Image Rotator & Flipper
Rotate images by 90, 180, or 270 degrees and flip them horizontally or vertically.
How to use the Image Rotator & Flipper
Step 1 — Choose a rotation
- Pick None, 90°, 180°, or 270°.
- 90° turns the image a quarter-turn clockwise; 270° turns it anticlockwise.
Step 2 — Choose a flip
- Horizontal mirrors left-to-right; vertical mirrors top-to-bottom.
- Leave on None if you only want to rotate.
Step 3 — Upload and process
- Drag your image in or browse to it.
- Press Process to apply the rotation and flip on the server.
Step 4 — Download
- The before/after preview shows the change.
- Download the result; files are deleted within an hour.
Frequently asked questions
Rotating by 90, 180, or 270 degrees is lossless — the pixels are simply rearranged, so there is no quality loss.
Rotating turns the image around its centre. Flipping mirrors it — horizontal flip swaps left and right, vertical flip swaps top and bottom.
Yes. Choose a rotation and a flip together and both are applied when you process.
Phone photos store an orientation tag that some software ignores, showing them rotated. Rotating here bakes the correct orientation into the file itself.
No. They are processed securely and deleted within an hour.
About the Image Rotator and Flipper
This tool rotates an image in fixed quarter-turns and mirrors it horizontally or vertically. It is the quick fix for photos that come out sideways or upside down, and for creating mirrored versions of an image.
Rotating without losing quality
Rotating by 90, 180, or 270 degrees is a lossless operation: the pixels are rearranged into their new positions without any re-sampling, so the rotated image is exactly as sharp as the original. This is different from rotating by an arbitrary angle, which requires interpolation and slightly softens the image. Because the common need is to correct orientation in quarter-turns, this tool focuses on those clean, lossless rotations.
The sideways phone photo problem
A frequent frustration is a photo that looks correct on your phone but appears rotated on a computer or website. This happens because phone cameras often store the image in one orientation and add a separate tag telling software how to display it; programs that ignore the tag show the raw, rotated image. Rotating the photo here writes the correct orientation directly into the pixels, so it displays the same way everywhere.
Rotating versus flipping
Rotation turns the whole image around its centre, so text and content turn with it. Flipping mirrors the image, which is a different effect: a horizontal flip swaps left and right as a mirror would, useful for facing a subject the other way, while a vertical flip turns it upside down as a reflection in water. You can combine a rotation and a flip in a single step.
Privacy and limits
Your image is uploaded securely, transformed, and offered for download, then deleted automatically within an hour. The maximum upload is 25 MB. To trim an image use the Image Cropper, and to change its dimensions use the Image Resizer.