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Rotate & Flip Image

Runs in your browser

Turn photos upright or mirror them, one image or a whole batch. Processed in your browser — nothing is uploaded.

Operation

About this tool

Photos arrive sideways more often than they should. Phones record the intended orientation as an EXIF tag rather than rotating the pixels, and any software that ignores that tag — or any tool that strips metadata — shows the image as it was actually captured. Rotating here changes the pixels themselves, so the result is upright everywhere, in every viewer, regardless of what the metadata said.

How to use

  1. Pick the rotation or flip you need.
  2. Drop in one image or a batch — the same operation applies to all of them.
  3. Run it and download the results, or grab the ZIP.

When to use this tool

  • Fixing photos that appear sideways after being uploaded somewhere.
  • Correcting a batch of scans that came out of the scanner rotated.
  • Mirroring an image so a subject faces the other way in a layout.
  • Making a set of images consistently oriented before publishing.

Tips

  • Rotating changes actual pixels, so the result is upright even in software that ignores EXIF orientation.
  • 180° is its own inverse; two 90° rotations do the same thing.
  • Flipping mirrors the image — any text in the picture will read backwards.

Limitations

  • Output is PNG so no quality is lost; follow with the compressor if you need a smaller file.

FAQ

Are my images uploaded?
No. Rotation happens in your browser via the Canvas API. Nothing is transmitted or stored.
Why did my photo look sideways in the first place?
Cameras usually store the picture as the sensor captured it and record the intended rotation in an EXIF tag. Software that honours the tag shows it correctly; software that does not shows it sideways. Rotating the pixels removes the ambiguity.
Does this reduce quality?
No. Output is PNG, which is lossless, and 90-degree rotations map pixels exactly with no resampling.