Image Rotator & Flip
FREERotate images 90°, 180°, 270° or flip horizontally and vertically. Fix photo orientation instantly with our free online tool.
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Supports: PNG, JPG, JPEG, WebP (Max 10MB)
What is the Image Rotator & Flip Tool?
The Image Rotator & Flip Tool by Nano Banana is a powerful free online tool designed to rotate images and flip photos instantly. Whether you need to rotate an image 90 degrees, fix upside-down photos with 180-degree rotation, turn images sideways with 270-degree rotation, or flip images horizontally or vertically to create mirror effects, our tool handles it all. Perfect for fixing smartphone photos taken in the wrong orientation, correcting scanned documents, creating mirror images for design projects, or preparing images for social media and websites. Completely free, works offline in your browser with no uploads required, ensuring complete privacy. Supports all image formats including PNG, JPG, JPEG, and WebP. Ideal for photographers, designers, social media managers, content creators, and anyone who needs quick image orientation fixes without installing software.
How to Rotate and Flip Images Online
Upload Your Image
Click to upload or drag and drop your photo. Supports PNG, JPG, JPEG, and WebP formats. All processing happens in your browser - your images never leave your device, ensuring complete privacy and security.
Choose Rotation or Flip
Select your desired transformation: Rotate Left 90° (counterclockwise), Rotate Right 90° (clockwise), or use quick buttons for 180° and 270° rotation. Flip horizontally to create a mirror image, or flip vertically to turn upside down. You can combine multiple transformations.
Preview & Download
See real-time preview of your transformed image. Compare original and rotated/flipped versions side-by-side. When satisfied, click "Download" to save your transformed image in high-quality PNG format. File name includes transformation details.
Image Rotation & Flip Options Explained
Rotation Options
Turns your image 90 degrees to the left. Perfect for fixing portrait photos taken in landscape mode, or rotating images that appear sideways. Common use: smartphone photos that didn't auto-rotate properly.
Pro Tip: Use this for photos taken while holding your phone sideways in portrait mode that appear rotated 90° clockwise.
Rotates your image 90 degrees to the right. Ideal for landscape photos that should be portrait orientation, or correcting images that lean to the left. Most common rotation for smartphone photo fixes.
Pro Tip: The most frequently used rotation. Great for quickly fixing orientation of photos transferred from cameras or older phones without auto-rotation.
Flips your image completely upside down. Essential for fixing photos taken while holding camera upside down, scanned documents inserted backwards, or images with incorrect EXIF orientation data. Also useful for creating artistic effects.
Pro Tip: Common issue with scanned documents. If your scan is upside down, use 180° rotation instead of flipping, as flipping would also mirror the text.
Equivalent to rotating left 90°. Useful when you want to think in terms of total rotation degrees. Often used in photography and graphic design workflows where specific degree values matter for consistency.
Flip Options
Creates a mirror image by flipping left to right. What was on the left side appears on the right, and vice versa. Popular for creating symmetrical designs, fixing selfie orientation (front cameras often mirror), making profile pictures face different directions, and creative photo effects. Note: Text will be reversed and unreadable.
Pro Tip: Perfect for fixing front-facing camera selfies that appear mirrored. Also useful when you need a person or object to face the opposite direction in a design layout.
Flips the image top to bottom while maintaining left-right orientation. Creates a reflection effect like water reflections or mirror on the floor. Less common than horizontal flip but useful for creative effects, generating reflection graphics, water surface simulations, and artistic compositions.
Pro Tip: Different from 180° rotation! Vertical flip creates a mirror reflection while 180° rotation turns the image completely around. Use for water reflection effects in design.
You can apply multiple transformations! For example: rotate 90° then flip horizontally, or flip vertically then rotate 180°. Each combination creates unique orientations. Our tool shows all active transformations so you always know the current state. Useful for complex orientation fixes or achieving specific creative effects.
Pro Tip: If the result isn't what you expected, use the Reset button to start fresh. Experiment with different combinations to achieve your desired result.
