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Rotate & Flip Image

Turn, mirror and straighten a whole batch of photos, with a live preview of every change.

  • Runs in your browser
  • No upload
  • No sign-up

Drop files here, or

JPG, PNG, HEIC, WebP, AVIF, TIFF, GIF, BMP, SVG or ICO · up to 50 at once · or paste with ⌘V

Stays on your device

    About this tool

    Rotate & Flip Image fixes pictures that are the wrong way round. Turn them a quarter or half turn, mirror a selfie so the writing reads correctly, flip something upside down, or straighten a horizon that is a couple of degrees off with a fine slider and a grid to line it up against.

    Straightening leaves empty corners, so you choose what happens to them: crop to fill keeps the largest clean rectangle of the same shape, while expand canvas keeps every pixel and fills the corners with a colour of your choice or leaves them see-through. You can give every image the same settings, or untick one box and set each picture on its own.

    Phones often save photos sideways and add a hidden note (the EXIF orientation tag) saying which way is up. Some apps and upload forms ignore that note and show the photo on its side. This tool turns the pixels themselves upright and drops the note, so the picture looks right everywhere. It all happens in your browser: nothing is uploaded, and there is no sign-up or watermark.

    How to use Rotate & Flip Image

    1. Press “Choose files”, drag pictures onto the box, or paste one. Up to 50 can go in at once.
    2. Use “↺ Left 90°”, “↻ Right 90°”, “180°”, “⇆ Mirror” or “⇅ Flip”. The live preview shows the picture you tapped in the list.
    3. To level a tilted photo, move the “Straighten” slider or type an angle, using the grid as a guide. Then pick “Crop to fill” or “Expand canvas”.
    4. Leave “Same settings for every image” ticked for a batch, or untick it and tap each row to give that picture its own turn.
    5. Press “Rotate image” (or “Rotate 12 images”), then download each picture, or all of them as one ZIP.
    Example

    A 4000 × 3000 photo straightened by 2° with “Crop to fill” comes out at about 3824 × 2868: the same shape, with the slanted edges trimmed away.

    Features

    • Quarter turns left and right, half turns, mirror (left to right) and flip (top to bottom), in any combination.
    • Straighten from −45° to +45° in steps of 0.1°, by slider or by typing, with an optional grid over the preview.
    • Crop to fill or expand canvas, with a corner colour or see-through corners (saved as PNG, since JPG can’t be see-through).
    • Batch of up to 50 images, with one set of settings for all or separate settings per image, marked “own settings” in the list.
    • Reads the camera’s orientation tag in JPG photos, tells you what it says, and saves the photo truly upright. Untick the box to see the pixels exactly as the camera stored them.
    • Keeps each file’s own format where it can (JPG, PNG or WebP), with a quality slider for JPG and WebP, or saves as another format.
    • Opens JPG, PNG, HEIC, WebP, AVIF, TIFF, GIF (first frame), BMP, SVG and ICO.
    • Very large results that pass a browser’s drawing limit are scaled down just enough to fit, and the row says so.

    Tips and good to know

    • Quarter turns, mirror and flip move pixels without blending them, so PNG results are pixel-perfect. JPG and WebP are saved again at the quality you set (92% unless you change it), which is hard to tell apart from the original.
    • To straighten, find a line that should be level, such as a horizon or a table edge, and nudge the angle until it runs along a grid line.
    • Small angles need only a little cropping. Past about 10°, “Expand canvas” often keeps more of the picture.
    • If a photo looks right here but sideways somewhere else, it relies on the orientation tag. Run it through with the default settings and the saved copy will be upright everywhere.
    • The saved files don’t carry the camera details (EXIF) such as location, which is good for privacy, but the date taken is dropped as well.

    Frequently asked questions

    Are my photos uploaded anywhere?

    No. Every turn, flip and straighten is drawn by your own browser on your device. The pictures never reach AroraTools or anyone else.

    Is it free, and are there limits?

    Yes, it is free with no account and no watermark. You can do up to 50 images per batch, and then start another batch straight away.

    Does it work on a phone, and offline?

    It works in Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Edge on iPhone, Android and computers. The page needs the internet to open, but once it has loaded the work happens on your device.

    Why is my photo sideways in some apps but not others?

    Phones often store the picture sideways and add a tag saying how to turn it. Apps that ignore the tag show it on its side. Saving it here with “Auto-fix from camera orientation (EXIF)” ticked turns the pixels upright, so every app shows it correctly.

    Does rotating lower the quality?

    PNG stays exactly the same. JPG and WebP are saved again at 92% quality by default, which is very close to the original; raise the quality slider to 100% for the least change.

    Can I rotate each picture differently in one go?

    Yes. Untick “Same settings for every image”, tap a row in the list, and set its turn. Each picture keeps its own settings, and the batch is saved together.

    What is the difference between mirror and flip?

    Mirror swaps left and right, like looking in a mirror, which fixes back-to-front writing in selfies. Flip swaps top and bottom.

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