The short answer
Why use Rotate?
Phone galleries only turn in 90 degree steps, and many editors crop the corners when you rotate by an odd angle. Here the whole picture stays in the file.
The Angle slider runs from -180 to 180 in whole degrees and starts at 90. Positive values turn the picture clockwise. At 90 or -90 the width and height simply swap, so a 4000 × 3000 photo comes out 3000 × 4000. At any other angle the canvas is made large enough to hold every corner of the turned photo.
Those extra areas are transparent, because the result is always saved as a PNG. If you open it in an app without transparency support, the triangles show up as white or black. A PNG of a camera photo is also much larger than the JPEG you started with, so convert it back with Image Converter if file size matters.
Rotate keeps every pixel and never crops. To level a horizon that is off by two or three degrees, Straighten is a better fit: it moves in 0.1 degree steps and can trim the empty corners for you. To turn a picture upside down without rotating it, Flip is the right tool, and Mirror swaps left and right.
Where Rotate fits
Sideways phone photos
Turn a portrait shot that saved sideways so it stands upright before you print it.
Scanned pages
Rotate a page that went through the scanner upside down by 180 degrees.
Angled graphics
Tilt a badge or sticker 15 degrees for a playful layout, keeping its corners transparent.
Start to finish
How to use Rotate
- 01Tap Choose image, or use Paste from clipboard, to open the photo you want to turn.
- 02Set the Angle slider: it starts at 90, positive values turn clockwise, and -90 turns the picture to the left.
- 03Tap Apply changes, confirm the new width and height, then tap Download result for the rotated PNG.
What to expect from Rotate
| Check | What it means here |
|---|---|
| Supported input | JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, SVG and browser-supported AVIF images |
| Main controls | Angle, strength, center, radius, or inset, depending on the tool |
| Output | A PNG image with the change applied |
| Working limit | 50 MB and 50 megapixels per image |
Rotate tips
- Use 180 to turn a photo upside down with left and right swapped as well.
- Odd angles such as 30 enlarge the canvas and leave transparent corner triangles.
- For a tilt under 5 degrees, Straighten gives finer 0.1 degree steps.
- Convert the PNG back to JPEG afterwards if the rotated camera photo is too heavy to email.
Rotate FAQ
Something missing? Ask us.
Which way does a positive angle turn the image?
Why are there transparent corners after rotating?
Can I rotate an animated GIF here?
Does Rotate upload my file?
Is Rotate free to use?
Why did Rotate fail or look wrong?
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