control, the orientation is wrong.

In MS document (Add picture control in canvas apps - Power Apps | Microsoft Learn) it mentioned there is limitation when uploaded from iOS but I am using Windows and Edge browser to upload.

Could it be fixed or any work around?

I have tried updating the ImageRotation property to "ImageRotation.Rotate90". The preview is rotated 90 degree but not changing the image file itself. We need to save the uploaded image to SharePoint with correct orientation.

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MParikh 313 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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I faced this issue but problem is EXIF Orientation Metadata

EXIF Orientation Metadata: Many images, especially from phones, have an EXIF metadata tag indicating the rotation (portrait or landscape).

Windows and OneDrive read and respect this metadata automatically, so the image appears correctly oriented even if the actual pixels aren’t rotated.

Power Apps’ Add Picture control doesn’t respect EXIF metadata, so the raw image (without rotation correction) is uploaded and displayed.

Key Limitation in Power Apps

Unfortunately, Power Apps doesn’t have built-in support to read or correct EXIF orientation—it just uploads the raw image as-is.

The ImageRotation property in Power Apps only rotates the preview on the canvas; it doesn’t actually change the image file or metadata being saved (like to SharePoint).

Workaround Solutions

1️⃣ Use Power Automate to Fix Orientation After Upload

Once the image is saved to SharePoint (or another data source), use a Power Automate flow with a premium connector (e.g., HTTP/AI Builder) or an Azure Function to:

Read the EXIF orientation tag

Rotate the image pixels accordingly

Save the corrected image back to SharePoint

This is more advanced, but it ensures you have correctly oriented images in SharePoint.

2️⃣ Use a Third-Party API for Image Rotation

Some third-party APIs (like Cloudinary, ImageKit) can handle orientation correction automatically.

Integrate with these services via Power Automate or directly through HTTP calls.

3️⃣ Preprocess Images Before Upload

If users are uploading from a Windows PC, ensure they rotate the image manually in the Photos app before upload—this permanently rotates the pixels, not just metadata.

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WarrenBelz 153,059 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @hongkong,

A customer of mine uploads hundreds of photos monthly using iPads - example below showing two portrait and two landscape, which are filed correctly in SharePoint.

How are your sending the photos to the Flow (Power Apps V2 connector or JSON conversions) ?

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hongkong 277 on at

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Hi @WarrenBelz @MParikh thank you for pointing out the problem.

My user take his pictures using his smartphone. Very unlikely it is an iPhone or iPad. The pictures have a EXIF tag "Orientation: Rotate 90 CW" which is unsupported by Power App add picture control.

My workaround is edit the photos and save as new image files. By doing so the Orientation tag is handled and removed. Then upload again with Power App add picture control.

I've searched for this issue, and it seems this problem has existed since 2021. As Power App is heavily used with camera, I considered it is a critical bug that Microsoft need to fix. =(

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