Rotate an image
Turn the image by a quarter, a half or three quarters, or nudge it by an arbitrary angle to straighten a horizon that came out crooked.
How to rotate an image
- 1Drop in the imageA live preview shows the current orientation.
- 2Pick an angleThe quarter turns are one click. For anything else, set a custom angle and watch the preview.
- 3DownloadThe rotation is baked into the pixels, not stored as a flag.
Questions
Is my image uploaded anywhere?
No. The image is read by your browser and processed on a canvas in the page. It never reaches a server, so nothing is uploaded and no copy is kept anywhere.
Why does my photo look rotated on one device and not another?
Cameras often store the picture in one orientation and add an EXIF tag saying how to turn it. Software that ignores the tag shows it sideways. Rotating here writes the correct orientation into the pixels, so it no longer depends on the reader.
What fills the corners at odd angles?
A rotation that is not a multiple of 90 degrees leaves triangular gaps. The canvas is expanded to fit the rotated image and those areas are left transparent, or white where the format has no alpha channel.
Does rotating lose quality?
Quarter turns are lossless in terms of pixel data. Arbitrary angles resample the image, which softens it very slightly.