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Rotate Image

Perfectly align your photos with precision rotation and quick-flip tools.

Free · private · in-browser

Straighten and spin photos with a precise angle slider

Preview rotation live with CSS transforms, nudge ±90° for quick layout fixes, flip to Show Original (0°) for an honest horizon check, then export a true rotated PNG—without uploading your file.

Skewed horizons, scanned prints, and sideways phone shots are common. This workspace keeps the source bitmap on canvas, rotates it visually for speed, and rasterizes the same angle into your download so edges stay sharp and corners are not clipped in the preview stage.

How to use Rotate

Load your photo

Upload a file or pick a sample from the sidebar. The image appears in the bordered preview with generous padding.

Dial the angle

Drag the slider for precision or tap −90° / +90° for quarter turns. Use Show Original to confirm the horizon at 0°.

Download

When the canvas matches your intent, tap Download to save PNG at full resolution with rotation baked in.

Supported file formats

Open these types in the workspace. Download writes PNG at source resolution with the expanded bounding box for your angle.

  • PNG
  • JPEG / JPG
  • WebP

Key features

Signed degrees, live transform preview, ±90° shortcuts, compare toggle, matching PNG export, sidebar samples.

  • Rotation −180° to +180°

    Continuous control with on-canvas feedback; quick buttons jump in 90° steps and normalize to the shortest equivalent angle.

  • Show Original / Show Edited

    Original always shows 0° so you can verify horizon drift; Edited applies your slider and button adjustments instantly.

  • Sample thumbnails

    Same sidebar row as Blur and Vignette—tap a thumbnail to load a demo image onto the canvas immediately.

  • Overflow-safe stage

    The white canvas uses visible overflow and padding so rotated edges are not cropped during preview.

  • PNG download

    Export draws the rotated pixels into an expanded canvas—matching your angle, not a screen capture.

  • Private processing

    Decoding and math stay in your browser until you download or share the file yourself.

Common use cases

  • Tilted horizons & architecture

    Dial a small negative or positive degree until verticals feel upright, compare with Show Original, then export before cropping for print.

  • Sideways phone captures

    Tap +90° or −90° to jump between portrait and landscape orientations without re-saving through another app.

  • Scans and documents

    When a flatbed scan lands a few degrees off, fine-tune with the slider instead of guessing in a general photo editor.

  • Social-safe previews

    Generous canvas padding keeps rotated corners visible so you can judge framing before you download the final PNG.

Pro tips

  • How to fix a tilted horizon: enable grid lines mentally along rooftops or waterlines, nudge the slider a few degrees at a time, and flip Show Original whenever you are unsure.
  • Rotating without losing quality: stay in PNG export for archival work; repeated JPEG re-saving elsewhere can introduce artifacts—download once after you settle on the angle.
  • After large rotations, you may want to crop the empty corners in a crop tool; this rotate step keeps pixels sharp so cropping stays clean.
  • Combine ±90° taps with small slider trims when a photo is both sideways and slightly skewed.

Frequently Asked Questions