🔃 Rotate & Flip
Rotate and flip images. All processing happens in your browser.
Drop an image here, or click to browse
Supports PNG, JPEG, WEBP, GIF, BMP
Image Rotate & Flip — FAQ
What is the difference between rotating 90° clockwise and counterclockwise?
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Rotating 90° clockwise turns the image so the right edge becomes the bottom. Rotating 90° counterclockwise (or 270° clockwise) turns the image so the left edge becomes the bottom. A 180° rotation flips the image upside down. These are the most common corrections for photos taken in portrait or landscape orientation.
What is the difference between flipping horizontally and vertically?
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Flipping horizontally (left-right mirror) creates a mirror image where the left and right sides are swapped — useful for correcting selfie camera mirroring or creating symmetrical designs. Flipping vertically (top-bottom mirror) turns the image upside down as if reflected in water.
Does rotating an image reduce its quality?
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Rotating by exact 90°, 180°, or 270° increments does not degrade quality for lossless formats (PNG). For JPEG, re-encoding after rotation introduces minor quality loss because the image is re-compressed. For critical use cases, use lossless JPEG rotation tools that operate on the encoded data without re-encoding.
Is my image uploaded to a server when I rotate it?
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No. All rotation and flipping is done entirely in your browser using the HTML5 Canvas API. Your images are processed locally on your device and never transmitted over the internet.
Why do photos sometimes open rotated incorrectly?
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Digital cameras and smartphones embed orientation metadata (EXIF data) in JPEG files to indicate the rotation without actually rotating the pixel data. Some software reads this metadata and displays the image correctly; others ignore it and show the raw unrotated pixels. Using this tool to physically rotate and re-save the image bakes the correct orientation into the pixel data.