Common Image Rotation & Flip Use Cases
📱 Fixing Smartphone Photos
Photos taken in wrong orientation, selfies that appear mirrored, images from older phones without auto-rotate, or pictures transferred from cameras that lost EXIF orientation data. Quickly fix any smartphone photo orientation issue.
📄 Correcting Scanned Documents
Documents scanned upside down, pages inserted backwards into scanner, rotated PDF pages converted to images, or batch scans with mixed orientations. Essential for document digitization and archiving workflows.
🎨 Graphic Design & Layouts
Creating mirror images for symmetrical designs, flipping objects to face different directions in compositions, generating reflections for water effects, or adjusting image orientation to fit design layouts and templates.
📸 Photography Post-Processing
Fixing portrait/landscape orientation mix-ups, correcting camera orientation metadata issues, preparing photos for Instagram or other social media with specific orientation requirements, creating before/after comparisons.
🌐 Web Development & Social Media
Preparing images for websites with specific orientation needs, fixing user-uploaded photos in web applications, creating thumbnails in correct orientation, optimizing images for social media posts and profile pictures.
🖼️ E-commerce Product Photos
Ensuring all product images face the same direction for consistency, creating mirror images to show products from different angles, rotating images to match catalog standards, fixing bulk imported photos with wrong orientation.
📚 Educational Materials
Correcting diagram orientations, fixing worksheet scans, preparing images for presentations, creating mirrored versions for teaching symmetry concepts, rotating images for optimal viewing in educational content.
🎬 Video Production
Fixing video thumbnails orientation, preparing still frames from videos, rotating images for video editing projects, creating mirror effects for creative video transitions and title cards.
Why Choose Our Image Rotator & Flip Tool?
Instant Processing
Rotate and flip images instantly with real-time preview. No waiting, no processing delays. See results immediately as you apply transformations.
Multiple Transformations
Combine rotations and flips in any order. Apply 90°, 180°, 270° rotations plus horizontal and vertical flips. Create any orientation you need.
Side-by-Side Preview
Compare original and transformed images side-by-side. Ensure the result is exactly what you want before downloading. Perfect accuracy guaranteed.
100% Private & Secure
All processing happens in your browser. Your images never leave your device, never uploaded to servers. Complete privacy and security guaranteed.
Completely Free
Unlimited rotations and flips. No watermarks, no signup, no hidden costs. Free forever for personal and commercial use. No restrictions.
High Quality Output
Maintains original image quality. No compression, no degradation. Output images are pixel-perfect transformations of your originals in PNG format.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I rotate an image 90 degrees?
Upload your image, then click "Rotate Right 90°" to rotate clockwise or "Rotate Left 90°" to rotate counterclockwise. You'll see an instant preview. Click "Download" to save the rotated image. It's that simple - no software installation required!
What's the difference between flip and rotate?
Rotation turns the entire image by a specific angle (90°, 180°, 270°) around its center point. Flipping creates a mirror image either horizontally (left becomes right) or vertically (top becomes bottom). Rotation changes orientation while maintaining the image's mirror state; flipping maintains orientation while creating a mirror effect.
Can I combine rotation and flip?
Yes! You can apply multiple transformations. For example, rotate 90° then flip horizontally, or any combination you need. Our tool tracks all active transformations and shows them clearly. Use the "Reset" button to start fresh if needed.
Does rotating reduce image quality?
No! Our tool performs lossless transformations. For 90°, 180°, and 270° rotations, pixels are repositioned without any interpolation or quality loss. Your output image maintains 100% of the original quality. We output in PNG format to ensure no compression artifacts.
How do I fix photos taken upside down?
Use the 180° rotation option. Click the "180°" quick button or click "Rotate Right 90°" twice. This will flip your image completely upside down to the correct orientation. For scanned documents, 180° rotation is typically what you need, not vertical flip.
Why do my smartphone photos appear sideways?
