Image Rotate & Flip
Rotate an image by 90 degrees or flip it horizontally or vertically, then download.
The image rotate and flip tool lets you upload an image and rotate it left or right by 90 degrees, or flip it horizontally or vertically, with a live preview, then download the result. It is handy for fixing photos taken at the wrong orientation, making mirror images, or straightening scans. Everything runs locally in your browser and images are never uploaded.
Tool area
🔒 Images are processed locally in your browser and never uploaded.
How to use
- Choose the image file to process.
- Use rotate left/right or flip horizontal/vertical to adjust.
- The preview updates instantly.
- Click "Download" to save the processed image.
Use cases
- Fix a photo taken upside down on a phone.
- Straighten a scan for easier reading.
- Create a left-right mirror image.
Content and verification review:
How to verify a Image Rotate & Flip result before relying on it
This section covers Image Rotate & Flip’s canvas-size change on 90-degree turns, the fact that every edit redraws from the original file, and the order rotation and flipping are actually applied in.
Rotate a landscape image and watch the dimensions swap
Upload a 1600×900 image and click Rotate right once: the Dimensions readout changes to 900×1600 because a 90-degree turn swaps width and height on the canvas. Click Rotate right three more times (four total, back to 0 degrees) and the dimensions return to 1600×900 — a useful way to confirm the tool is tracking rotation state correctly rather than just visually appearing to spin.
Every click redraws from the original upload — quality does not degrade with repeated edits
Rotation and flip state are tracked as simple numbers and booleans and reapplied to the original uploaded image each time, not stacked on top of the previous canvas output — so clicking Rotate right ten times in a row does not cause any generational quality loss the way repeatedly re-saving a JPEG would. The one fixed constant is that if the output format ends up being JPEG, it is always saved at quality 0.92, regardless of how many rotate or flip actions were used to get there.
Rotation is applied before flipping, so “horizontal” after a 90° turn is relative to the new orientation
The drawing code always applies the rotation angle first and the horizontal/vertical flip second, which means once an image has been rotated 90 degrees, “Flip horizontal” mirrors it along what is now the horizontal axis of the rotated canvas — not the original photo’s left-right axis. Check the live preview after each click rather than mentally tracking rotation-plus-flip order; Reset transform clears both back to zero without needing to re-upload the file.
Acceptance checklist
- The file is 20 MB or smaller with 40 million pixels or fewer — larger files are rejected before any preview appears.
- The Dimensions readout has been checked to confirm it swapped width and height after a 90° or 270° rotation.
- It is understood that each click redraws from the original upload, so repeated rotates do not degrade quality — only the final JPEG export uses a fixed 0.92 quality setting.
- The direction of a flip applied after a rotation was confirmed visually in the preview, not assumed from the original photo’s orientation.
FAQ
- Does rotating reduce quality?
- Rotating and flipping add no extra compression; output quality matches the original.
- Is my image uploaded?
- No, all processing happens locally in your browser.
- Can I rotate by any angle?
- Rotation is in 90-degree steps, best for fixing orientation; arbitrary angles add blank areas and are not offered yet.
- What format is the output?
- It keeps the original format where possible; other formats export as PNG.
- Can I rotate and flip together?
- Yes, operations stack; use "Reset orientation" to return to the original.
Privacy & local processing
🔒 This tool runs entirely in your browser. No data is uploaded to any server.
Image rotate and flip runs entirely in your browser; no files are uploaded.
Trust & usage note
This tool runs mainly in your browser. Your input is not actively uploaded to a server. Avoid entering highly sensitive data. Results are for reference only.
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