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Image Flipper

Mirror any photo horizontally or vertically — instant, free, and completely private.

Privacy: your files never leave your device. All processing happens locally in your browser.

How to use

  1. 1.Click Browse files and choose the image you want to flip (PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, BMP, or AVIF).
  2. 2.Press Flip horizontal to mirror it left to right, or Flip vertical to mirror it top to bottom.
  3. 3.Combine both flips, or click a button again to undo, and watch the live preview until it looks right.
  4. 4.Click Download PNG to save the flipped image to your device.

About Image Flipper

Image Flipper is a free online tool that mirrors any picture horizontally, vertically, or both at once, directly inside your web browser. Flipping an image sounds simple, yet it solves a surprising number of everyday problems: a selfie taken with a front camera comes out reversed, a scanned document is mirrored, a product photo faces the wrong way for your layout, or a texture needs to be flipped to tile seamlessly. Instead of opening heavy desktop software or signing up for an online editor, you can drop your file here, click a button, and download the corrected result in a couple of seconds.

There are two independent kinds of flip, and understanding the difference helps you pick the right one. A horizontal flip mirrors the image left to right, swapping the two sides as if you were looking at it in a mirror — this is the classic fix for reversed webcam selfies and for making a subject face the opposite direction. A vertical flip mirrors the image top to bottom, turning it upside down along its horizontal axis, which is useful for correcting inverted scans, creating water-style reflections, or preparing artwork for transfer printing. Because the two axes are separate toggles, you can apply either one on its own or combine them to rotate the picture a full 180 degrees. Every flip keeps the original width, height, and aspect ratio intact, so nothing is stretched, squashed, or cropped in the process.

The tool works by painting your photo onto a canvas and applying a mirror transform before exporting the pixels again, so the output is a clean, pixel-accurate copy rather than a re-photographed or degraded version. Flips are lossless in the sense that no detail is thrown away when the geometry is reversed; the result is saved as a PNG, a format that preserves sharp edges, text, and transparency without introducing compression artifacts. You can flip the same image repeatedly — clicking a flip button a second time simply returns it to the previous orientation — so it is easy to experiment until the composition looks right before you download.

Privacy is built in by design. Your image is processed entirely on your own device, and it is never sent to a server, stored in the cloud, or shared with anyone. Nothing is uploaded, which means the tool works even on slow or metered connections and there is no waiting for a large file to travel across the internet. This local-only approach is ideal for sensitive material such as identity documents, medical scans, private screenshots, or unpublished creative work that you would rather not hand to a third party. When you close or refresh the page, the picture is gone from memory — there is no account, no history, and no tracking of the content you flip.

The flipper accepts common bitmap formats including PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, BMP, and AVIF, so most photos, screenshots, and exported graphics will load without any conversion step. Photographers use it to correct mirrored portraits, e-commerce sellers use it to align product shots with their templates, designers use it to build symmetrical patterns and reflections, teachers use it to fix scanned worksheets, and social media creators use it to un-mirror selfies before posting. Whatever your reason, the workflow is the same: choose a file, flip along the axis you need, preview the change instantly, and download the finished PNG. It is fast, free, requires no installation, and keeps your images completely under your control.

Frequently asked questions

Is my image uploaded to a server?
No. Every flip happens locally in your browser using your own device's processing power. Your image is never uploaded, stored, or shared, and it is cleared from memory when you close or refresh the page.
What is the difference between a horizontal and a vertical flip?
A horizontal flip mirrors the image left to right, like a mirror reflection. A vertical flip mirrors it top to bottom, turning it upside down. You can apply either one alone or both together for a full 180-degree turn.
Will flipping reduce the quality of my image?
No. Flipping only reverses the geometry, so no detail is lost. The result is exported as a lossless PNG that keeps sharp edges, text, and transparency intact.
Which image formats can I flip?
You can flip common bitmap formats including PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, BMP, and AVIF. SVG vector files are intentionally not supported. The downloaded file is always a PNG.

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