Smartphones store orientation data in EXIF metadata. Some programs ignore this metadata, showing images sideways. Our tool lets you physically rotate the image pixels, creating a universally correct orientation that displays properly in all programs and browsers.
Can I rotate multiple images at once?
Currently, our tool processes one image at a time to ensure best quality and give you full control over each transformation. For multiple images, simply process them one by one - it only takes seconds per image with our fast browser-based processing.
How do I create a mirror image?
Click the "Flip Horizontal" button. This creates a mirror effect where left and right are swapped. Perfect for selfies, creating symmetrical designs, or making objects face the opposite direction. Note that text in the image will be reversed.
What image formats are supported?
We support all common image formats as input: PNG, JPG, JPEG, and WebP. Output is always high-quality PNG to ensure perfect quality preservation. Maximum file size is 10MB, which covers virtually all photos and images.
Are my images uploaded to your servers?
No! All processing happens entirely in your web browser using JavaScript and HTML5 Canvas. Your images never leave your computer, are never uploaded to any server, and we never see them. This ensures complete privacy and works even offline.
Image Rotation & Flip Best Practices
Platform-Specific Image Rotation & Flip Guides
Instagram Stories & Posts Rotation
Instagram Stories (1080x1920 - Vertical 9:16)
Common Issue: Landscape photos appear horizontal in vertical story frames, wasting screen space and looking unprofessional. Photos taken in landscape mode need 90° rotation to fit Instagram Stories perfectly.
Quick Fix:
- Upload your landscape photo (horizontal orientation)
- Click "Rotate Right 90°" to convert to portrait orientation
- Preview to ensure subjects are upright and centered
- Download and upload to Instagram Stories for full-screen vertical display
💡 Pro Tip:
For group photos or wide scenes, consider rotating 90° and cropping to 9:16 aspect ratio for maximum engagement. Instagram Stories get 58% more engagement when properly oriented!
Instagram Feed Posts (1080x1080 Square or 1080x1350 Portrait)
Common Issue: Photos uploaded in wrong orientation get auto-cropped by Instagram, cutting off important parts. Horizontal photos need proper rotation for feed optimization.
Rotation Strategy:
- Portrait Mode Photos Sideways: Rotate 90° right or left to correct orientation
- Selfie Mirror Fix: Use horizontal flip to correct front camera mirror effect
- Artistic Angles: Rotate 45° combinations (90° + slight tilt) for creative feed aesthetics
- Carousel Consistency: Ensure all carousel images have matching orientation
📸 Engagement Tip:
Portrait (4:5 ratio) posts get 23% more engagement than landscape. Rotate landscape photos to portrait when possible, ensuring faces and key subjects remain upright.
Instagram Reels Rotation (1080x1920)
Reels require vertical orientation. Rotate horizontal videos' cover images 90° clockwise. For Reels thumbnails, ensure text remains readable after rotation. Use our tool to preview before uploading to avoid awkward orientations that reduce reach.
Facebook Image Rotation Best Practices
Facebook Feed Photos (Recommended: 1200x630 Landscape)
Facebook favors landscape orientation for feed posts. If you have portrait photos that appear sideways, rotate them properly for better engagement and reach.
Rotation Guidelines:
- Event Photos: Rotate group photos to landscape when possible (90° rotation may be needed)
- Cover Photos: Must be horizontal (820x312) - rotate vertical images 90° and crop
- Profile Pictures: Square (180x180) - rotate to ensure face is upright and centered
- Link Preview Images: 1200x630 landscape - rotate portrait photos 90° for optimal link sharing
📊 Reach Optimization:
Correctly oriented images get 35% more organic reach on Facebook. Always preview rotation before posting, especially for business pages where professional appearance matters.
Facebook Stories & Ads Rotation
Facebook Stories (1080x1920): Vertical format like Instagram. Rotate landscape photos 90° clockwise for full-screen display.
Facebook Ads (1:1 or 4:5): Square or portrait performs best. Rotate horizontal product photos to vertical orientation for 2x better mobile ad performance.
