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Rotating an image

If an image isn’t oriented the way you want it, you can rotate it in 90-degree increments, or flip it horizontally or vertically. You can rotate and flip an image several times until it’s correctly oriented.

To rotate an image, do one of the following:

To turn the selected image 90 degrees in either direction, choose Tools > Rotate Left or Tools > Rotate Right.

To flip the image horizontally or vertically, choose Tools > Flip Horizontal or Tools > Flip Vertical.

When you save the file, you can choose how the image is rotated. To change a field in the file’s Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) information, select "Use Exif Orientation Flag." To change the image's pixels, deselect "Use Exif Orientation Flag." Using the EXIF tag avoids modifying your image but it may not appear rotated in some applications.

To rotate or flip multiple images at the same time, display the images in the same window, select them in that window’s sidebar, and then choose the appropriate command.

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