Image Flip and Rotate
Flip images horizontally or vertically to create mirror effects, or rotate by 90°, 180°, 270°, or any custom angle. Fix photos that were taken sideways or upside down, create symmetrical compositions, or mirror text for printing on transfer paper. All transformations are applied instantly in your browser — no files are uploaded to any server.
How to Use Image Flip and Rotate
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Upload your image
Click the upload area or drag and drop a JPG, PNG, or WebP image. The image is shown immediately in the preview.
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Flip or rotate
Click the flip buttons to mirror horizontally or vertically. Click 90° left or right to rotate in quarter turns. Use the custom angle slider for any specific rotation angle.
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Preview the result
The transformed image is shown immediately in real time. Apply multiple transformations in sequence — flip then rotate, or rotate multiple times.
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Download
Download the final image. The output dimensions may change after rotation if the image is not square — width and height swap for 90° and 270° rotations.
When to Use This Tool
Quick Reference
About Image Flip and Rotate
The Image Flipper & Rotator lets you mirror and rotate any image in one step — flip horizontally to create a mirror image, flip vertically to turn it upside down, or rotate to any angle from 1° to 359°. These are some of the most frequently needed non-destructive image adjustments, and this tool handles them entirely in your browser with no software required.
Flipping and rotating images is needed for:
- Correcting portrait photos that uploaded with the wrong orientation (sideways or upside down)
- Mirroring selfie photos that look reversed compared to what you see in a mirror
- Creating symmetrical designs by flipping one half to produce the other
- Fixing scanned documents that were placed upside down on the scanner
- Rotating product photos to show different angles or correct camera tilt
Rotation is performed using canvas affine transformation — the image is drawn onto a rotated canvas context using ctx.rotate(angle) and ctx.translate() to keep the center of the image fixed. For 90° and 270° rotations, the canvas dimensions are swapped (width becomes height). For arbitrary angles, the canvas is expanded to prevent corners from being clipped. Horizontal flip uses ctx.scale(-1, 1) before drawing, and vertical flip uses ctx.scale(1, -1) — both are single-pass operations that complete instantly.
Input formats: JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP, GIF. Flip options: horizontal (mirror), vertical (upside down). Rotation: 90° left, 90° right, 180°, or enter any custom angle. Background fill: for non-90° rotations, uncovered corners fill with white (JPG) or transparent (PNG). Output: JPG or PNG at the original resolution.
All operations run in your browser — no uploads, no server processing, no storage. The transformed image is generated locally and downloaded instantly. After rotating or flipping, you may want to use the Image Cropper to trim any white corner areas created by non-90° rotations.
Pro Tips for Image Flip and Rotate
JPEG photos taken with a phone are often stored with an EXIF orientation tag rather than physically rotating — if a photo looks correct on your phone but sideways online, use 90° rotation to match the EXIF orientation in the pixel data.
For exact 90° and 270° rotations, always choose PNG output — these are mathematically lossless for PNG and avoid JPEG re-compression quality loss.
When creating mirror-image compositions, flip the original, then combine the original and flipped versions side-by-side using the Photo Collage Maker.
For rotating scanned documents, use the straighten option if available — even a 1–2° rotation can make text significantly easier to read on a crooked scan.
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