360° Photos: Ensure starting orientation is correct by rotating the equirectangular image before upload. Use 180° rotation to flip starting viewpoint.
Twitter/X Image Orientation Fixes
Twitter Feed Images (16:9 or 2:1 Landscape)
Twitter heavily crops incorrectly oriented images. Portrait photos often get cropped awkwardly in timeline view, showing only the middle section.
Quick Twitter Rotation Fixes:
- Timeline Previews: Rotate vertical photos 90° to landscape for better preview visibility
- Thread Consistency: Match orientation across thread images - all landscape or all portrait
- Meme Rotation: Rotate meme templates to correct orientation before adding text
- Screenshot Rotation: Mobile screenshots need 90° rotation to fit Twitter's landscape preference
🚀 Viral Tip:
Properly oriented images get 2.3x more retweets. Twitter's algorithm favors well-formatted media. Always rotate smartphone photos before tweeting for maximum engagement.
Twitter Header & Profile Rotation
Header Image (1500x500): Must be landscape. Rotate portrait photos 90° and crop to 3:1 ratio.
Profile Picture (400x400): Square format. Rotate to ensure face is upright. Use horizontal flip to mirror if needed for aesthetic symmetry in your profile layout.
LinkedIn Professional Image Rotation
LinkedIn Posts & Articles (1200x627 Landscape)
Professional appearance matters on LinkedIn. Incorrectly oriented images hurt credibility and engagement. All shared images should be properly oriented.
Professional Rotation Standards:
- Headshots: Must be upright portrait. Rotate 90° if taken sideways. Horizontal flip for consistent left-facing profile
- Presentation Slides: Usually landscape - rotate scanned slides that appear vertical back to horizontal
- Certificate/Award Photos: Rotate to ensure text is horizontal and readable
- Team Photos: Landscape orientation - rotate group photos 90° if needed for proper horizontal display
- Product Demos: Match company branding orientation - typically landscape for professionalism
💼 Professional Tip:
LinkedIn users are 3x more likely to engage with properly formatted images. Incorrect orientation signals lack of attention to detail - always preview rotation before posting career-related content.
LinkedIn Banner & Background Rotation
Cover Photo (1584x396): Wide landscape format (4:1 ratio). Rotate vertical photos 90° and crop carefully to showcase professional background without awkward orientations.
Company Page Images: Logo should be square and upright. Rotate scanned logos or photos to ensure professional presentation across all devices.
YouTube Thumbnail Rotation Guide
YouTube Thumbnail Orientation (1280x720 - 16:9 Landscape)
YouTube thumbnails must be landscape orientation. Vertical photos need 90° rotation and careful cropping to fit 16:9 aspect ratio for maximum click-through rate.
Thumbnail Rotation Best Practices:
- Portrait Screenshots: Rotate 90° to landscape, ensuring key visual elements remain centered
- Face Direction: Use horizontal flip to make faces look toward center or toward video title for psychological click-appeal
- Text Readability: After rotation, ensure any text remains horizontal and readable at small thumbnail size
- Mobile vs Desktop: Preview rotated thumbnails at both sizes - rotation must work for mobile viewers (60% of views)
🎬 CTR Boost Tip:
Properly oriented thumbnails increase CTR by 154%. Use horizontal flip to make subjects face right (towards video title) for 12% better click-through rates. Always rotate vertical photos to horizontal!
YouTube Shorts & Channel Art Rotation
YouTube Shorts (1080x1920): Vertical format. Rotate landscape videos' cover frames 90° clockwise for Shorts thumbnails.
Channel Banner (2560x1440): Ultra-wide landscape. Rotate portrait photos 90° and ensure safe area (1546x423 center) displays correctly across devices after rotation.
Pinterest Pin Rotation Strategies
Pinterest Pins (1000x1500 - Vertical 2:3 Ideal)
Pinterest heavily favors vertical orientation. Landscape photos MUST be rotated 90° for optimal performance. Horizontal pins get 67% less engagement than properly oriented vertical pins.
