Image Rotate/Flip

Rotate or flip your images horizontally/vertically

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Supported formats: JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP

Notice

  • All processing happens in your browser - images are not uploaded to any server.
  • Original images are not modified.
  • You can combine rotation and flip operations.

Use Cases

Fix Photo Orientation

Correct wrong landscape/portrait orientation

Mirror Selfies

Convert mirror-image selfies to natural view

Align Scanned Documents

Fix tilted or rotated scanned images

Social Media Prep

Set correct image orientation for platforms

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I set the rotation angle freely?

The current tool supports rotation in 90° and 180° increments. You can combine the Left 90°, Right 90°, and 180° buttons to rotate the image in any direction. For example, pressing Right 90° three times gives the same result as rotating Left 270°.

What is the difference between horizontal and vertical flip?

Horizontal flip (left-right flip) mirrors the image so that elements originally on the left move to the right. Vertical flip (top-bottom flip) flips the image upside down, swapping the sky and ground. Applying both at the same time produces a result similar to a 180° rotation.

Is the original image quality maintained after rotation?

Yes. This tool uses the browser's Canvas API to process images, minimizing quality loss during rotation and flipping. The result is saved in PNG format with lossless compression. However, converting a JPEG original to PNG may slightly increase the file size.

What is EXIF orientation data?

EXIF is metadata automatically embedded in photos taken with smartphones or digital cameras. It includes the camera orientation at the time of shooting, so some viewers automatically display photos in the correct orientation. However, platforms that do not support EXIF may show photos in the wrong direction — in that case, directly rotating and saving with this tool resolves the issue.

How to Use the Image Rotation Tool

Image rotation is one of the most basic yet frequently needed tasks in digital content creation. When taking a photo, holding the camera horizontally or vertically changes the image orientation, and correcting it to the desired direction is the core purpose of image rotation. Displaying images in the correct orientation is essential when using them in blogs, social media, presentations, and other media.

Fixing Smartphone Photo Orientation Errors

Photos taken on a smartphone often appear in the wrong orientation on computers or the web. This happens because smartphones store orientation data in EXIF metadata, but some software fails to read it correctly. Using this tool, you can rotate and save the image itself in the desired orientation so it displays correctly in any environment.

The Relationship Between EXIF Data and Image Orientation

Digital cameras and smartphones use gravity sensors to detect the camera orientation at the time of shooting and store this information as an EXIF tag in the photo file. Major software like iOS, Android, and Windows Photos reads this data and automatically displays the image in the correct orientation. However, web browsers and some editing tools ignore EXIF and display the raw image data as-is. In these cases, directly rotating and saving the image completely resolves the orientation problem.

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