Does rotating lose quality?

Quarter-turns and flips are lossless — the pixels are reindexed, not resampled. Straightening is different: any angle that is not a quarter-turn has to work out new pixels from their neighbours, which softens the picture very slightly. Either way the file is then written again, and for lossy formats like JPG, WebP and AVIF that re-encode can cost a little; keep the quality high, as it is by default, to make it invisible.

How do I straighten a tilted photo?

Add the photo and move the Straighten slider, under the preview or in the settings, until a line that should be level — a horizon, a table edge, the side of a scanned page — lines up with the grid. Positive numbers turn clockwise. Half a degree at a time is usually all it takes.

What happens to the corners when I straighten?

Turning a rectangle by a few degrees uncovers four triangles at the corners. By default they are cropped off: you get the largest rectangle with the picture's own proportions that fits inside the tilted image, centred, so a 3:2 photo stays 3:2 and is a little smaller. You can keep the whole picture instead and fill the corners with white, black or transparency — JPG and BMP cannot be transparent, so those get white.

Which way does ‘90° right’ turn the image?

Clockwise. ‘90° right’ turns the top edge to the right-hand side, ‘90° left’ turns it anticlockwise, and ‘180°’ turns it upside down. A flip mirrors the image instead of turning it — horizontal swaps left and right, vertical swaps top and bottom.

What happens to a sideways phone photo?

It is read the right way up first. Phones store a photo in the sensor's orientation with a tag that says how to display it; this tool applies that tag before turning, so the rotation you ask for is measured from the image as you see it, not from the stored pixels.

Does an animated GIF stay animated?

Yes. Every frame is turned the same way and the animation is saved again in its own format — GIF, WebP or AVIF — with its timing and loop setting. The one exception is an exceptionally long or large animation, over 80 megapixels across all its frames, which comes back as its first frame; the result says so when that happens.

Can I rotate several images at once?

Yes. Upload up to 20 and the same rotation and flip are applied to each. They come back together — a single image as itself, several as a zip.

Is this converter free?

Yes. Every conversion on ConvertNicely is free to use, with no account and no watermark on the result. Everyone can run 50 jobs and upload 2 GB a day, with or without an account.

What happens to my files?

Your uploaded file is deleted from our servers the moment the conversion finishes, whether it succeeded or failed. The converted result is deleted automatically one hour later, and you can delete it yourself at any time with the Delete button.

Is there a file size limit?

Files up to 50 MB are accepted for this conversion. Larger limits apply to paid plans in future, but the free limit is generous enough for the overwhelming majority of JPG conversions.

Do I need to install anything?

No. ConvertNicely runs entirely in your browser and on our servers, so there is nothing to download or install. It works the same on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. The whole site is built mobile-first, so you can upload from your camera roll or files app, convert, and download the result without leaving your browser.

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Flip & Rotate an Image

A photo that came out sideways, a horizon that leans, a scan that needs mirroring, a batch all turned the wrong way: this turns by a quarter-turn, flips across either axis, or straightens by any angle up to 45°, and hands the image back in the format it arrived in — an animated GIF, WebP or AVIF stays animated, with every frame turned. Add a file and the preview shows the result as you go, with buttons to turn and flip it in one click. Quarter-turns and flips are lossless; straightening resamples the picture, and the corners it uncovers are cropped off or filled, as you choose.

Also known as: Rotate image · Flip image · Mirror image · Straighten photo

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How to flip & rotate an image

Step 1
1. Add your files
Drag up to 20 JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, BMP, TIFF, GIF or AVIF files into the box, or choose them from your device. Each can be up to 50 MB.
Step 2
2. Choose your settings
Adjust Rotate (None), Flip (None), Straighten (0°), Quality (85%) and Remove metadata (on), or keep the starting values in brackets, which suit most files. Some choices show further settings. The preview shows how it will look before you start.
Step 3
3. Press Flip & Rotate an Image
The work happens on our servers, and you can follow its progress.
Step 4
4. Download the result
Each file comes back in the format it went in; several come together in a ZIP. Your upload is already deleted, and the result is deleted after one hour.

Worth knowing

Every frame of an animation is turned, but an exceptionally long or large one — over 80 megapixels across all its frames — comes back as its first frame, and the result tells you. A TIFF with several pages, or a HEIC holding several images, is turned as its first image only. The preview shows the first image you add; every image gets the same settings.

Why flip & rotate an image?

Standing a sideways phone photo back upright
Levelling a tilted horizon or a crooked scan
Mirroring a scan or a screenshot left-to-right
Turning a whole batch of images the same way at once

What changes

What flip & rotate an image changes, and what it leaves alone
Property	Before	After
Rotate	—	90° left, 90° right or 180°
Straighten	—	Any angle to 45°, in half degrees
Flip	—	Horizontal or vertical
Format	Kept	Kept
Quality	Original	Lossless turn, high-quality re-encode

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Page updated 21 October 2026

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1. Add your files

2. Choose your settings

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4. Download the result

Why flip & rotate an image?

What changes

Frequently asked questions

Does rotating lose quality?

How do I straighten a tilted photo?

What happens to the corners when I straighten?

Which way does ‘90° right’ turn the image?

What happens to a sideways phone photo?

Does an animated GIF stay animated?

Can I rotate several images at once?

Is this converter free?

What happens to my files?

Is there a file size limit?

Do I need to install anything?

Does it work on a phone?

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