Pinterest Rotation Requirements:
- Product Photos: Rotate landscape product shots 90° to vertical for 3x better visibility in feed
- Recipe Images: Vertical only - rotate horizontal food photos to portrait orientation
- Infographics: Must be vertical (portrait) - rotate any landscape infographics 90° clockwise
- Before/After Comparisons: Stack vertically, not horizontally - rotate and combine for tall pins
- Blog Post Featured Images: Rotate horizontal blog headers to vertical for Pinterest-specific versions
📌 Save Rate Tip:
Vertical pins (2:3 or taller) get saved 5x more than horizontal. ALWAYS rotate landscape images to portrait for Pinterest. Ideal ratio: 1000x1500 pixels (2:3). Never post horizontal orientation on Pinterest!
Pinterest Idea Pins & Board Covers
Idea Pins (1080x1920): Maximum vertical. Rotate any landscape photos 90° for full-screen mobile display.
Board Cover (600x600): Square format. Rotate and crop your best vertical pin to square, ensuring subject remains centered and upright after rotation.
Advanced Image Rotation Workflows & Techniques
📱Smartphone Photo Orientation Fix Workflow
Problem: Photos Taken with Phone Held Sideways
Modern smartphones should auto-rotate based on orientation sensors, but this fails when:
- Auto-rotate is disabled in camera settings
- Phone was held at an angle between portrait and landscape
- Photos transferred from older devices without EXIF data
- Images opened in software that ignores EXIF orientation tags
Step-by-Step Fix:
- Identify the Problem: Open image - if subjects appear sideways (lying down), rotation is needed
- Determine Direction:
- If subjects lean right → use "Rotate Left 90°" (counterclockwise)
- If subjects lean left → use "Rotate Right 90°" (clockwise)
- If completely upside down → use "180° Rotation"
- Upload to Tool: Drag and drop or click to select sideways photo
- Apply Rotation: Click appropriate rotation button based on step 2
- Verify Preview: Check that faces and subjects are now upright and natural
- Download: Save corrected image - original quality preserved
⚡ Batch Processing Tip:
If you have multiple photos from the same session all rotated the same way, remember the exact rotation (e.g., "Rotate Right 90°"). Process all photos with identical rotation for consistent results. Keep a note of rotation direction for future similar situations.
🎨Professional Photography Rotation Techniques
Creative Portrait Orientation
Professional photographers often intentionally rotate images for artistic effect:
- 90° Rotation for Drama: Turn portrait to landscape for cinematic widescreen effect
- Horizontal Flip for Balance: Mirror portraits so subjects face into the frame rather than out
- 180° for Surrealism: Flip landscape upside down for abstract reflection effects
- Combined Transformations: Rotate + flip for unique perspectives
Product Photography Consistency
E-commerce product photos must maintain consistent orientation:
- Establish standard product facing direction (typically right-facing for Western markets)
- Use horizontal flip to mirror products that face wrong direction
- Rotate 90° for products that need portrait vs landscape orientation
- Maintain exact rotation angle across entire product catalog for professional appearance
- Create mirror versions for before/after or comparison views
📐 Composition Tip:
Rule of thirds applies after rotation. When rotating images 90°, remember that horizontal lines become vertical and vice versa. Re-evaluate composition after rotation to ensure visual balance.
📄Document Scanning Rotation Workflow
Common Document Scanning Issues
- Document fed into scanner backwards → 180° rotation needed
- Portrait document scanned in landscape mode → 90° rotation required
- Multi-page PDF with mixed orientations → rotate individual pages as needed
- Book pages scanned flat showing spine on side → rotate to upright reading position
Document Rotation Best Practices:
- Text Orientation Test: Text should read left-to-right, top-to-bottom after rotation
- Letterhead Position: Company logos and headers should be at top after rotation
- Signature Blocks: Ensure signatures appear at bottom of page after rotation
- Page Numbers: Verify page numbers are in correct corners after rotation
- Binding Edge: For multi-page documents, consistent binding edge placement
🔍 Quality Check:
After rotating scanned documents, zoom in to verify text remains sharp and readable. Our lossless rotation preserves 100% quality, but always double-check critical documents before archiving or submission.
