Flip Image
Mirror an image horizontally in one click.
Lower quality gives a smaller file.
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Flip Image mirrors a picture from left to right, exactly like its reflection in a mirror, and saves the result as a PNG at the same size. The most common reason to use it is a selfie where the writing on a T-shirt, a signboard or a book cover reads backwards.
Flipping is not the same as rotating
A horizontal flip swaps left and right but keeps the top at the top. A rotation turns the whole picture around its centre without mirroring anything. The difference is easiest to see by following one corner and any text in the image:
| Operation | Top-left corner moves to | Text in the image |
|---|---|---|
| Horizontal flip (this tool) | Top-right | Reads backwards |
| Rotate 180° | Bottom-right | Upside down, not mirrored |
| Vertical flip | Bottom-left | Upside down and mirrored |
This page only does the horizontal flip. To flip vertically, flip the image here, then turn it 180° with the image rotator; since the rotator turns 90° per pass, run the flipped file through it twice. A mirror plus a half-turn equals a top-to-bottom flip.
Why phone selfies come out reversed
The front camera preview shows you a mirror image because that is what people are used to seeing. Some phones save the photo exactly like the preview, others save the un-mirrored version. On an iPhone the choice sits in Settings → Camera → Mirror Front Camera, and many Android camera apps have a similar switch. If a saved selfie shows backwards lettering, one flip here fixes it.
Don't be surprised if the corrected photo looks slightly odd to you. Faces are rarely perfectly symmetrical, and you are used to your mirror image, while everyone else sees the un-mirrored version.
Other good reasons to mirror a picture
- Page layout. Designers flip a photo so a person or product faces into the page, towards the headline, rather than out of it.
- Iron-on transfers. T-shirt transfer paper printed on an inkjet usually needs the design mirrored before printing so it reads correctly once pressed.
- Checking artwork. Artists often flip a drawing to spot lopsided features and proportions that the eye had stopped noticing.
- Left and right pairs. A single arrow, hand or shoe graphic becomes a matching opposite.
Be careful with images that contain logos, number plates or well-known places: mirrored versions look wrong to anyone who knows the original, and in news or documentation a flip misrepresents the scene.
What the downloaded file looks like
- The dimensions match the original exactly, and every pixel is kept; nothing is cropped or resampled.
- The output is always a PNG. The Quality slider shown after upload does not change a flip, because PNG is lossless.
- A JPG photo therefore becomes a noticeably larger PNG. If you need a compact JPG again, convert it with PNG to JPG.
- Transparent areas in a PNG stay transparent, and camera metadata such as the date taken is not copied across.
Mirroring runs on your own device, so the photo never leaves your browser.