Simply Customize It 1.0.23: Image Orientation Fix

This update fixes an issue where PNG images imported from files could appear sideways on your reMarkable... even when they looked perfectly fine within Simply Customize It on your Mac, Phone, or iPad.

The Discovery

Some PNG files carry hidden rotation metadata essentially a small flag that tells apps to display this rotated. Most apps read that flag and show the image correctly so visually everything looks fine. Yet when it goes on your reMarkable it's read by it's raw pixel data directly and any rotational metadata is lost... hence why this came up when someone used a template PNG that had been exported from a rotated PDF. It looked correct everywhere except on the reMarkable. By the way Thank you so much for bringing it to my attention.

The Fix

When you import a PNG via the folder/file picker, whether on phone, iPad, or Mac Simply Customize It now checks for this rotation metadata. If it finds any, it normalizes the image automatically, baking the correct orientation into the pixels before saving, and lets you know it did so.

If your images have been displaying correctly nothing changes for you. If you've ever had a sideways template and couldn't figure out why this is likely what was causing it.

Anything Else?

Simply a couple of quiet internal fixes that don't affect anything you'd notice day to day.

As always, thank you for the emails, messages, and quiet hey, something feels off here notes... they genuinely help make the app better.

💕 Kyra