Image rotate & crop

Rotate, flip and crop images to a ratio, then download.

Select or drag & drop an image

A photo comes out of your camera roll lying on its side, or a profile upload insists on a square while your picture is a tall portrait. This tool handles both problems in a few clicks: turn the image the right way up, mirror it if you need to, crop it to a standard ratio and download the result.

How it works

Rotating and flipping

Left 90° and Right 90° turn the whole image a quarter turn at a time; press twice for 180°. Use these when a photo was taken in a different orientation from the one the file was saved with — a common problem when EXIF orientation data is stripped or ignored by whatever produced the file.

Flip horizontal mirrors left and right, Flip vertical mirrors top and bottom. Flipping is not the same as rotating: a horizontal flip reverses the picture, so any text in the image reads backwards. It is the right tool for selfies that came out mirrored, and the wrong one for a sideways photo.

Cropping to a ratio

Ratio	Typical use
Keep original	No crop; rotation and flips only
1:1 (square)	Profile pictures, avatars, product grids
16:9	Video thumbnails, slide decks, wide banners
4:3	Standard photo prints and many presentation templates
3:4 (portrait)	Vertical phone screens and portrait posts

Cropping to a ratio always removes pixels — the image is trimmed, not squashed, so nothing is distorted, but whatever falls outside the frame is gone. Turning a wide landscape shot into a 1:1 square cuts a large part of the left and right edges, so check that the subject is not lost before downloading.

Order of operations and quality

Rotate first, then crop. The crop frame is applied to the image as it is currently oriented, so cropping before a 90° turn gives a different result from cropping after one.

Rotations in multiples of 90° and flips move pixels without resampling them, so they cost nothing in sharpness. The re-encode on download is the only step that can add compression artefacts, which is why it is better to do all your changes in one pass than to save and reopen the file repeatedly.

Everything runs in your browser — the image is drawn to a canvas locally and never uploaded, so personal photos and documents stay on your device.

Terms explained

Aspect ratio: The proportion between an image's width and height, written as two numbers such as 16:9. A 1:1 ratio is a perfect square.
Crop: Trimming away the edges of an image to change its framing or shape. Cropping removes pixels rather than compressing them.
Flip (mirror): Reversing an image across its horizontal or vertical axis. Text inside a flipped image reads backwards.
EXIF orientation: A tag cameras write to record how the device was held. When software ignores it, a correctly captured photo appears sideways and needs manual rotation.
Lossless rotation: Turning an image by 90, 180 or 270 degrees, which relocates pixels without recalculating them and therefore does not soften the picture.

Frequently asked questions

Does cropping reduce image quality?

Cropping itself does not — it removes pixels at the edges and leaves the rest untouched. The final image is smaller in dimensions, so it will look softer if you later enlarge it to fill the same space.

What is the difference between rotating and flipping?

Rotating turns the image around its centre, so a sideways photo stands upright. Flipping mirrors it, swapping left with right or top with bottom. A mirrored selfie needs a flip; a sideways photo needs a rotation.

Which ratio should I use for a profile picture?

1:1. Nearly every platform displays avatars in a square or a circle inscribed in one, so cropping to square yourself avoids an automatic crop that might cut off part of the subject.

Can I crop to an exact pixel size instead of a ratio?

This tool offers preset ratios rather than pixel dimensions. Crop to the ratio you need here, then use an image resizer to set the exact width and height afterwards.

Is my photo uploaded anywhere?

No. The rotation, flip and crop are all performed on a canvas inside your browser and the file is exported locally, so it never leaves your device.