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Flip image, without the upload.

Mirror a picture left to right or top to bottom, as if you held it up to a mirror or turned the page over. Photos, scans and screenshots stay on your device.

  • Free, no sign-up
  • Mirror either way
  • Many JPEGs flipped losslessly

Drop a picture to flip

or choose from your computer paste with Ctrl V

Ready · JPG, PNG and WebP · several at once0 bytes uploaded, ever

How to flip an image

  1. Add your pictures

    Drop them above or choose them. Every picture on the page is mirrored the same way.

  2. Choose the direction

    Left to right swaps the two sides, top to bottom swaps the top and the bottom.

  3. Flip and download

    Save each picture, or all of them as one .zip.

What stays and what doesn't

This is the full list of what a flip can leave out, and the row of the result names the ones your file really had. A JPEG that is flipped without being saved again also keeps its colour profile, and then the row does not list the profile or the saving:

  • camera and capture details such as make, model and date taken
  • the GPS location
  • titles, authors, keywords and comments
  • the small preview stored inside the file
  • content credentials and edit history (C2PA)
  • the embedded colour profile (colours are changed to sRGB first; very saturated colours can look slightly flatter)
  • the stored print resolution
  • other data stored in or after the picture, such as a motion-photo clip, program-specific blocks or a modification time

A JPEG or WebP saved again loses a little detail.

When it won't run

Two things stop a run before it writes anything, and each is said on the file's row. A file that cannot be read is reported as damaged, and a picture too large for this device says so, with the limit. In both cases nothing is changed and your original stays as it was. A file in a format the page does not take, such as a GIF, gets a sentence instead of a row.

  • The picture is an animation. This tool would keep only the first frame, so it leaves the file alone.
  • The picture stores its colours as CMYK. This tool can't change it without altering the colours.
  • The picture stores 16 bits per colour. This tool works in 8 bits and would flatten it, so it leaves the file alone.

Flipping an image: what to expect

A flip is a mirror and not a turn. Left to right swaps the left and right sides, so a face looks at the other way and writing reads backwards. Top to bottom swaps the top and the bottom, which is the picture seen in water. Flipping twice in the same direction gives back the original picture, exactly for a PNG.

Some cameras, mostly on the front of a phone, save a selfie the way a mirror shows it. Flip it left to right and the writing on a shirt or a sign reads the right way round. If a picture only looks turned, a quarter turn is what you want, and Rotate image does that.

Mirroring a JPEG costs nothing when its sides are whole multiples of the 8 or 16 pixel blocks it is stored in: the blocks are reordered, no pixel is read, and the picture keeps every detail. For a size that does not divide evenly, the picture is opened, mirrored and written out once more, near its earlier quality. A PNG or a WebP always takes the second route. A photo that carries a sideways note is flipped as it looks on screen, and the result carries no note.

The pixel limits are those of any tool that has to decode: a JPEG or WebP of up to 40 megapixels and a PNG of up to 50 on a computer, and 16 megapixels of any format on a phone.

Questions

Are my pictures uploaded?

No. Your pictures are processed inside your browser, on your own phone or computer, and saved straight from this page. The reading at the top of the page counts every byte sent, and it stays at 0 B.

What is the difference between flip and rotate?

Rotate turns the picture around its middle, so it stays a true picture of the scene. Flip mirrors it, so the scene is reversed. Use flip for a mirrored selfie or to reverse a scene, and rotate for a picture that is on its side.

Will the text in my picture read backwards?

After a flip left to right, yes: writing in the picture is reversed, and a flip top to bottom turns it upside down as well. Flip it again the same way to get back to the start.

Is flipping a JPEG lossless?

For many files, yes. If the sides fit the block grid the file is stored in, the blocks are only reordered and no detail goes. If they do not, the mirrored picture is written out once more, which costs a little detail, and the result row tells you which case you had.

Can I flip both ways at once?

One direction per run. Flipping both ways is the same as a half turn, which Rotate image does.

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