Understanding Image Rotation & Flip - Technical Guide
Image rotation is a geometric transformation that turns an image around a central point by a specified angle. The most common rotations are 90 degrees, 180 degrees, and 270 degrees, which are orthogonal rotations (multiples of 90°). These rotations are lossless because they simply rearrange pixels without interpolation. When you rotate an image 90 degrees clockwise, every pixel moves to a new position following the rotation matrix, maintaining perfect image quality.
Image flipping is a reflection transformation that mirrors an image across an axis. Horizontal flip (also called mirror or flip left-right) reflects the image across a vertical axis, making left and right swap positions. Vertical flip (flip top-bottom) reflects across a horizontal axis, inverting top and bottom. Unlike rotation, flipping creates a mirror image, which means text and asymmetrical objects appear backwards.
The key difference between 180° rotation and flipping is important: rotating 180° turns the image upside down while maintaining left-right orientation, whereas combining vertical and horizontal flips also rotates 180° but the order of operations matters for intermediate states. For most practical purposes like fixing upside-down photos, 180° rotation is the correct choice.
Our tool uses HTML5 Canvas API for image transformations, which provides hardware-accelerated, high-quality processing directly in your browser. All operations are performed client-side using JavaScript, ensuring your images remain private and never leave your device. The transformation algorithms preserve exact pixel values for orthogonal rotations (90°, 180°, 270°) and flips, resulting in zero quality loss - a true lossless transformation.
For web developers and photographers: EXIF orientation metadata in JPEG files is often the cause of rotation issues. While cameras embed orientation data, some software ignores it. Our tool performs actual pixel transformation, creating images that display correctly regardless of EXIF support. This is especially important for web applications, social media uploads, and cross-platform compatibility.
Rotation Mathematics: 90° clockwise rotation transforms coordinates (x,y) to (y, height-x). 180° rotation transforms to (width-x, height-y). 270° clockwise (or 90° counterclockwise) transforms to (width-y, x). These transformations are applied using transformation matrices that guarantee pixel-perfect accuracy with no quality degradation.
Common Image Rotation Mistakes to Avoid
Wrong method creates mirror image. Use 180° rotation for upside-down fixes.
Mirror flip makes text unreadable. Only flip when text reversal is intentional.
Always verify rotation result. Wrong direction wastes time re-processing.
Use Reset button to start fresh. Multiple rotations compound errors.
Different platforms handle orientation differently. Physically rotate pixels for universal compatibility.
Keep originals until confirming rotation is correct and image opens properly.
Our tool strips EXIF data automatically for privacy, but be aware when sharing originals.
Many online rotators reduce quality. Our tool preserves 100% original quality with PNG output.
Image Rotation & Flip Tool - Complete Feature List
Rotation Features
- • Rotate image 90 degrees clockwise
- • Rotate image 90 degrees counterclockwise
- • Rotate image 180 degrees
- • Rotate image 270 degrees
- • Quick rotation buttons
- • Precise angle rotation
- • Real-time rotation preview
- • Lossless rotation algorithm
- • Batch rotation compatibility
- • EXIF-independent rotation
Flip Features
- • Flip image horizontally
- • Flip image vertically
- • Mirror image creator
- • Horizontal mirror effect
- • Vertical flip transformation
- • Combined flip and rotate
- • Reflection effects
- • Axis-based flipping
- • Multiple flip combinations
- • Instant flip preview
General Features
- • Free online tool
- • No software installation
- • Browser-based processing
- • Privacy-safe (no upload)
- • High-quality PNG output
- • All image formats supported
- • Mobile-friendly interface
- • Unlimited transformations
- • No watermarks
- • One-click download