Image Flip & Rotate

There are two ways to rotate a photo, and they behave very differently. Many phone and camera apps only set an EXIF orientation flag, leaving the pixels untouched — which works until the image reaches software that ignores that flag, at which point it appears sideways again. This tool rewrites the actual pixel data, so the result displays identically everywhere, including in older editors, email clients and print workflows. The trade-off is that the file is re-encoded, so for JPGs it is worth doing all your edits in one pass rather than saving repeatedly.

The canvas origin is moved to the centre, rotated by the chosen angle and scaled by −1 on either axis to mirror, then the image is drawn back centred. For 90 and 270 degree rotations the output canvas swaps width and height first.

Rotation is limited to 90-degree steps; arbitrary angles would need to either crop the corners or pad the canvas, which is a different operation. Re-encoding a JPG loses a little quality each time it is saved, so avoid repeated round trips on the same file. Any EXIF metadata in the original, including camera details and GPS, is not carried into the output.

A 4000 × 3000 landscape photo rotated 90 degrees clockwise becomes a 3000 × 4000 portrait, with what was the top-left corner now appearing at the top right.

1. Choose your image.
2. Pick a rotation, and tick either mirror option if you need it.
3. Choose an output format.
4. Download the transformed image.

• Expecting an arbitrary angle — only 90-degree steps are supported.
• Re-saving the same JPG repeatedly, which compounds compression loss.
• Confusing mirroring with rotation; a mirrored image is not a rotated one.
• Assuming EXIF metadata survives the transformation.

This tool rotates an image in 90-degree steps and mirrors it horizontally or vertically. The transformations are baked into the pixels and the canvas is resized correctly, so a 90-degree turn converts a landscape photo into a true portrait rather than cropping it.

Anyone fixing a sideways photo, preparing images for print, or mirroring a picture for a design.

• Rewrites the pixels rather than setting an EXIF flag, so it looks right everywhere.
• Rotation and mirroring can be combined in one pass.
• Resizes the canvas correctly for 90 and 270 degree turns.
• No upload, so private photos stay on your device.

• Fixing a photo that imported sideways.
• Mirroring a selfie so text in it reads correctly.
• Turning a scanned page the right way up.
• Flipping an image to face the other way in a layout.