Wrongly oriented photos
When an image appears sideways depending on which program opens it, rotating and saving fixes the orientation for good.
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Rotate or flip an image.
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What it is for
Rotating and flipping are two different transformations that often get confused. Rotating turns the image by an angle; flipping mirrors it, horizontally or vertically. The visual result can look similar, but it is not the same.
The most common case is a photo that appears sideways. Cameras store orientation as separate data, and not every program reads it the same way: the same image can look right on a phone and lie on its side on a computer. Genuinely rotating it and saving solves the problem everywhere.
Horizontal flipping has one very practical use: correcting front-camera photos, which many phones save mirrored, making any text read backwards.
How it works
- Upload the image you want to rotate or flip.
- Choose the rotation angle and, if needed, enable horizontal or vertical flip.
- Click "Process" and download the transformed image.
When to use it
Selfies containing text
The front camera mirrors the image. A horizontal flip restores text to reading order.
Scanned documents
A sheet that went into the scanner rotated is straightened without repeating the capture.
Practical tips
- You can apply rotation and flipping in one pass: it rotates first, then flips.
- Rotating 90 or 270 degrees swaps width and height, so the final dimensions differ from the original.
- Flipping is not the same as rotating 180 degrees: flipping produces a mirror image, rotating does not.
- Saving the rotated image removes the EXIF orientation ambiguity, which is why some applications showed it correctly and others did not.
Frequently asked questions
Can I combine rotation and flipping at the same time?
Yes, you can apply both effects in the same pass: rotation happens first, then flipping.
Why does the file size change when rotating 90°?
Rotating 90° or 270° swaps width and height, so the resulting image dimensions differ from the original.