Rotate any image by any angle - pixel-perfect, instant.

Upload your JPG, PNG, or WebP file. Use the angle slider or type a specific degree value into the input field - any number from 0 to 360 works, including decimals like 12.5 degrees. The canvas preview updates in real time so you see the rotation before committing. For common rotations, click the quick-select buttons for 90, 180, or 270 degrees. The tool uses CSS transform during preview for instant feedback, then renders the final output on an HTML5 Canvas using the CanvasRenderingContext2D.rotate() method for pixel-accurate results. The output canvas expands to fit the rotated bounding box, so no corners are clipped. Download as JPG or PNG when you are satisfied with the angle.

Rotations at exact 90-degree increments (90, 180, 270) are lossless because pixels map one-to-one to new grid positions without interpolation. A pixel at row 5, column 10 moves to a deterministic new coordinate. Non-right-angle rotations (like 15 or 45 degrees) require bilinear or bicubic interpolation because rotated pixel centers land between grid positions. This introduces sub-pixel blending that softens edges slightly - visible only at extreme zoom on high-frequency detail like text or fine patterns. For photographs, the softening is imperceptible at normal viewing size. If you export as JPG, the DCT compression at 92% quality adds its own minimal artifacts. For zero quality loss, rotate at 90-degree increments and export as PNG.

Smartphones store photos in landscape orientation at the sensor level and embed an EXIF orientation tag (values 1-8) that tells viewers which way to display it. Tag value 6 means "rotate 90 degrees clockwise" - common for portrait shots on iPhones. Some software ignores this tag: Windows Photo Viewer, older browsers, certain CMS upload handlers, and email clients sometimes display the raw pixel grid instead of applying the EXIF rotation. This tool reads the EXIF orientation on upload and applies the physical rotation to the pixel data, then strips the tag. The output image displays correctly everywhere because the pixels themselves are in the right orientation - no viewer needs to interpret metadata.

At 90 or 270 degrees, width and height simply swap. A 1920x1080 image becomes 1080x1920. At 180 degrees, dimensions stay the same - 1920x1080 remains 1920x1080. At any other angle, the output canvas must expand to contain the rotated rectangle without clipping corners. The formula is: new_width = abs(width * cos(angle)) + abs(height * sin(angle)), and similarly for new_height. A 1920x1080 image rotated 45 degrees produces a canvas roughly 2121x2121 pixels. The triangular areas outside the original image boundaries fill with transparency (PNG) or white (JPG). You can crop the result afterward using the <a href="/crop-image/" class="text-link underline decoration-hairline underline-offset-4 hover:text-link-deep">crop tool</a> if you want to eliminate those fill areas.

Yes. Upload a PNG with transparency and the rotation preserves the alpha channel throughout. Transparent areas stay transparent after rotation. When the canvas expands to fit a non-right-angle rotation, the new corner regions are also transparent rather than filled with a solid color. Export as PNG to retain all transparency data. If you accidentally export as JPG, all transparent regions become white because the JPEG format does not support alpha channels. The tool defaults to PNG output when it detects an input file with transparency, so you would need to deliberately switch formats to lose the alpha data.

Rotation turns the image around its center point by a specified angle. Flipping mirrors it along an axis. A horizontal flip reverses left and right - text becomes mirrored and unreadable. A vertical flip swaps top and bottom. Rotation by 180 degrees produces the same visual result as applying both a horizontal and vertical flip simultaneously, but a 90-degree rotation is not achievable through any combination of flips alone. Rotation changes the angular orientation while preserving the internal left-right relationship of the content. Flipping reverses that relationship. If your photo is upside down, rotate 180 degrees. If it is a mirror image (text reads backward), flip horizontally instead.

This tool is designed for single-image rotation with precise angle control and live preview. For rotating many images by the same angle, the <a href="/bulk-resize/" class="text-link underline decoration-hairline underline-offset-4 hover:text-link-deep">bulk resize tool</a> supports batch processing where you can apply transformations to multiple files simultaneously. The single-image approach here gives you per-image control: different angles, different crops, different export formats. If you need to rotate 50 product photos by exactly 3.5 degrees to correct a tripod alignment issue, process them individually here or use the bulk tool for uniform 90-degree corrections across the set.