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Glossary Design & Media

Crop, rotate and flip

Cropping, rotating and flipping change an image's framing and orientation without altering the colours of its pixels.

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Rotating by multiples of 90° is lossless in principle, but many tools recompress on save. Splitting an image into tiles and arranging several into a collage are the same operations in reverse.

Try these tools

Image Cropper

Drag to select a region of an uploaded image and crop it down, then download the result.

Image Rotator

Rotate an uploaded image by 90, 180, or 270 degrees, then download the result.

Image Flipper

Flip an uploaded image horizontally or vertically to create a mirror image, then download the result.

Image Splitter

Split an image into equal rows and columns -- perfect for Instagram grid posts or puzzle tiles -- and download each piece individually.

Image Collage Maker

Make a photo collage in your browser: place pictures in a grid, side by side or stacked, choose gaps, borders.

Profile Picture Maker

Make a profile picture in your browser: drag and zoom your photo inside a circle, rounded square or square, add a border.

See also

  • Glossary Aspect ratio
    Aspect ratio is the proportion of an image or screen's width to its height, written as two numbers such as 16:9.
  • Glossary Image compression
    Image compression makes an image file smaller, either exactly (lossless) or by discarding detail (lossy).
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