Image Flipper

Mirror Image vs Flipped Image

A mirror image usually means a horizontal flip: left and right swap across a vertical axis. A flipped image can also mean a vertical flip, which swaps top and bottom. Horizontal mirroring reverses the direction a subject faces, the side of a hair parting and any text in the frame. Each pixel in the working image moves to its reflected position without cropping.

Creating a mirror image can help when you want to reverse a selfie, turn a subject toward the rest of a layout, or make reversed text in a mirror selfie readable. The tool labels this control Flip horizontally. It reflects the whole picture, including any other text or logos, so check the complete result.

Flipping preserves the working image's dimensions. Uploads larger than 2,400 pixels per side are first resized proportionally; the actual output dimensions appear beside Download.

Horizontal Flip, Vertical Flip and a 180-Degree Turn

Each checkbox changes one axis, and the two together give the third result:

• Flip horizontally — mirrors left and right. This is the default and what people commonly mean by mirroring an image.
• Flip vertically — mirrors top and bottom while left and right stay in place.
• Both together — produces the same orientation as a 180-degree turn: up becomes down and left becomes right.

A 180-degree turn differs from a quarter turn. Rotating 90 degrees swaps width and height, turning a landscape frame into a portrait frame. This tool has no 90-degree rotation control. Flipping preserves the working image's dimensions, so it can fit the same layout slot.

Turn both checkboxes off to keep the original orientation, or use Reset settings to return to the horizontal mirror. Each result is rebuilt from the loaded working image, so changing the controls does not accumulate transformations.

When Flipping an Image Is the Right Fix

• A subject facing the wrong way. In a card, banner or slide, a person looking off the edge may draw attention away from the content. Mirroring can turn them toward it.
• Mirrored text or logos. If the entire photo is reversed, one horizontal flip can make its text readable. Check the whole picture: text that was already readable will also reverse.
• Reusing a layout. A mirrored version offers another composition for a second placement without a reshoot. It remains the same photograph with the same ownership and usage rights.
• Checking symmetry. Flipping a drawing or layout can help you notice balance and proportion issues by showing it from a less familiar direction.

A flip does not straighten a tilted horizon, correct perspective, or change the frame's proportions. For deliberate geometric warping, try Image Distorter. To place the original and mirrored versions together in one exported picture, use Merge Images.

Signs, watermarks, clothing details and landmarks reverse along with the rest of the photo. The tool does not detect text or preserve its original direction, so review recognizable details before sharing.

Flipping Without Losing Quality

The flip itself rearranges the working image's pixels without blurring or resampling them. Processing happens in your browser and the photo is not uploaded. Export creates a newly encoded file: PNG avoids lossy compression and retains transparency, while JPG and WebP may introduce compression changes.

Choose PNG for screenshots, sharp text or transparency; consider JPG for photographs when file size matters, or WebP for web use. JPG fills transparent areas with white. The result preview comes from the same encoded file used for Download.

Photos larger than 2,400 pixels per side use a proportionally smaller working copy. The complete frame is kept, but resizing reduces resolution; check the actual output dimensions beside Download. Flipping cannot restore detail lost before the photo was loaded. For a color change instead of an orientation change, use Invert Image Colors.